Weekly/biweekly Michigan legislative activism thread December 7, 2012

Senate Bill 428: Ban governments placing foreign-made American flags on veterans’ graves
Passed 101 to 9 in the House on February 13, 2014, to prohibit local governments from buying American flags made outside this country to place on veteran’s graves, unless no competitively-priced American-made flags are available.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683520

House Bill 4486: Authorize “involuntary assessment and stabilization” for substance abuse
Passed 102 to 8 in the House on February 13, 2014, to allow relatives or other interested persons to petition a court to take an individual abusing drugs or alcohol into protective custody for involuntary assessment and stabilization, if there is reason to believe the individual is incapacitated, has lost the power of self-control, and is incapable of making a rational decision regarding treatment. The bill would also expand the authority police currently have to lock up (”stabilize”) public drunks to include people publically intoxicated on drugs, subject to various procedural requirements.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683524

House Bill 4885: Cut tax on oil and gas from “enhanced recovery”
Passed 85 to 25 in the House on February 13, 2014, to reduce the “severance tax” or royalty paid to the state on oil and gas extracted from state land to 4 percent for hydrocarbons extracted using “enhanced recovery” technology, which injects carbon dioxide into wells to force out more product (this is different from hydraulic fracturing.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683521

House Bill 5008: Revise business income tax details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 13, 2014, to revise the details of certain definitions in the business income tax law. The bill affects the “apportionment” of certain income earned in other states, and the deductibility of losses in certain situations where a firm acquires another corporation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683481

House Bill 5009: Revise business income tax details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 13, 2014, to revise the details of certain definitions in the business income tax related to taxing members of “unitary business group” arrangements.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683482

House Bill 5010: Revise business income tax details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 13, 2014, to exempt “domestic international sales corporations” from the state’s corporate income tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683486

House Bill 5011: Revise past business tax credit detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 13, 2014, to revise details of “claw back” provisions for a business that was granted a selective tax break under the repealed Michigan Business Tax in return for acquiring a certain asset, but which later sells that asset.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683487

House Bill 5254: Establish enhanced hydrocarbon recovery CO2 pipeline regulations
Passed 93 to 17 in the House on February 13, 2014, to revise the state law imposing permit requirements on gas, oil and other pipelines, so it also applies to pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used to produce oil and gas in secondary or “enhanced recovery’ operations. Senate Bill 5255 and 5256 would apply property condemnation powers and the state preemption of local pipeline restrictions to these pipelines. See also House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683522

House Bill 5255: Authorize eminent domain for oil well CO2 pipelines
Passed 69 to 41 in the House on February 13, 2014, to extend the state law authorizing eminent domain takings for gas, oil and other pipeline easements, so it also includes pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used to produce hydrocarbons in secondary or “enhanced recovery” operations. See also House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683523

House Bill 5274: Preempt locals from restricting CO2 pipelines
Passed 99 to 11 in the House on February 13, 2014, to expand the law that gives the state Public Service Commission authority to regulate oil and gas pipelines so it also applies to pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used in hydrocarbon “enhanced recovery” operations. This law preempts local governments from restricting pipelines in their jurisdiction. This is related to House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=683525

Senate Bill 760: Appropriations: Department of Agriculture
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163424

Senate Bill 761: Appropriations: Capital outlay
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 capital outlay budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163425

Senate Bill 762: Appropriations: Community Colleges
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Community Colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163426

Senate Bill 763: Appropriations: Department of Community Health
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163427

Senate Bill 764: Appropriations: Department of Corrections
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163428

Senate Bill 765: Appropriations: Department of Education
Introduced by Sen. Howard Walker (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department Of Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163429

Senate Bill 766: Appropriations: Department of Environmental Quality
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department Of Environmental Quality budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163430

Senate Bill 767: Appropriations: General Government
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Government budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163431

Senate Bill 768: Appropriations: Higher Education
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Higher Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163432

Senate Bill 769: Appropriations: Department of Human Services
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Human Services budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163433

Senate Bill 770
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on February 11, 2014, Appropriations: Department of Insurance and Financial Services to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Insurance and Financial Services budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163434

Senate Bill 771: Appropriations: Judiciary budget
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Judiciary budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163435

Senate Bill 772: Appropriations: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163436

Senate Bill 773: Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163437

Senate Bill 774: Appropriations: Department of Natural Resources
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department 0f Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163438

Senate Bill 775: Appropriations: K-12 School Aid budget
Introduced by Sen. Howard Walker (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 K-12 School Aid budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163439

Senate Bill 776: Appropriations: State Police
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 State Police budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163440

Senate Bill 777: Appropriations: Department of Transportation
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Transportation budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163441

Senate Bill 778: Appropriations: “Omnibus” education budget
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 “Omnibus” school aid, higher education and community colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163442

Senate Bill 779: Appropriations: 2014-2015 “Omnibus” budget
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 “Omnibus” budget funding all state departments. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163443

Senate Bill 780: Appropriate $27.7 million for state land acquisitions and recreation projects
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on February 11, 2014, to appropriate $27.6 million from the state Natural Resources Trust Fund for various land acquisitions and recreation projects. State oil and gas well royalty money is earmarked for this fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163444

Senate Bill 781: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163445

Senate Bill 782: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163446

House Bill 5288: Appropriations: K-12 School Aid budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 K-12 School Aid budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163451

House Bill 5289: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2013-2014.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163452

House Bill 5290: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163453

House Bill 5291: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163454

House Bill 5292: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163455

House Bill 5293: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2013-2014.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163456

House Bill 5294: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2013-2014.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163457

House Bill 5295: Appropriations: Department of Agriculture
Introduced by Rep. Phil Potvin (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163458

House Bill 5296: Appropriations: Department of Community Health
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163459

House Bill 5297: Appropriations: Department of Corrections
Introduced by Rep. Greg MacMaster (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163460

House Bill 5298: Appropriations: Department of Environmental Quality
Introduced by Rep. Eileen Kowall (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Environmental Quality budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163462

House Bill 5299: Appropriations: Department of Human Services
Introduced by Rep. Peter MacGregor (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Human Services budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163463

House Bill 5300: Appropriations: Department of Natural Resources
Introduced by Rep. Jon Bumstead (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department 0f Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163464

House Bill 5301: Appropriations: General Government
Introduced by Rep. Earl Poleski (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Government budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163465

House Bill 5302: Appropriations: Judiciary budget
Introduced by Rep. John Walsh (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Judiciary budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163466

House Bill 5303: Appropriations: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163467

House Bill 5304
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on February 11, 2014, Appropriations: Department of Insurance and Financial Services to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Insurance and Financial Services budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163468

House Bill 5305: Appropriations: Department of Education
Introduced by Rep. Bill Rogers (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163469

House Bill 5306: Appropriations: State Police
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 State Police budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163470

House Bill 5307: Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163471

House Bill 5308: Appropriations: Department of Transportation
Introduced by Rep. Rob VerHeulen (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Transportation budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163472

House Bill 5309: Appropriations: Capital outlay
Introduced by Rep. Eileen Kowall (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 capital outlay budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163473

House Bill 5310: Appropriations: K-12 School Aid budget
Introduced by Rep. Bill Rogers (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 K-12 School Aid budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163474

House Bill 5311: Appropriations: Community Colleges
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Community Colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163475

House Bill 5312: Appropriations: Higher Education
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Higher Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163476

House Bill 5313: Appropriations: 2014-2015 “Omnibus” budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 “Omnibus” budget funding all state departments. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163477

House Bill 5314: Appropriations: “Omnibus” education budget
Introduced by Rep. Bill Rogers (R) on February 11, 2014, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2014-2015 “Omnibus” school aid, higher education and community colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163478

Senate Bill 757: Allow deadly force to defend nuclear plants
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 11, 2014, to explicitly allow an officer providing security at a nuclear generating plant to use deadly force if he or she “honestly and reasonably believes (it) is necessary to prevent” a person from breaking in with the intent to inflict harm, engage in radiological sabotage or steal nuclear material.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163421

Senate Bill 758: Authorize more stringent sanctions for delinquent hotel tax
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on February 11, 2014, to empower counties that choose to impose a tax of up to 5 percent on hotel and motel room charges to enforce the tax with the more stringent sanctions authorized by the state property tax law for delinquent “special assessment” levies. Currently, the maximum penalty permitted by the law authorizing this tax is 25 percent of the delinquent amount, plus interest.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163422

Senate Bill 759: Revise beaver trap license restriction
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on February 11, 2014, to repeal a prohibition on a person with a state “fur dealer license” also having a license to trap beaver.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163423

Senate Bill 783: Ban medical marijuana use on property open to the public
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on February 12, 2014, to prohibit the possession or use of medical marijuana on any portion of private property that is open to the public, or where it is banned by the property owner.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163483

Senate Bill 784: Give tuition subsidy for student’s pledge of future income
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 12, 2014, to establish a college tuition subsidy pilot program for 100 students whose family income is less than $250,000. In return for giving the student the statewide average tuition for one year of community college, the student would be obligated to pay the state 2 percent of his or her adjusted gross income for five years. For each year of subsidized state university tuition, the student would be obligated to pay 4 percent of his or her adjusted gross income for five years. The obligations would kick-in once the student’s income exceeded the federal poverty level. The pilot program would continue for five years, and $2 million would be appropriated in the first year.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163484

Senate Bill 785: Expand auto theft prevention authority to scrap metal
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on February 13, 2014, to expand the duties of a state automobile theft prevention authority to include thefts from dwellings and other structures. The bill would impose a new $1 tax on each property and casualty insurance policy sold in the state. Under current law the auto theft entity is supported by a $1 tax on auto insurance policies.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163493

Senate Bill 786: Give tax breaks to aquaculture and hydroponics
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on February 13, 2014, to exempt aquaculture and hydroponics production facilities from property taxes. Senate Bill 787 would instead impose a new “specific” tax equal to 25 percent of the regular property tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163494

Senate Bill 787: Give tax breaks to “aquaculture” and hydroponics
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on February 13, 2014, to impose a new “specific” tax on aquaculture and hydroponics production facilities, equal to 25 percent of the regular property tax rate; Senate Bill 786 would exempt these operations from the regular property tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163495

Senate Bill 788: Codify property owner trespasser liability waiver
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on February 13, 2014, to establish in statute (in addition to existing case law or common law) that a property owner, leaseholder, lien-holder or occupant is not liable for physical harm to a trespasser caused by the property owner or possessor’s failure to exercise reasonable care to make the property reasonably safe and not endanger the trespasser. The bill authorizes exceptions for willful and wanton misconduct by the property owner or possessor, or “active negligence,” or in the case of harm to a child, knowing that an “attractive nuisance” exists.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163496

