Perdue signed a bill to eliminate emissions inspections on motor vehicles that have fewer than 70,000 miles on the odometer and that are in the three newest model years.  She also signed two bills related to environmental issues: one specifically about stormwater management at JORDAN LAKE, the other directing numerous studies on stormwater management at other facilities as well as composting and recycling issues.  

However she returned a bill without her signature that would prevent the state from defining the rate of sea level change for 5 years – a move championed by business groups that fought new coastal development policy based on a projected rise in sea levels of as much as 39 inches by the year 2100.