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Senate Bills 388 and 389, also known as the recreation passport bills have passed the Michigan Senate and reported out of House committee. They need to be voted on by the entire House. We believe we have the votes, but the Speaker Andy Dillon is not letting it go to a vote.

We need Michigan residents to call him, especially those within his district, annd ask that he call for a vote on Senate Bills 388 and 389. His phone number is 517.373.0857.

It might take a minute but it means preserving our state parks for generations to come.

The Recreation Passport legislation, Senate Bills 388 & 389 , were adopted by the full Senate this morning with a vote of 24-11 and  23-12 respectively. Now these bills go to the full House for a vote in the near future.

This is a BIG step forward for sustainable state park funding!

A second hearing has been scheduled for the State Park Passport/funding proposal on Wednesday, April 22nd at 1pm. This is a Senate hearing before the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee.

The hearing will be in room 110 of Farnum Building at 125 W. Allegan Street in Lansing.

Senate Bill 388 and Senate Bill 389 were introduced today. Both were referred to the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee.

The following state senators are members of the committee:

The committee expects to hold a hearing on these bills on March 25th at 1pm.

The March 25th hearing has been postponed. 

We urge Michigan residents to contact their senators in support of these bills.