House Bill 5286: Create government “progress board”
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on February 11, 2014, to require state departments to direct their activities toward achieving the strategy and goals determined by the government “progress board” proposed by House Bill 5287.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163449

House Bill 5287: Create government “progress board”
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on February 11, 2014, to create a state government “progress board” to hold public hearings and “develop an initial strategy that addresses the economic, social, cultural, environmental, and other needs and aspirations of the people of this state,” including education, “workforce development,” “public and private cooperation,” environment, infrastructure, taxes and spending, and “quality of life.” The board would also create a “series of goals for Michigan’s progress for 20 years . . . (including) measurable indicators of success”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163450

House Bill 5315: Give tuition subsidy for student’s pledge of future income
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on February 11, 2014, to establish a college tuition subsidy pilot program for 100 students whose family income is less than $250,000. In return for giving the student the statewide average tuition for one year of community college, the student would be obligated to pay the state 2 percent of his or her adjusted gross income for five years. For each year of subsidized state university tuition, the student would be obligated to pay 4 percent of his or her adjusted gross income for five years. The obligations would kick-in once the student’s income exceeded the federal poverty level. The pilot program would continue for five years, and $2 million would be appropriated in the first year.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163486

House Bill 5316: Allow no-reason absentee voting if application made in person
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on February 11, 2014, to eliminate the requirement that a person give a specific reason for requesting an absentee ballot if the individual instead applies in person and shows a picture ID.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163487

House Bill 5317: Restrict residential water “cross connection” inspections
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on February 11, 2014, to restrict state or local regulators from imposing a requirement that a “testable backflow preventer” on a residential lawn sprinkler system be inspected more than once every three years after initial installation, with certain specified inspections. This refers to a state regulation intended to prevent cross-contamination of municipal water supply systems.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163488

House Bill 5318: Restrict residential water “cross connection” inspections
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on February 11, 2014, to restrict local governments from imposing a requirement that a “testable backflow preventer” on a residential lawn sprinkler system be inspected more than once every three years after initial installation, with certain specified inspections. This refers to a state regulation intended to prevent cross-contamination of municipal water supply systems.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163489

House Bill 5319: Mandate condo board members know the law and read the bylaws
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on February 11, 2014, to mandate that condominium association board members must certify that they “are familiar” with the state condominium law and have read the bylaws of the association.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163490

House Bill 5320: Impose licensure on home inspectors
Introduced by Rep. Bradford Jacobsen (R) on February 11, 2014, to impose licensure, fees, “apprentice” requirements, government regulation, entrance exams to enter the occupation, and more on home inspection services. The bill would create a Michigan Home Inspectors Board comprised of incumbent providers to establish requirements on new entrants, and would establish regulations on home inspector training, contracts, operations, disclosures, and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163491

Senate Bill 263: Revise unused rail line divestiture detail
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 18, 2014, to revise details of the law that establishes timetables for the state divesting itself of unused rail right of ways, removing certain restrictions how the buyers can use the property.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684557

Senate Bill 463: Exempt “historic military vehicles” from displaying license plate
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 18, 2014, to no longer require license plates to be mounted on a “historic military vehicle,” regardless of its size, weight, or age, if it was manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and is maintained to accurately represent the military design and markings. The owner would instead have to keep the plate inside the vehicle, and show it upon a police officer’s demand.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684558

Senate Bill 553: Extend already-extended renaissance zone tax breaks longer
Passed 87 to 21 in the House on February 18, 2014, to allow an eight year extension of the extensive tax breaks granted to residents and businesses in a particular “renaissance zone” located in Saginaw County. This would be in addition to a previous seven-year extension.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684549

Senate Bill 586: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 18, 2014, to authorize diverting individuals under age 18 arrested for violating prostitution laws into probate (family) court supervision rather than criminal court prosecution, which could place the minor in foster care depending on circumstances specified in the bill.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684500

Senate Bill 587: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 18, 2014, to require a state agency supervising a child found to be the victim of human trafficking to provide psychological counseling services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684501

Senate Bill 590: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 18, 2014, to allow human trafficking victims to sue violators for damages.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684502

Senate Bill 592: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 18, 2014, to revise the general state welfare law to authorize medical and psychological assistance benefits for having been a victim of a human trafficking crime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684503

House Bill 4487: Authorize DDA debt and spending to promote local agriculture
Passed 81 to 27 in the House on February 18, 2014, to empower Downtown Development Authorities to borrow and spend the loan proceeds on “marketing initiatives,” “infrastructure improvements” and more that “promote local agriculture products and farmers markets.” The debt incurred by these “tax increment financing” schemes is repaid by “capturing” from other local taxing units the increased property tax revenue that the DDA’s subsidies and spending are presumed to generate.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684550

House Bill 4781: Revise motorcycle “learner’s permit” detail
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 18, 2014, to revise details of a motorcycle operators license “learners permit,” which applies to license applicants who have not yet passed a motorcycle skills test and have not taken an optional safety course. Under current law the 180-day “learner’s permit” only allows riding under the supervision of a person who has a regular motorcycle license (“indorsement”). The bill would prohibit more than two such “learners permits” in a 10-year period.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684556

House Bill 4962: Mandate SIDS information distribution & parent acknowledgement
Passed 105 to 3 in the House on February 18, 2014, to mandate that hospitals give mothers a copy of a pamphlet on the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome and sudden unexpected infant death ( SIDS and SUID) and require parents to sign a statement acknowledging that they were given the pamphlet. This would also apply to a health professional in charge of a birth or newborn’s care outside of a hospital. The Department of Community Health would be responsible for producing the pamphlets and related material.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684548

House Bill 5005: Revise solid waste detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 18, 2014, to exempt “waste diversion centers” from certain landfill regulations. These centers separate certain items from household garbage, including hazardous waste, pharmaceuticals, electronics, batteries, light bulbs, pesticides, thermostats and other devices that contain mercury, medical waste and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684504

House Bill 5191: Establish ORV helmet exceptions
Passed 99 to 9 in the House on February 18, 2014, to provide an exception to the law that requires operators and riders of ORVs to wear a helmet (with certain exceptions) if a person is operating the vehicle on his or her own property.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=684551

Senate Bill 557: Revise mental health criminal diversion details
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 19, 2014, to allow state money to be used to pay for mental health services provided to jail inmates under a community mental health program’s agreement with a county or county sheriff. This relates to a 2009 Attorney General opinion that jails were required to cover all of these costs in their own budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685054

Senate Bill 558: Revise mental health criminal diversion details
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 19, 2014, to revise details of a law that requires counties to enter a written agreement to divert individuals with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system and into treatment. The bill specifies certain provisions these agreements must contain. See also Senate Bill 557.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685055

House Bill 5141: Transfer state property to Kent county
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 19, 2014, to transfer the state owned “Rogue River Streambank Access” property in Kent county to the county.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685053

Senate Bill 520: Revise details of child support order procedures
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise notification details of alimony or child support orders, and of restitution orders imposed on individuals who are delinquent in these payments.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685235

Senate Bill 521: Streamline delinquent child support, parenting time enforcement
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to essentially streamline procedures and the issuance and enforcement of subpoenas, bench warrants and contempt of court rulings in divorce-related parenting time orders and child support delinquencies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685236

Senate Bill 522: Repeal child support “service fee”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to repeal a $2 monthly fee imposed on court-ordered child support payers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685237

Senate Bill 526: Revise child support recipient detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to establish that court-ordered child support payments should go to the person who is actually caring for the children, not necessarily the person who is “legally responsible” for this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685238

Senate Bill 527: Revise child support motion filing fee detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to require fees for legal actions involving child custody, support, or parenting time to be paid when the action is filed.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685239

Senate Bill 528: Clarify procedures to seize delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to clarify procedures related to seizing a delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings to pay the arrearage.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685240

Senate Bill 529: Revise child support guidelines detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to establish that a state “Office of Child Support” has the duty to “develop and implement guidelines for the allocation and distribution of all child support payments”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685241

Senate Bill 530: Revise and update Friend of the Court procedures and powers
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise and update various details related to the powers, procedures and duties of Friend of the Court offices. For details see this Senate Fiscal Agency summary.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685242

Senate Bill 535: Mandate retailers check pseudoephed buyers against “meth offender registry”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to require the State Police to submit information on methamphetamine-related offenders to a national database, and mandate that retailers check the names of anyone buying cold medicines containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine against this list, with failure to do so punishable by jail and fines.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685243

Senate Bill 563: Create pseudoephed “shadow buyer” crime
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to authorize sentencing guidelines for the methamphetamine-related crime proposed by Senate Bill 564.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685244

Senate Bill 564: Create pseudoephed “shadow buyer” crime
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to create a new crime of purchasing of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine for another individual who intends to manufacture methamphetamines. See also Senate Bill 535.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685245

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
The amendment failed 14 to 24 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to strip out $5.5 million for a “public/private partnership, Pyramid P20 education hub” project located in a former Steelcase building that appears to have become a real estate market “white elephant”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685230

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
Passed 32 to 6 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to adjust spending in the current year budget to reflect fund source changes triggered by adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion starting in April, and authorize additional spending on roads (including $100 million for extra winter maintenance costs), government preschool programs, “land bank” authorities, low income heating bill subsidies, National Guard armory improvements, veterans programs, harbor dredging projects, and much more. The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. For more details see a summary prepared by the Senate Fiscal Agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685234

Senate Bill 756: Revise pseudoephed “instant background check” law details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise details of a 2011 law that requires retailers selling pseudoephedrine cold medications to perform an “instant check” on each customer using the “National Precursor Log Exchange” (Nplex) administered by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI). See also Senate Bill 535.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685246

House Bill 5152: Exempt voter registration-related Social Security numbers from FOIA
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to specifically include the last four digits of a individual’s Social Security numbers among certain voter registration information that is exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, and establish that candidate nominating petition signatures are not valid if they do not contain the date and the signer’s street address in addition to the signature. The bill also revises details of candidate filing deadlines when an office becomes vacant.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685282

House Bill 5154: Revise criminal prosecution preliminary procedures
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to authorize and establish procedures for “probable cause” conferences in advance of the criminal prosecution “preliminary examinations” required under current law. The subject matter would include possible plea bargains, bail, procedural aspects of a case and more. These conferences could be waived if both sides agree. This and House Bill 5155 would also revise “preliminary examination” procedures, and timetables for both types of proceeding.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685284

House Bill 5222: Revise political speech regulation detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to revise the application of a regulation that requires sponsors of “issue ads” or flyers that reference but do not “expressly advocate” a candidate or ballot initiative to disclose their sponsor if posted within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election. The bill would impose mandate starting 60 days before the primary election and leave it in place through the general election. See also Senate Bill 661, now Public Act 252 of 2013.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685283

