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House Appropriations Subcommittee adopts H‑2 substitute for EGLE budget bill (HB 5602)
Summary
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Environmental Great Lakes and Energy adopted the H‑2 substitute for House Bill 5602, moving the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s fiscal 2026–27 budget to the full committee. The substitute reduces federal funding authorization, cuts FTE authorizations, adds ongoing support for the Michigan Geological Survey and includes new boilerplate on guidebooks, permit‑fee discounts and a Water SRF earmark for small communities.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Environmental Great Lakes and Energy adopted the H‑2 substitute for House Bill 5602 and forwarded the measure to the full House Appropriations Committee after recorded roll calls. The transcript does not specify the meeting date.
Austin Scott of the House Fiscal Agency presented the substitute, describing it as a comparison to current law and the executive budget. "The gross funding included in the house bill for the department for next fiscal year is 470,600,000," Scott said, adding that "of that total, 102,200,000 is general fund support." He told members the substitute includes a large reduction in federal authorization: "There's a reduction of 315,600,000 in federal funding in the house substitute as compared to current law." Scott also said the substitute omits authorization for about 103.2 FTE positions, producing a roughly $459,500,000 gross reduction compared with the current year.
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