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MI HB5536

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

David Martin

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Updates the definition of "wetland" in Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to require wetlands have a continuous surface connection with a water of the United States to be regulated under the primary definition
  • Creates two wetland definitions: one (section 30301(o)) requiring adjacency to and continuous surface connection with waters of the United States, and another (section 30301(p)) for local government ordinances that includes wetlands contiguous to Great Lakes, inland waters, or containing endangered species or rare wetland types
  • Removes the provision that wetlands over 5 acres in size automatically qualify for regulation regardless of connection to other waters
  • Updates references from "Department of Environmental Quality" to "Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy" throughout the amended sections
  • Clarifies that local government wetland ordinances must use the broader wetland definition in section 30301(p), which maintains protections for wetlands contiguous to water bodies or containing threatened species

Legislative Description

Natural resources: wetlands; definition of wetland; update. Amends secs. 30301, 30307 & 30308 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.30301 et seq.).

Natural resources: wetlands

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/19/2026

2/24/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources And Tourism2/19/2026

Full Bill Text

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