Senate Bill 789: Revise concealed pistol license procedures
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 18, 2014, to eliminate county concealed weapon licensing boards, and transfer the responsibility for issuing concealed pistol licenses to county commissions. The bill revises a number of other details in the CPL law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163522

Senate Bill 790: Revise concealed pistol license procedures
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 18, 2014, to revise references in the criminal sentencing guidelines to reflect changes proposed by Senate Bill 789 to details of the concealed pistol license law (CPL).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163523

Senate Bill 791: Revise, make permanent non-transportation 7/8th cent gas tax
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 18, 2014, to eliminate the 2016 sunset on a 7/8ths cent-per-gallon gas tax that was originally supposed to expire in 1998 and be used to clean up leaking underground fuel tanks, but which has been extended several times and was diverted to other government spending by a 2004 “fund raid.” The bill would also earmark $20 million annually from this tax (which extracts around $50 million annually from motorists) to a segregated account for carrying out the original purpose of the tax, and revise details of the related regulatory regime for leaking tank clean-ups. The 2004 “fund raid” was enacted to avoid state spending cuts and reforms in that year’s budget, and remains in effect.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163524

Senate Bill 792: Disclose unfunded liabilities in state budget
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 18, 2014, to require the official “executive budget’ the governor is constitutionally required to submit to the legislature each year to include an accounting by department of the unfunded liabilities incurred to pay future pension and post- retirement health benefits promised to retired employees (“legacy costs”).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163525

Senate Bill 793: Require drivers license organ donor inquiries
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 18, 2014, to require the Secretary of State to specifically inquire orally or in writing whether a drivers license or renewal applicant wishes to participate in an organ donor registry.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163526

Senate Bill 794: Ban employer sanctions for emergency CAP service
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 18, 2014, to prohibit an employer from discriminating against, disciplining or discharging an employee who is absent from work due to serving with the Civil Air Patrol during an emergency declared by the governor.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163527

Senate Bill 795: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Mike Kowall (R) on February 19, 2014, to increase the penalty for illegally introducing a prohibited non-native aquatic species. The current penalty for introducing banned species is up to two years in prison and a $20,000 fine. The bill would make this three years and $100,000 in the case of a banned aquatic species. Senate bills 796 to 802 would add additional sanctions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163554

Senate Bill 796: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R) on February 19, 2014, to revise the state sentencing guidelines to reflect the higher penalties proposed by Senate Bill 795 for introducing a prohibited non-native aquatic species.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163555

Senate Bill 797: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on February 19, 2014, to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of property used to violate the state law banning the introduction of banned non-native species into the state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163556

Senate Bill 798: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 19, 2014, to authorize suspending the commercial drivers license of a person who introduces into the state a prohibited non-native species.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163557

Senate Bill 799: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on February 19, 2014, to authorize suspending the commercial fishing license of a person who introduces into the state a prohibited non-native species.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163558

Senate Bill 800: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Howard Walker (R) on February 19, 2014, to authorize suspending the hunting, fishing and trapping rights of a person who introduces into the state a prohibited non-native species.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163559

Senate Bill 801: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on February 19, 2014, to specify procedures for the proposal in Senate Bill 799 to suspend the commercial fishing license of a person who introduces into the state a prohibited non-native species.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163560

Senate Bill 802: Increase banned species introduction penalties
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on February 19, 2014, to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of property used to violate the state law banning the introduction of banned non-native species into the state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163561

Senate Bill 803: Require state to operate and maintain governor’s Mackinac Island residence
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 20, 2014, to give the state responsibility for operating and maintaining the governor’s Mackinac Island residence, and the island properties known as the “captain’s and major’s quarters”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163574

Senate Bill 804: Require state to operate and maintain governor’s Mackinac Island residence
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 20, 2014, to give the state responsibility for operating and maintaining the governor’s Mackinac Island residence, and the properties known as the “captain’s and major’s quarters”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163575

Senate Bill 805: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the mental health code with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163576

Senate Bill 806: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the adult foster care services statute with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163577

Senate Bill 807: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating certain kinds of insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163578

Senate Bill 808: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163579

Senate Bill 809: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating “prudent purchaser” insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163580

Senate Bill 810: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. Bert Johnson (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute authorizing an exemption from the requirement to have a fishing license to go fishing with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163581

Senate Bill 811: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute specifying the duties of the state Office of Services to the Aging with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163582

House Bill 5321: Revise eminent domain takings procedures
Introduced by Rep. Ray Franz (R) on February 13, 2014, to include the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in a law that currently requires the Departments of Transportation and Environmental Quality to develop “takings assessment guidelines” to guide their actions related to eminent domain property takings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163498

House Bill 5322: Revise eminent domain takings procedures
Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R) on February 13, 2014, to establish that if a state department that is required to develop eminent domain property takings “assessment guidelines” fails to do so, an affected property owner is entitled to repayment of reasonable attorney fees and costs. See also House Bill 5321 and 5323.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163499

House Bill 5323: Revise eminent domain takings procedures
Introduced by Rep. Greg MacMaster (R) on February 13, 2014, to include the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in a law that currently requires the Departments of Transportation and Environmental Quality to develop “takings assessment guidelines” to guide their actions related to eminent domain property takings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163500

House Bill 5324: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on February 13, 2014, to establish that state databases containing information on licenses issued to individuals to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistols are confidential and not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163501

House Bill 5326: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on February 13, 2014, to specify which state firearms owner records would be exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, as proposed by House Bill 5324.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163503

House Bill 5327: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R) on February 13, 2014, to establish law enforcement exceptions to the proposal in House Bills 5324 to 5326 to exempt state firearms owner records from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and authorize jail and fines for improperly disclosing information from these records. The provides exceptions for when law enforcement officers have probable cause to suspect a specific crime or threat related to an individual gun owner.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163504

House Bill 5328: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on February 13, 2014, to revise details of concealed pistol permit law and related statutes so they conform to the proposal in House Bills 5324 to 5326 to exempt state firearms owner records from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163505

House Bill 5329: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on February 13, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the proposal in House Bill 5327 to authorize penalties6 improper disclosure of information from the state firearms owner databases that would be made non-public information by House Bills 5324 to 5326.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163506

House Bill 5330: Authorize charitable contribution income tax credits
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on February 13, 2014, to authorize individual income tax credits for contributions to municipal art projects, public broadcasting stations, libraries, universities, and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163507

House Bill 5331: Prohibit public money to candidate in uncontested gubernatorial primary
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on February 18, 2014, to prohibit a candidate in a primary election held to determine a party’s candidate for governor from choosing to accept money from a state campaign fund if he or she has no opponent in the primary. Taking this money requires a candidate to limit contributions from other sources. The money comes from a combination of individual income tax checkoffs and general state tax revenues.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163529

House Bill 5332: Establish “uniform credentialing” for government substance abuse services
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on February 18, 2014, to require the Department of Community Health to develop a “uniform credentialing program” for individuals who provide “substance use disorder services through a state department or agency” and who are not licensed health care professionals. The bill would require these individuals to meet the conditions the program would establish.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163530

House Bill 5333: Mandate certain security guard training
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on February 18, 2014, to require companies that provide security guard services to ensure that employees have training in first aid, CPR and airway obstructions; emergency preparedness; proper use of tasers, pepper spray, and other self-defense devices; the legal aspects of the use of force; customer service issues and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163531

House Bill 5334: Mandate certain security guard training
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on February 18, 2014, to require the state licensing bureau to promulgate rules for imposing the security guard training requirements proposed by House Bill 5333.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163532

House Bill 5335: Codify property owner trespasser liability waiver
Introduced by Rep. Bradford Jacobsen (R) on February 18, 2014, to establish in statute (in addition to existing case law or common law) that a property owner, leaseholder, lien-holder or occupant is not liable for physical harm to a trespasser caused by the property owner or possessor’s failure to exercise reasonable care to make the property reasonably safe and not endanger the trespasser. The bill authorizes exceptions for willful and wanton misconduct by the property owner or possessor, or “active negligence,” or in the case of harm to a child, knowing that an “attractive nuisance” exists.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163533

House Bill 5336: Assert no federal jurisdiction over food not sold across state lines
Introduced in the House on February 18, 2014, to establish that the producers and production facilities of food that is produced in and remains in this state are not subject to federal regulations. The bill would prohibit agents of the federal government from trying to enforce federal regulations on food meeting these criteria, subject to penalties of up to 180 days in jail. It asserts the state has a 10th amendment right to assert and enforce this exemption.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163534

House Bill 5337: Revise township candidate filing process
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on February 18, 2014, to allow a candidate for office in a township to just pay $100 to get on the ballot, rather than having to submit a certain number of ballot access petition signatures.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163535

House Bill 5338: Revise child abuse “central registry” detail
Introduced by Rep. Peter MacGregor (R) on February 19, 2014, to clarify details of the conditions under which documents kept in a central registry of serious child abuse cases may or may not be released or used for specified purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163565

House Bill 5339: Revise auto insurance repair shop “steering” law
Introduced by Rep. Dale W. Zorn (R) on February 19, 2014, to prohibit insurance company adjustors or officials from attempting to compel an auto insurance policy holder to use a certain body shop; mandate that adjusters inform policy holders with a claim that they are free to use any body shop; prohibit adjusters from trying to coerce or manipulate a body shop to revise or alter an estimate, or use non-OEM parts and more, subject to being liable for triple damages and other sanctions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163566

House Bill 5340: Establish firefighters’ cancer presumption
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on February 19, 2014, to establish a presumption that cases of certain types of cancer contracted by non-volunteer firefighters arose out of and in the course of employment for purposes of granting workers compensation benefits, unless there is evidence to the contrary, and unless the person is a consistent cigarette smoker.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163567

House Bill 5341: Revise welfare application confidentiality details
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Hooker (R) on February 19, 2014, to revise existing restrictions on releasing information related to an individuals’ applications for welfare, Medicaid and related programs, to include documents, reports, or records from another agency or organization, unless required by other state or federal laws, or in response to a court order.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163568

House Bill 5342: Clarify prescription drug “use tax” exemption
Introduced by Rep. Lisa Lyons (R) on February 19, 2014, to exempt over-the-counter drugs from use tax if they are obtained under a prescription.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163569

House Bill 4291: Require full tax audit details be given to audit target
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on February 25, 2014, to require the Department of Treasury to provide a person or business who has been audited with a complete copy of the audit work papers, findings, and all the correspondence and documentation which formed a basis for audit determinations. Also, to require such audits to conform with standards the department would have to establish within one year, covering audit evidence, understanding of the audited entity, documentation and much more. The bill is part of a package of reforms related to business complaints regarding state audit procedures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685449

