Michigan
The basis of this bill, HB 4996, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act was introduced by State Rep. Chris Kolb (D-Ann Arbor) at the request of the Michigan Environmental Council. It would prevent polluters from benefiting economically from breaking environmental laws, bar chronic violators from receiving some state contracts, and make information on the state's environmental enforcement efforts publicly accessible.

New York
A 248 amends the State Constitution to direct the legislature to create the Office of Public Advocate with authority to bring civil action against the state or any of its agencies, bureaus or public authorities to protect public interest in state's natural and cultural resources. New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey just recently reinstated his state’s Public Advocate which was abolished by the previous Todd-Whitman administration.

Rep. Brodsky’s Private Environmental Law Enforcement Act authorizes any private citizen who has an interest and is adversely affected by environmental harms to file a civil suit for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.

S 6207 bars individuals and companies that have violated solid waste laws from obtaining public contracts or sitting on waste-related boards and policy-making panels. The length of the ban would vary according to the seriousness of the violation.

California
AB 960 funds the Environmental Circuit Prosecutor Project. This innovative program would make specially trained prosecutors available to rural local governments who request the assistance. This would bring the necessary enforcement experience and legal resources to the local level state-wide.