House Bill 4893: Revise child abuse investigation database details
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on February 25, 2014, to revise the rules for maintaining or expunging records of investigations contained in a central state registry of serious child abuse cases. The state would have to send a notice to a person being placed on the list, who would have 180 days to request a hearing. If an investigation did not provide a “preponderance of evidence” then a person could not be placed on the list, and except for very serious offenders, names would be removed from the list after 10 years.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685447

House Bill 5155: Revise criminal prosecution preliminary procedures
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 25, 2014, to authorize and establish procedures for “probable cause” conferences in advance of the “preliminary examinations” authorized under current law for criminal prosecutions. The subject matter would include possible plea bargains, bail, procedural aspects of the case, and more. These conferences could be waived if both sides agree. This and House Bill 5154 would also revise “preliminary examination” procedures, and timetables for both types of proceeding.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685463

Senate Bill 629: Allow city of Lansing to extend TIFA debt
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 26, 2014, to allow a city of Lansing “building authority” to refinance debt incurred to build garage structures with new loans that have maturities beyond what is currently allowed, and exempt these from a 2001 law that restricts refinancing if there is no overall benefit to the municipality. Lansing wants to extend its loans for cash flow purposes, because the extra tax revenue it presumed would result from projects funded by the debt has not been forthcoming. This would be the second time the legislature has allowed Lansing to extend debt in a manner not permitted by that 2001 municipal debt reform.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685604

Senate Bill 630: Allow city of Lansing to extend TIFA debt
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 26, 2014, to allow a city of Lansing “tax increment finance authority” to refinance debt incurred to build garage structures with new loans that have maturities beyond what is currently allowed, and exempt these from a 2001 law that restricts refinancing loans if there is no overall benefit to the municipality. Lansing wants to extend its loans for cash flow purposes, because the extra tax revenue it presumed would result from projects funded by the debt has not been forthcoming. This would be the second time the legislature has allowed Lansing to extend debt in a manner not permitted by that 2001 municipal debt reform.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685605

Senate Bill 631: Revise carrier pigeon licensure mandate
Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on February 26, 2014, to prohibit a person from getting a state-mandated carrier pigeon license if his or her facilities do not meet regulations imposed by the local government, but preempt locals from banning carrier pigeons outright.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685602

House Bill 4638: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 106 to 4 in the House on February 26, 2014, to establish a legal presumption that a property conveyance (deed or easement) recorded with the county register of deeds is valid if the conveyance meets the statutory requirements proposed by House Bill 4640, and other legal requirements.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685606

House Bill 4639: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 106 to 4 in the House on February 26, 2014, to revise the law requiring registers of deeds to maintain an index of recorded deeds and related instruments, so that it conforms with the provisions proposed by House Bill 4640.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685607

House Bill 4640: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 106 to 4 in the House on February 26, 2014, to establish standards for the affidavit that is required when recording an unrecorded property conveyance (deed or easement) with the county register of deeds.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685608

House Bill 5074: Revise delinquent property tax interest detail
Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on February 26, 2014, to give counties discretion over whether to impose an interest rate that is lower than the 1 percent per month currently imposed on amounts due to county delinquent tax revolving funds.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685601

Senate Bill 812: Revise Medicaid money allocation detail
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 25, 2014, to establish in statute the percentage the state will keep from certain federal Medicaid money disbursed to certain “public entities”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163638

Senate Bill 813: Increase some State Police pensions
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on February 25, 2014, to increase the monthly pension payment to certain retired State Police employees by $300.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163639

Senate Bill 814: Exempt unemployment benefits from income tax
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 25, 2014, to exempt state and federal unemployment benefits from the state income tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163640

Senate Bill 815: Mandate donor disclosure for certain political “issue ad” organizations
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on February 25, 2014, to extend state campaign finance mandates to “527 organizations,” which are entities that do not “expressly advocate” for the election or defeat of candidates or initiatives. The bill would require these entities make public the names of their donors if a director, officer, or board member is employed by or “serves as an agent” to a candidate for office.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163641

Senate Bill 816: Authorize “Choose Life” license plate
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 25, 2014, to require the Secretary of State to develop a “Choose Life” license plate, with fees collected from its sale spent on projects that promote alternatives to abortion.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163642

Senate Bill 817: Move back teacher rating process deadlines
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on February 25, 2014, to move back by two years the deadlines imposed by a 2011 law establishing a process for determining whether teachers are “effective” or not, and basing school employment decisions on these ratings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163643

Senate Bill 818: Limits some auto injury reimbursements; expand theft authority
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on February 25, 2014, to establish limits on the reimbursements paid for long term “attendant care” provided under the no fault insurance law’s mandatory unlimited coverage (which above $530,000 is paid by the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association). Also, to expand the duties of a state automobile theft prevention authority to include insurance fraud, overhaul its structure, and authorize $21 million in assessments (taxes) on insurers to pay for this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163644

Senate Bill 819: Require utilities provide customer “smart meter” opt-out
Introduced by Sen. Jim Marleau (R) on February 25, 2014, to require electric utilities that adopt advanced “smart meters” to allow customers to “opt out” without penalty; and impose restrictions on how utilities could collect, use and retain information collected from the meters.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163645

Senate Bill 820: Revise CON health facility rationing board
Introduced by Sen. Joe Hune (R) on February 25, 2014, detail to require that an individual representing “nonprofit mutual disability” insurance companies be on the board of the state “Certificate of Need” rationing commission, which requires health care providers to seek government permission to open or expand a facility or add certain capital-intensive equipment (like MRIs).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163646

Senate Bill 821: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of the device called the “metropolitan authority” that was created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some state use tax revenue to local governments, as a replacement for revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax.” This is a property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local government revenue from that 2012 personal property tax cut package, instead of replacing most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163647

Senate Bill 822: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of earmarks of state use tax revenue authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some revenue from this tax to local governments, as a replacement for revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax,” which is a property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local government revenue from that 2012 personal property tax cut package, instead of replacing most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163648

Senate Bill 823: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was the device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with money from the state “use tax.” For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the use tax in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; the legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830 was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163649

Senate Bill 824: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of state authorities created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163650

Senate Bill 825: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. David Robertson (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of the August 2014 ballot initiative authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163651

Senate Bill 826: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163652

Senate Bill 827: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163653

Senate Bill 828: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for smaller commercial businesses, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163654

Senate Bill 829: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on February 25, 2014, to replace a local “essential services special assessment” (tax) with a state version. This tax was authorized by a 2012 legislative package, and is intended to partially replace the local government revenue lost by cuts that new law made to the “personal property tax,” which is imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill would also authorize the state agency in charge of selective business tax breaks and subsidies (the “Michigan Strategic Fund”) to grant exemptions to firms that meet conditions specified in the bill. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163655

Senate Bill 830: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on February 25, 2014, to replace a local “essential services special assessment” (tax) with a state version. This tax was authorized by a 2012 legislative package, and is intended to partially replace the local government revenue lost by cuts that new law made to the “personal property tax,” which is imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill would also authorize the state agency in charge of selective business tax breaks and subsidies (the “Michigan Strategic Fund”) to grant exemptions to firms that meet conditions specified in the bill. See Senate Bill 822.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163656

Senate Bill 831: Allow homestead property tax exemption for inherited residence
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on February 26, 2014, to allow an individual who has inherited a dwelling that was the decedent’s principle residence, and who also has an principle residence property tax exemption on his or her current home, to claim the Proposal A principle residence (homestead) tax exemption on both properties for up to three years, or until the inherited residence is sold or leased.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163657

Senate Bill 832: Repeal county “ag advantage” ad authorization
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 27, 2014, to repeal a law that allows counties to levy a special tax or appropriate general tax revenue to advertise the county’s “agricultural advantages”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163678

Senate Bill 833: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on February 27, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the proposal in House Bill 5327 to authorize penalties for improper disclosure of information from the state firearms owner databases that would be made non-public information by House Bills 5324 to 5326, and Senate Bill 834.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163679

Senate Bill 834: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on February 27, 2014, to establish that state databases containing information on licenses issued to individuals to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistols are confidential and not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163680

Senate Bill 835: Authorize charitable contribution income tax credits
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 27, 2014, to authorize state income tax credits for charitable contributions to public art, public radio, colleges, universities, and museums.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163681

Senate Bill 836: Authorize charitable contribution income tax credits
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 27, 2014, to authorize state income tax credit for charitable donations to food banks, shelters, and community foundations.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163682

Senate Bill 837: “Omnibus” state budget (non-education portion)
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 27, 2014, to appropriate $36.452 billion in non-education state spending in the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2014, compared to $34.392 billion enacted the previous year. (Both figures are the overall “gross” spending amount generally cited in news reports; the new proposal nets-out to $35.622 billion “adjusted gross” when inter-department transfers are accounted for.) Some $19.100 billion of this will come from federal government. The total executive budget recommendation including education is $52.425 billion gross, of which $21.006 is federal money.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163684

Senate Bill 838: “Omnibus” state education budget
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 27, 2014, to appropriate $15.881 billion for K-12 school aid, higher education and community colleges during the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2014. Of this, $13.826 billion would go for K-12 public schools; $1.512 billion for state universities, and $371 million for community colleges.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163683

House Bill 4089: Authorize a memorial bridge designation
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on February 27, 2014, to designate a certain bridge in Jackson county as the “Officer James Bonneau Memorial Bridge”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685819

House Bill 4168: Repeal mandate for sheriffs to kill unlicensed dogs
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on February 27, 2014, to repeal a 1919 law that requires county sheriffs to locate and kill all unlicensed dogs, and which defines failure to do so as nonfeasance in office.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685818

House Bill 4855: Expand lottery winner government debt garnishment
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on February 27, 2014, to revise a law that requires the state lottery bureau to deduct any unemployment benefit overpayments, child support arrearages or debts to the state from the winnings of a person who wins $1,000 or more. The bill would also require any debt or liability to the state welfare bureau to be deducted.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685853

House Bill 5039: Expand mandatory child death investigations
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 27, 2014, to expand the duties of the state “children’s ombudsman” to include investigating all deaths of a child if there was an active or recent child protective services investigation or complaint, or the child was in foster care (with some exceptions). This office would also be required to report any immediate safety concerns regarding a child in an active or open protective services or foster care case to the appropriate state agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685854

House Bill 5108: Repeal ban on ticket scalping
Passed 66 to 42 in the House on February 27, 2014, to repeal a state law that bans ticket “scalping” at sports and entertainment events, or selling tickets at a higher price through some service or agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685852

House Bill 5343: Revise termination of parental rights detail
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on February 20, 2014, to clarify a detail related to the law that declares the termination of an individual’s parental rights does not end his duty to provide court-ordered child support.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163584

House Bill 5344: Elect U.S. presidents by a national popular vote
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on February 20, 2014, to enter into an interstate compact to elect U.S. presidents by a national popular vote.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163585

House Bill 5345: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on February 20, 2014, to remove the term “mentally retarded” in the law setting standards for defendant-competence in certain criminal trials, and replace it with the term “intellectually disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making a similar change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163586

House Bill 5346: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Phil Cavanagh (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating child care organizations with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163587

House Bill 5347: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Public Health Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163588

House Bill 5348: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the state Insurance Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163589

House Bill 5349: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Revised Judicature Act with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163590

House Bill 5350: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Tom Cochran (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating surrogate parenting with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163591

House Bill 5351: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a law related to intermediate school district jurisdiction with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163592

House Bill 5352: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R) on February 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the school employee pension law with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163593

House Bill 5353: Revise prepaid burial contract detail
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on February 25, 2014, to require prepaid burial contracts to specify any additional costs that might be required for a base, foundation, or other preparation to accommodate a government-funded gravestone or marker for the grave of a veteran.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163623

House Bill 5354: Exempt unemployment benefits from income tax
Introduced by Rep. Brandon Dillon (D) on February 25, 2014, to exempt state and federal unemployment benefits from the state income tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163624

House Bill 5355: Revise CPL “gun free zone” for personal protection orders
Introduced by Rep. Tim Kelly (R) on February 25, 2014, to authorize concealed pistol license boards to waive the “gun free zone” restrictions on a licensee who has been granted a personal protection order.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163625

House Bill 5356: Revise physical therapist scope-of-practice
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R) on February 25, 2014, to repeal a ban on licensed physical therapists providing therapy unless it has been prescribed by a physician.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163626

House Bill 5357: Revise physical therapist scope-of-practice
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on February 25, 2014, to allow health insurance companies to not reimburse services provided by a licensed physical therapist unless the service has been prescribed by a physician. House Bill 5356 would repeal a prohibition on physical therapists providing service that has not been prescribed, while House Bills 5357 to 5360 would establish that insurers can still require prescriptions if they choose. The same proposal is contained in Senate Bills 690 to 694.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163627

House Bill 5358: Revise physical therapist scope-of-practice
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on February 25, 2014, to allow workers compensation insurance plans to not reimburse services provided by a licensed physical therapist unless the service has been prescribed by a physician. House Bill 5356 would repeal a prohibition on physical therapists providing service that has not been prescribed, while House Bills 5357 to 5360 would establish that insurers can still require prescriptions if they choose. The same proposal is contained in Senate Bills 690 to 694.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163628

House Bill 5359: Revise physical therapist scope-of-practice
Introduced by Rep. Rose Mary Robinson (D) on February 25, 2014, to allow “prudent purchaser” type health care coverage plans to not reimburse services provided by a licensed physical therapist unless the service has been prescribed by a physician. House Bill 5356 would repeal a prohibition on physical therapists providing service that has not been prescribed, while House Bills 5357 to 5360 would establish that insurers can still require prescriptions if they choose. The same proposal is contained in Senate Bills 690 to 694.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163629

House Bill 5360: Revise physical therapist scope-of-practice
Introduced by Rep. Ken Yonker (R) on February 25, 2014, to allow Blue Cross Blue Shield to not reimburse services provided by a licensed physical therapist unless the service has been prescribed by a physician. House Bill 5356 would repeal a prohibition on physical therapists providing service that has not been prescribed, while House Bills 5357 to 5360 would establish that insurers can still require prescriptions if they choose. The same proposal is contained in Senate Bills 690 to.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163631

House Bill 5361: Allow disabled to hunt from “personal assistive mobility device”
Introduced by Rep. Charles Smiley (D) on February 25, 2014, to allow a disabled individual to hunt small game from an electric “personal assistive mobility device,” subject to conditions and restrictions specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163632

House Bill 5362: Give more money to fiscally failed school district successors
Introduced by Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D) on February 25, 2014, to appropriate $3 million each to the Intermediate School Districts containing the regular districts to which students were transferred from the fiscally failed Buena Vista and Inkster school districts. These two districts were dissolved under procedures authorized by a 2013 law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163633

House Bill 5363: Expand meth-related pseudoephedrine restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on February 26, 2014, to prohibit purchasing or possessing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine that is intended to be used to manufacture methamphetamines, subject to up to 20 years in prison.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163666

House Bill 5364: Expand meth-related pseudoephedrine restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on February 26, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the proposal in House Bill 5363 to prohibit purchasing or possessing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine that is intended to be used to manufacture methamphetamines.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163667

House Bill 5365: Impose new regulations on “petroleum coke”
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on February 26, 2014, to impose new regulations and a permit mandate on the storage and transport of “petroleum coke” (“pet coke”). This is related to a Marathon Oil refinery expansion in Detroit.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163668

House Bill 5366: Address “digital property” of deceased or incompetent individuals
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on February 26, 2014, to enable the court-appointed “conservator” of an individual who is no longer legally competent to exercise control and rights related to the person’s “digital property,” which could include social media accounts (like Facebook) and much more. The bill is part of a package comprised of House Bills 5366 to 5370 amending various statutes to address what happens when a person dies or becomes legally incompetent to his or her social media accounts, online “transactional service” accounts, online forms and applications, online terms-of-service agreements, and other forms of “digital property.” The bills would afford the person’s representative access and authority to use usernames, passwords, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163669

House Bill 5367: Address “digital property” of deceased or incompetent individuals
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on February 26, 2014, to enable the personal representative of a deceased person to exercise control and rights related to the person’s “digital property,” which could include social media accounts (like Facebook) and much more. to address what happens when a person dies or becomes legally incompetent to his or her social media accounts, online “transactional service” accounts, online forms and applications, online terms-of-service agreements, and other forms of “digital property.” The bills would afford the person’s representative access and authority to use usernames, passwords, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163670

House Bill 5368: Address “digital property” of deceased or incompetent individuals
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on February 26, 2014, to revise details of the state probate law related to the “digital property” of a person has died or become legally incompetent, including social media accounts, online “transactional service” accounts, online forms and applications, online terms-of-service agreements, etc. The bill is part of a package comprised of House Bills 5366 to 5370 that would afford a person’s representative access and authority to use usernames, passwords, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163671

House Bill 5369: Address “digital property” of deceased or incompetent individuals
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on February 26, 2014, to revise details of the “power of attorney” provisions in the state probate law related to the “digital property” of a person has died or become legally incompetent, including social media accounts, online “transactional service” accounts, online forms and applications, online terms-of-service agreements, etc. The bill is part of a package comprised of House Bills 5366 to 5370 that would afford a person’s representative access and authority to use usernames, passwords, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163672

House Bill 5370: Address “digital property” of deceased or incompetent individuals
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on February 26, 2014, to revise details of the “trusts” portion of the state probate law related to the “digital property” of a person has died or become legally incompetent, including social media accounts, online “transactional service” accounts, online forms and applications, online terms-of-service agreements, etc. The bill is part of a package comprised of House Bills 5366 to 5370 that would afford the person’s representative access and authority to use usernames, passwords, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163673

House Bill 5371: Expand “promise zone” tax increment financing authorities
Introduced by Rep. Woodrow Stanley (D) on February 26, 2014, to expand from 10 to 15 the number of “promise zone” tax increment financing authorities (TIFA) located in low income and “low educational attainment” areas. These entities were authorized by a 2008 law to “capture” a portion of any increases in the state portion of school property tax revenue in the area, and use the money to partially subsidize college tuition for local students.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163674

House Bill 5372: “Omnibus” state education budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 27, 2014, to appropriate $15.881 billion for K-12 school aid, higher education and community colleges during the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2014. Of this, $ $13.826 billion would go for K-12 public schools; $1.512 billion for state universities, and $371 million for community colleges.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163685

House Bill 5373: “Omnibus” state budget (non-education portion)
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 27, 2014, to appropriate $36.452 billion in non-education state spending in the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2014, compared to $34.392 billion enacted the previous year. (Both figures are the overall “gross” spending amount generally cited in news reports; the new proposal nets-out to $35.622 billion “adjusted gross” when inter-department transfers are accounted for.) Some $19.100 billion of this will come from federal government. The total executive budget recommendation including education is $52.425 billion gross, of which $21.006 is federal money.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163686

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
Passed 65 to 44 in the House on March 4, 2014, to adjust spending in the current year budget to reflect fund source changes triggered by adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion starting in April. The bill also appropriates $215 million in additional spending on roads (including $100 million for extra winter maintenance costs), plus money for Amtrak-related rail improvements, government preschool programs, low income heating bill subsidies, veterans programs, marina projects, and much more. The House removed a Senate-passed $5.5 million appropriation involving purchase of the Steelcase “Pyramid” building for a loosely defined, education-related “public/private partnership,” along with other spending including extra money for “land banks.” The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. For more details see a summary prepared by the House Fiscal Agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686380

Senate Bill 783: Ban medical marijuana use on property open to the public
Passed 31 to 7 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to prohibit the possession or use of medical marijuana on any portion of private property that is open to the public, or where it is banned by the property owner. The bill would also permit a landlord to refuse to rent a residence to someone who uses medical marijuana on the property. Because the bill amends an initiated law adopted by the people, it requires a three-fourths supermajority vote in the Senate and House.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686266

Senate Bill 821: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
The amendment failed 12 to 26 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to “tie bar” the bill to Senate Bill 658, which would impose sales tax on many catalog or internet purchases made from sellers outside the state, by placing in statute a broad definition of “nexus,” or affiliation with a different business located in Michigan, in the manner pioneered by internet retailer Amazon.com.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686267

Senate Bill 821: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of a mechanism created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some state use tax revenue to local governments, to replace revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax.” This is a property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local personal property tax revenue from that 2012 tax cut, rather than most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686268

Senate Bill 822: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of earmarks of state use tax revenue authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some revenue from this tax to local governments, as a replacement for revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax,” which is a property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local government revenue from that 2012 personal property tax cut package, instead of replacing most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686269

Senate Bill 823: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was the device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with money from the state “use tax.” For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the use tax in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; the legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830 was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686270

Senate Bill 824: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of state authorities created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686271

Senate Bill 825: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of the August 2014 ballot initiative authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686272

Senate Bill 826: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686273

Senate Bill 827: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686274

Senate Bill 828: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for smaller commercial businesses, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686275

Senate Bill 829: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to replace a local “essential services special assessment” (tax) with a state version. This tax was authorized by a 2012 legislative package, and is intended to partially replace the local government revenue lost by cuts that new law made to the “personal property tax,” which is imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill would also authorize the state agency in charge of selective business tax breaks and subsidies (the “Michigan Strategic Fund”) to grant exemptions to firms that meet conditions specified in the bill. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686276

Senate Bill 830: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on March 4, 2014, to replace a local “essential services special assessment” (tax) with a state version. This tax was authorized by a 2012 legislative package, and is intended to partially replace the local government revenue lost by cuts that new law made to the “personal property tax,” which is imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill would also authorize the state agency in charge of selective business tax breaks and subsidies (the “Michigan Strategic Fund”) to grant exemptions to firms that meet conditions specified in the bill. See also Senate Bills 821 and 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686277

House Bill 5160: Allow local governments to transfer tax functions to county
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on March 4, 2014, to allow cities, townships and villages to enter agreements with counties to administer functions related to property tax collections.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686366

Senate Bill 437: Revise “interlocal agreement” procedural detail
Passed 108 to 2 in the House on March 5, 2014, to require “interlocal agreements” (which formalize a joint exercise of power, privilege or authority between two or more government entities) to create a “separate legal entity” to collect and spend money to carry out the purpose of the agreement, rather than just a separate administrative body.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686552

Senate Bill 805: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the mental health code with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686446

Senate Bill 806: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the adult foster care services statute with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686591

Senate Bill 807: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating certain kinds of insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686449

Senate Bill 808: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686451

Senate Bill 809: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the law setting standards for defendant competence in criminal trials with the term “intellectually disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making a similar change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686452

Senate Bill 810: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute authorizing an exemption from the requirement to have a fishing license to go fishing with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686453

Senate Bill 811: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute specifying the duties of the state Office of Services to the Aging with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686455

House Bill 4295: Adjust school budget projections, appropiate extra money
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 5, 2014, to spend $1.8 million for a contract to provide schools a “sustainable, interactive health and nutrition education platform and personal responsibility health behavior record” that would collect “personal use health behavior data that are cumulative and accessible in real time only to the user and those authorized by the user through a secure online dashboard.” It would also include “age- and developmentally appropriate self-monitoring through the recording of health habits, including, but not limited to, dietary intake and physical activity…that provides a personal responsibility health record,” and more. Parents would have to “opt in” for their children to be included.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155260

House Bill 4295: Adjust school budget projections, appropiate extra money
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 5, 2014, to spend an extra $30 million various programs targeted at “at risk” students.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155260

House Bill 4295: Adjust school budget projections, appropiate extra money
Passed 107 to 3 in the House on March 5, 2014, to make adjustments to the school aid budget for the current fiscal year to reflect lower than expected student counts, and appropriate extra money for various purposes, including a $51.7 federal “early learning challenge grant” the state applied for. This will pay for government programs that are “culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate...for high-needs children from birth to kindergarten entry” and that “promote children’s physical, social, and emotional health” among other things; training for employees who perform these activities; monitoring systems and more. The bill also authorizes a student nutrition and behavior tracking software program for schools. It appropriates $5 million for transition costs related to dissolving the fiscally failed Buena Vista and Inkster school districts; $2 million for a year-round school pilot program; $3.9 million for contracts to provide students “information technology education opportunities; and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686575

House Bill 5136: Create standardized medical welfare mental health release form
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to require the state Department of Community Health to develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance abuse information between any public and private agency, department, corporation, or individual involved with treatment of a person with mental health or substance abuse problems.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686571

House Bill 5345: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to remove the term “mentally retarded” in the law setting standards for defendant-competence in certain criminal trials, and replace it with the term “intellectually disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making a similar change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686565

House Bill 5346: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating child care organizations with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686566

House Bill 5347: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Public Health Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686567

House Bill 5348: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the state Insurance Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686568

House Bill 5349: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Revised Judicature Act with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686569

House Bill 5350: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating surrogate parenting with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686570

House Bill 5351: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a law related to intermediate school district jurisdiction with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686573

House Bill 5352: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 5, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the school employee pension law with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686572

Senate Bill 472: Revise state survey and remonumentation commission details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 6, 2014, to revise details of the law that authorizes a state survey and remonumentation commission, including its duties, composition and some definitions related to corner and landmark markers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686685

Senate Bill 667: Prohibit minors from using “e-cigarettes”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 6, 2014, to prohibit minors form using electronic cigarettes, making it a misdemeanor crime punishable by a $50 fine, community service in a hospice or long term care facility, and being ordered into a health promotion and risk reduction program.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686686

Senate Bill 668: Ban selling “e-cigarettes” to minors
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 6, 2014, to ban selling or giving minors electronic vapor cigarettes, or any device that delivers nicotine.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686687

Senate Bill 711: Extend Cobo sales tax exemption
Passed 100 to 10 in the House on March 6, 2014, to extend for another two years the 2014 sunset on a law that exempts from sales tax the purchase of tools and equipment by a contractor if these are used to fix or renovate Cobo Hall in Detroit.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686729

Senate Bill 735: Extend Cobo use tax exemption
Passed 100 to 10 in the House on March 6, 2014, to extend for another two years the 2014 sunset on a law that exempts from use tax the purchase of tools and equipment by a contractor if these are used to fix or renovate Cobo Hall in Detroit.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686730

House Bill 5277: Revise foreclosure restrictions
Passed 107 to 3 in the House on March 6, 2014, to revise details of a 2013 law that made changes to the right of a mortgage foreclosure auction property buyer to monitor the property during the post-auction redemption period (during which a delinquent borrower can pay the loan in full to redeem the property). The bill would impose more restrictions on inspections by the buyer, require more notice before interior inspections, and offer more opportunities for the borrower to repair or correct damage before the buyer can claim immediate ownership rights.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=686741

House Joint Resolution CC: Call for “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention
Introduced by Rep. Ray Franz (R) on January 15, 2014, to submit an application to Congress calling for a “convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Consitution,” limited to proposing an amendment that prohibits the federal government from spending more in any fiscal year than it collects in tax and other revenue (balanced budget amendment). Legislatures representing two-thirds of the states must request this to get a convention, and three-quarters of the states must approve any amendment proposed by an “Article V” convention for it to become part of the constitution. The resolution names 17 states that have submitted applications. It state that delegates would be appointed (not elected) to participate in drafting rules, bylaws, and procedural agreements for the convention.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=162315

Senate Bill 841: Increase penalties, authorize property forfeiture for food stamp fraud
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 4, 2014, to revise a law that bans having or using a false or doctored food stamp debit card (“bridge card”), reducing the threshold for criminal penalties from getting $250 worth of merchandise to $100, and increasing the penalty from 93 days in jail to one year, and potentially up to five years in prison, or 20 years if the value has exceeded $5,000. The bill also authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of the proceeds from this crime, and any property (including real estate) used to “facilitate” it.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163741

Senate Bill 842: Increase food stamp fraud penalties
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 4, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the increased food stamp fraud penalties proposed by Senate Bill 841.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163742

Senate Bill 843: Authorize establishment of welfare agency police force
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 4, 2014, to give the Department of Human Services (the state welfare department) the authority to appoint agents with the same powers as peace (police) officers and limited arrest powers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163743

Senate Bill 844: Authorize establishment of welfare agency police force
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 4, 2014, to exempt the state welfare agency police proposed by Senate Bill 843 from the “gun-free zone” restrictions in the state’s concealed pistol license law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163744

Senate Bill 845: Give district court magistrates arrest warrant power
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on March 4, 2014, to allow a district court magistrate to issue an arrest warrant.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163745

Senate Bill 846: Revise “development district” liquor license law
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 4, 2014, to extend to villages and townships the 2005 law that authorizes the issuance of additional on-premises liquor licenses in excess of the number of licenses allowed in an area under a state quota system, for businesses that will offer dining, recreation, or entertainment in “development” or “redevelopment” districts.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163746

Senate Bill 847: Expand homestead property tax credit
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 4, 2014, to increase the property tax credit a homeowner or renter can claim against the state income tax, by lowering the income threshold in the formula used to calculate this “homestead” or principle residence exemption.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163747

Senate Bill 848: Authorize aquatic vegetation harvest tool tax break
Introduced by Sen. Joe Hune (R) on March 4, 2014, to exempt from the state use tax the purchase of tools and equipment used to harvest, handle “transform” or package aquatic vegetation from the waters of this state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163748

Senate Bill 849: Require an early voting system
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 5, 2014, to require and set rules for “early voting” beginning 30 days before election days.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163736

Senate Bill 850: Exempt public safety employees from no-contract “step pay hike” ban
Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on March 5, 2014, to exempt law enforcement and fire department employees from a 2011 law that banned automatic seniority-based automatic pay hikes for individual government employees (“step increases”) during the time when a government employee union contract has expired and no replacement has been negotiated. Specifically, the bill would exempt public safety workers covered by a 1969 compulsory arbitration law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163737

Senate Bill 851: Exempt “low risk foods’ from some food service safety mandates
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 5, 2014, to exempt a “food service establishment” that serves only “low risk foods” from certain inspection and manager food safety certification requirements. The bill defines “low risk foods” as coffee; cotton candy; commercially precooked hot dogs, bratwurst, and hamburgers; doughnuts; hand-dipped ice cream; nachos with cheese; popcorn; roasted nuts; snow cones and others as determined by a local health department.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163738

Senate Bill 852: Grant industrial plant rehab tax break for particular developer
Introduced by Sen. Bert Johnson (D) on March 6, 2014, to allow an exception to the usual requirements for an Industrial Plant Rehabilitation tax break, making a particular facility eligible, when under current statute it would not be.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163762

Senate Bill 853: Expand eyeglass/contact lens prescription licensure mandates
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 6, 2014, to prohibit the use of an “automated refractor” device to determine eyeglass or contact lens prescriptions by anyone except a licensed physician (including ophthalmologists) or optometrists. Also, to codify in statute current regulations prohibiting any other kind of professional from writing eyeglass and contact lens prescriptions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163763

Senate Bill 854: Revise government long-term trust fund detail
Introduced by Sen. Jim Marleau (R) on March 6, 2014, to revise references in a law governing government entities that have a long-term or perpetual trust fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163764

House Bill 5374: Expand mandate to allow service dogs
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on February 27, 2014, to expand a law that prohibits businesses and landlords from restricting access to seeing-eye and other service dogs, so it includes dogs used by veterans who have symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or other service-related disabilities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163687

House Bill 5375: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on February 27, 2014, to explicitly permit nursing homes to provide medical treatment provided by health care professionals in any licensed field.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163688

House Bill 5376: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on February 27, 2014, to revise the definition of “learned profession” in the Michigan limited liability company act to make it conform with the proposal in House Bill 5375 removing current restrictions on the types of health care professional who can provide medical treatment in a nursing home.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163689

House Bill 5377: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on February 27, 2014, to revise the definition of “learned profession” in the Michigan business corporations act to make it conform with the proposal in House Bill 5375 removing current restrictions on the types of health care professional who can provide medical treatment in a nursing home.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163690

House Bill 5378: Expand scope of Consumer Protection Act regulations
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on February 27, 2014, to eliminate a provision of the Consumer Protection Act that excludes from its provisions matters governed by other comprehensive regulatory regimes in state law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163691

House Bill 5379: Repeal county “ag advantage” ad authorization
Introduced by Rep. Rick Outman (R) on March 4, 2014, to repeal a law that allows counties to levy a special tax or appropriate general tax revenue to advertise the county’s “agricultural advantages”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163723

House Bill 5380: Call for “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention
Introduced by Rep. Ray Franz (R) on March 4, 2014, to provide a process for the legislature appointing delegates to a potential “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention of the states (as opposed to electing delegates), and prescribe the powers and duties of those delegates. House Joint Resolution CC and Senate Joint Resolution V call for such a convention.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163724

House Bill 5381: Ban local government contracts to elected official campaign contributors
Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D) on March 4, 2014, to prohibit local governments from awarding contracts worth $25,000 or more to a vendor who made a political contribution of at least $100 in the previous 12-month period to an elected officeholder in the local government.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163725

House Bill 5382: Authorize commission to determine need for state agencies
Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D) on March 4, 2014, to authorize a legislative commission to examine each state agency, determine the need for the functions the agency performs, and recommend the its abolition, continuation, or reorganization, along with the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of its programs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163726

House Bill 5383: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on March 4, 2014, to permit expert witness testimony concerning chemical testing and custody of evidence to be provided by video communication in preliminary examinations and criminal trials. Also, to authorize a judge or district court magistrate under specified circumstances to release a defendant whose preliminary chemical test reveals the presence of a controlled substance.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163727

House Bill 5384: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on March 4, 2014, to require the preliminary chemical test of a driver that reveals the presence of a controlled substance to be entered into the state Law Enforcement Information Network database, and be removed if subsequent tests show no drugs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163728

House Bill 5385: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on March 4, 2014, to expand the law that requires a person arrested for drunk driving to take a chemical test so that it also applies to drug tests.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163729

House Bill 5386: Require gas and oil lease disclosures to landowners
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 4, 2014, to require the Department of Environmental Quality to provide on its website general information on oil and gas leasing, exploration, drilling and related topics; and require an individual who solicits a landowner to lease oil or gas rights to give the landowner a toll-free telephone number the department is required to maintain providing this kind of information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163730

House Bill 5387: Revise retired school employee pension “double dipping”
Introduced by Rep. Theresa Abed (D) on March 4, 2014, to no longer require school districts to pay the cost of back-filling the unfunded liability for pension and post-retirement health benefits earned or promised to a “retired” teacher who is simultaneously collecting pension checks and payroll compensation for substitute teaching.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163731

House Bill 5388: Revise eviction and tenant damage procedures
Introduced by Rep. Marilyn Lane (D) on March 4, 2014, to allow a sheriff or other officer to serve a delinquent tenant with a court-ordered money judgment for damages to the property at the same time as an eviction notice.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163732

House Bill 5389: Revise nursing home feeding detail
Introduced by Rep. Paul D. Clemente (D) on March 4, 2014, to allow a nursing home to use a “dining assistant” to provide feeding assistance to a patient who needs “encouragement” but does not have complicated feeding problems, with the consent of the patient or patient’s representative.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163733

House Bill 5390: Revise wage garnishment rules
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on March 4, 2014, to revise the law that authorizes a court-ordered garnishment of an individual’s wages to establish that the “writ of garnishment” remains in effect until the balance of the judgment is satisfied, instead of a maximum of 182 days. House Bill 5391 would limit the amount that can be taken from each paycheck.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163750

House Bill 5391: Revise wage garnishment rules
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on March 4, 2014, to revise the law that authorizes a court-ordered garnishment of an individual’s wages to satisfy an obligation, to cap the garnishment at 15 percent of “take-home” pay, as specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163751

House Bill 5392: Let schools spend leftover bond debt on non-authorized projects
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on March 4, 2014, to allow school districts to spend up to 15 percent of the debt authorized by a bond initiative on projects that were not specified in the initiative, if the project that was specified has been completed, subject to restrictions listed in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163752

House Bill 5393: Ban selling “e-cigarettes” to minors; regulate these as tobacco
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on March 4, 2014, to ban selling or giving minors electronic vapor cigarettes, or any device that delivers nicotine, and mandate these be sold in child-proof containers. The bill would also define e-cigarettes as a “tobacco product,” which potentially subjects these to other state regulations, taxes and public place smoking bans.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163753

House Bill 5394: Authorize charitable contribution income tax credits
Introduced by Rep. Phil Potvin (R) on March 4, 2014, to authorize state income tax credits for charitable donations to food banks, shelters, community foundations, public art, public radio, colleges, universities, and museums.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163754

House Bill 5395: Revise candidate name detail
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on March 6, 2014, to permit candidates to specify that a “recognized diminutive” for his or her surname (last name) appear on the ballot. Current law permits this for a first or middle name.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163767

House Bill 5396: Trim mandated barber college instruction hours
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on March 6, 2014, to reduce from 250 to 225 the number of hours of classroom study, demonstrations, and recitations that a licensed barber college must offer, and reduce from 1,750 to 1,575 hours the amount of required “practical barber training” it must provide.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163768

House Bill 5397: Authorize local government energy efficiency homeowner loans
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on March 6, 2014, to allow local governments in communities with a municipal utility to provide an energy efficiency loan program for homeowners. Loan payments could be made with utility bills.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163769

House Bill 5398: Allow certain government land swaps
Introduced by Rep. Jon Bumstead (R) on March 6, 2014, to allow a county to swap land with the state, the federal government or other government entity for the purpose of combining it with tax foreclosed properties into a marketable parcel.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163770

Senate Bill 276: Require community service work by welfare recipients
Passed 91 to 19 in the House on March 11, 2014, to require welfare recipients to perform community service if they are not already in a welfare-related work or training program, subject to many exceptions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687214

Senate Bill 329: Ease certain winery and distiller restrictions
Passed 103 to 5 in the House on March 12, 2014, to ease current restrictions on a wine maker, distiller or brandy manufacturer possessing real estate that is occupied by another vendor, which would make these restrictions the same as ones that now apply to brewers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687254

Senate Bill 389: Give high school diploma to Viet Nam veterans
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 11, 2014, to grant a high school diploma to veterans who did not graduate but joined the armed forces during Vietnam war.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687213

Senate Bill 504: Revise liquor license law details
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on March 12, 2014, to revise the state Liquor Control Code, establishing that rather than being “liberally” construed, regulator should interpret the intent and purposes it sets forth and “protect the public health, safety, and welfare” of citizens.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687258

Senate Bill 505: Revise liquor license law details
Passed 103 to 5 in the House on March 12, 2014, to codify in law an administrative restrictions on alcohol manufacturers, sellers, and distributors giving bars and restaurants items that promoted brands and prices of their products. Among other things the bill would allow some promotional items to be distributed, but ban giving bars and restaurants glasses with brand logos, while also repealing a ban on their using logoed glassware they buy at retail from another source.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687261

Senate Bill 506: Revise liquor license law details
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on March 12, 2014, to prohibit requiring brewers and beer wholesalers from having to pay a state beer tax more than once every three months. The bill also revises details of which entities are required to deliver the tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687264

Senate Bill 507: Revise liquor license law details
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on March 12, 2014, to prohibit requiring wineries, liquor makers or their wholesalers from having to pay a state wine or liquor tax more than once every three months. The bill also revises details of which entities are required to deliver the tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687267

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on March 12, 2014, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This appropriates $215 million in additional spending on roads (including $100 million for extra winter maintenance costs), plus extra money for a variety of other government programs. It authorizes but does not fund a project involving purchase of the Steelcase “Pyramid” building for a loosely defined, education-related “public/private partnership.” The bill also authorizes $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. Finally, it adjusts spending in the current year budget to reflect fund source changes triggered by adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion starting in April. For more details see a summary prepared by the House Fiscal Agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687278

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
Passed 30 to 5 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This appropriates $215 million in additional spending on roads (including $100 million for extra winter maintenance costs), plus extra money for a variety of other government programs. It authorizes but does not fund a project involving purchase of the Steelcase “Pyramid” building for a loosely defined, education-related “public/private partnership.” The bill also authorizes $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. Finally, it adjusts spending in the current year budget to reflect fund source changes triggered by adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion starting in April. For more details see a summary prepared by the House Fiscal Agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687285

Senate Bill 636: Facilitate “land line” phone service transition to cell phones
Passed 71 to 39 in the House on March 11, 2014, to streamline regulations on “landline” telephone service providers so as to facilitate transitioning customers to a wireless (cell phone or VOIP) system, and allow phone companies to discontinue landline service after 2016. The bill authorizes appeal procedures requiring a stare investigation for individual customers who believe no equivalent replacement service is available.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687217

Senate Bill 648: Authorize state grants to certain doctors
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 11, 2014, to expand a state scholarship that subsidizes the medical school loans for a student who agrees to provide specified primary care services in an area of the state deemed to have a shortage of such providers. The bill would expand the program to dentists and increase the maximum subsidy to $200,000. Different parts of these provisions are contained in a package comprised of this and Senate Bill 649.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687113

Senate Bill 649: Authorize state grants to certain doctors
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 11, 2014, to expand a state scholarship that subsidizes the medical school loans for a student who agrees to provide specified primary care services in an area of the state deemed to have a shortage of such providers. The bill would expand the program to dentists and increase the maximum subsidy to $200,000. Different parts of these provisions are contained in a package comprised of this and Senate Bill 648.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687114

Senate Bill 650: Revise brewer regulation details
Passed 105 to 3 in the House on March 12, 2014, to allow very small commercial brewers (ones that produce fewer than 1,000 barrels per year, labeled by the bill “qualified micro brewers”) to sell directly to a retail merchant, rather than being mandated to sell through a member of a state beer wholesaler cartel created by current liquor control laws. This is part of a package of modest liquor law reforms comprised of Senate Bills 504 to 507, 651, and House Bill 4277.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687268

Senate Bill 780: Appropriate $27.7 million for state land acquisitions and recreation projects
Passed 33 to 2 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to appropriate $27.6 million from the state Natural Resources Trust Fund for various land acquisitions and recreation projects. State oil and gas well royalty money is earmarked for this fund.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687273

Senate Bill 820: Revise CON health facility rationing board detail
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to require that an individual representing “nonprofit mutual disability” insurance companies be on the board of the state “Certificate of Need” rationing commission, which requires health care providers to seek government permission to open or expand a facility or add certain capital-intensive equipment (like MRIs).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687272

House Bill 4709: Revise beer brewer regulations
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to increase the maximum production level that subjects a brewer to state “microbrewer” regulations (vs. more rigid regular brewer regulations), from 30,000 barrels annually to 60,000.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687275

House Bill 4710: Revise beer brewer regulations
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to increase the number of “brewpubs” in which a single owner can have an interest, from three to six, with a maximum capacity between them of 18,000 barrels of beer per calendar year.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687276

House Bill 4711: Revise beer brewer regulations
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to revise a law that prohibits a brewer from having more than one brewery in the state that sells beer at retail for on-premises consumption. The bill increases this to two, and three for “microbrewers” who produce more than 30,000 barrels per year (and less than 60,000).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687283

House Bill 4711: Revise beer brewer regulations
Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to revise a law that prohibits a brewer from having more than one brewery in the state that sells beer at retail for on-premises consumption. The bill increases this to two, and three for “microbrewers” who produce more than 30,000 barrels per year (and less than 60,000).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687277

House Bill 4810: Revise lower homestead tax for assisted living residents
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 11, 2014, to revise a 2012 law that allows an individual who moves into an assisted living facility to retain the principal residence property tax exemption on his or her own residence, by removing a condition that the home must not be for sale.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687112

House Bill 4941: Revise nurse license reciprocity detail
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on March 12, 2014, to extend licensing reciprocity to licensed Canadian nurses.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687270

House Bill 4964: Authorize automatic government employee 401(k) enrollments
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on March 12, 2014, to allow the state, schools and local governments to automatically enroll eligible employees in 401(k) type retirement accounts, with a percentage of the individual’s pay deposited in the account. An employee could choose to opt-out of deductions and deposits.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687271

House Bill 5282: Allow deadly force to defend nuclear plants
Passed 102 to 6 in the House on March 12, 2014, to explicitly allow an officer providing security at a nuclear generating plant to use deadly force if he or she “honestly and reasonably believes (it) is necessary to prevent” a person from breaking in with the intent to inflict harm, engage in radiological sabotage or steal nuclear material. This would include immunity from lawsuits.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687252

House Bill 5342: Clarify prescription drug “use tax” exemption
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on March 12, 2014, to exempt over-the-counter drugs from use tax if they are obtained under a prescription.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687253

Senate Bill 610: Revise state ban on short-barreled rifles and shotguns
Passed 103 to 6 in the House on March 13, 2014, to revise a state ban on short-barreled rifles or shotguns to clarify that it bans guns that are banned under federal law, which exempts antiques and “curios and relics”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687500

Senate Bill 759: Revise beaver trap license restriction
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 13, 2014, to repeal a prohibition on a person with a state “fur dealer license” also having a license to trap beaver.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687465

House Bill 4155: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Passed 81 to 28 in the House on March 13, 2014, to establish that state databases containing information on licenses issued to individuals to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistols are confidential and not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687493

House Bill 4740: Revise county medical care facility board of trustees detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 13, 2014, to revise the details governing appointments by county boards to the board of trustees of the Pinecrest Medical Care Facility in the Upper Peninsula, a joint county medical care facility for Menominee, Dickinson, and Delta Counties.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687464

House Bill 4811: Revise “military family relief fund” details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 13, 2014, to expand the conditions and revise procedures for military families applying for assistance from a state “military family relief fund” created by a 2004 law for families who are suffering financial stress as a result of the military service, or who have an emergency. Also, to allow $50,000 from the fund to be used for annual advertising and marketing. The money comes from an income tax checkoff.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687463

House Bill 5085: Revise restrictions on minors shooting pistols
Passed 107 to 2 in the House on March 13, 2014, to revise the law that requires minors shooting a pistol to do so only under the supervision of a parent or guardian, so as to allow this supervision to be provided by an adult age 21 or older who has successfully completed a pistol safety training course that meets the requirements of the state’s concealed pistol law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687503

House Bill 5091: Establish that open firearms carry is not “brandishing”
Passed 104 to 5 in the House on March 13, 2014, to revise the definition of illegally “brandishing” a firearm to state that it applies only to a person who acts in a “willful” manner. The bill would also establish that pointing a gun at someone to defend oneself or another is not “brandishing.” House Bill 5092 establishes a statutory definition of brandishing that requires an “intent” to threaten.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687501

House Bill 5092: Establish that open firearms carry is not “brandishing”
Passed 105 to 4 in the House on March 13, 2014, to define “brandishing” a firearm as “to point, wave about, or display in a threatening manner with the intent to induce fear.” Under current law “brandishing” is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail. See also House Bill 5091.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687502

House Bill 5324: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Passed 88 to 21 in the House on March 13, 2014, to establish that a firearms-related court order or disposition entered into the state’s Law Enforcement Information Network (LIEN) is not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687494

House Bill 5325: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Passed 89 to 20 in the House on March 13, 2014, to define the state databases containing information on individual firearms ownership that House Bill 5227 would make confidential and not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687495

House Bill 5326: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Passed 87 to 22 in the House on March 13, 2014, to revise a provision of the state concealed pistol license law so it conforms with the proposal in House Bill 5227 establishing that state firearms owner records would be exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687496

House Bill 5327: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 12, 2014, to add House Bill 4774 to the ones that must pass for this bill to become law. HB 4774 would expand to all gun purchases, including rifles and shotguns, a state pistol purchase “license” mandate that applies to person-to-person sales but not gun store sales.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163504

House Bill 5327: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Passed 82 to 27 in the House on March 13, 2014, to establish that state records and databases related to individual firearms ownership and permits are confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The bill authorizes law enforcement exceptions allowing access based on reasonable suspicion of a crime or threat, and a $500 civil fine for violations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687498

Senate Bill 855: Human trafficking reports
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to establish that a social worker, school employee, medical professional or member of another specified human services profession who has reasonable cause to suspect human trafficking and who in good faith reports it or cooperates in an investigation is immune from civil liability.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163844

Senate Bill 856: Establish state certification for federal police
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to establish a procedure for certifying federal law enforcement officers as Michigan police officers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163845

Senate Bill 857: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to establish that a person who in good faith believes that another individual is suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose and who administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) is not liable in a civil lawsuit for damages.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163846

Senate Bill 858: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to grant immunity from criminal prosecution or administrative sanction to a medical professional or pharmacist who prescribes, dispenses, possesses, or administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) to someone the person believes in good faith to be suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163847

Senate Bill 859: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to require the state-authorized “medical control authorities” responsible for establishing certain treatment protocols in a county or region to establish protocols that require ambulances to carry an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone), and require emergency services personnel to be trained to administer them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163848

Senate Bill 860: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to permit doctors to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense an “opioid antagonist” including naloxone hydrochloride to the friends or family of individuals who may suffer a heroin overdose.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163849

Senate Bill 861
Introduced by Sen. Randy Richardville (R) on March 11, 2014, Authorize higher “children’s trust fund” spending to authorize a higher rate of annual spending from a state “children’s trust fund” that distributes money intended to various local “councils” intended to prevent child abuse and neglect.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163850

Senate Bill 862: Allow alcohol at Michigan Stadium international soccer game
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 11, 2014, to allow the sale of alcohol at the University of Michigan football stadium in Ann Arbor during a potential soccer game in August 2014 between the Manchester United and Real Madrid international soccer teams.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163851

Senate Bill 863: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on March 11, 2014, to permit expert witness testimony concerning chemical testing and custody of evidence to be provided by video communication in preliminary examinations and criminal trials. Also, to authorize a judge or district court magistrate under specified circumstances to release a defendant whose preliminary chemical test reveals the presence of a controlled substance.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163852

Senate Bill 864: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on March 11, 2014, to require the preliminary chemical test of a driver that reveals the presence of a controlled substance to be entered into the state Law Enforcement Information Network database, and be removed if subsequent tests show no drugs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163853

Senate Bill 865: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on March 11, 2014, to expand the law that requires a person arrested for drunk driving to take a chemical test so that it also applies to drug tests.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163854

Senate Bill 866: Increase penalty for crimes if victim is older
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on March 12, 2014, to increase the penalties for various crimes against a person over 65 years of age, with steeper penalties in some cases if the victim is age 70 or older.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163855

Senate Bill 867: Increase penalty for crimes if victim is older
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on March 12, 2014, to expand the law that requires a person arrested for drunk driving to take a chemical test so that it also applies to drug tests.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163856

Senate Bill 868: Increase handicap parking violation fines
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 12, 2014, to increase the minimum and maximum fines for illegally parking in a handicap parking place from $100 and $250 respectively, to $200 and $500 respectively. The bill would also authorize posting these amounts on the “handicap parking” signs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163857

Senate Bill 869: Remove specific fishing season dates from statute
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on March 12, 2014, to eliminate the statutory fishing season dates for largemouth and smallmouth bass, which presumably would leave setting the dates to the state Natural Resources Council.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163858

Senate Bill 870: Allow local drop-off recycling bin permit mandates
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 12, 2014, to allow local governments to impose a permit mandate on closed recycling bins placed to collect used clothes, shoes, books, etc. (“textile recycling bins”), which would include bins placed by second hand shops and institutions. Permit-applicants would have to pay annual fees and meet specified registration and location requirements.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163859

Senate Bill 871: Allow local drop-off recycling bin permit mandates
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 12, 2014, to revise the state statute authorizing local zoning laws to conform with the proposal in Senate Bill 870 to give local governments the authority to impose a permit mandate on closed recycling bins placed to collect used clothes, shoes and books (“textile recycling bins”).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163860

Senate Bill 872: Reduce regulatory obstacles to developing stamp-sand property
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 13, 2014, to establish that property where “stamp sands” have been deposited is not subject to state environmental law restrictions unless the sands contain hazardous substances that exceed the allowable levels for unrestricted residential use. “Stamp sands” are finely grained crushed rock resulting from copper ore processing and are not uncommon in the Keweenaw region.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163861

Senate Bill 873: Authorize “Pure Michigan Trail” designations
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on March 13, 2014, to authorize the designation of a trail as “Pure Michigan Trail” if it contributes to a statewide trail network that “promotes healthy lifestyles, economic development, recreation, and conservation.” The bill would also authorize designation of “Pure Michigan Towns” and “Pure Michigan Water Trails”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163862

Senate Bill 874: Authorize “Pure Michigan Trail” designations
Introduced by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R) on March 13, 2014, to authorize the use of money in an existing “Michigan trailways fund” to develop the statewide multi-use trail network proposed by Senate Bill 873.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163863

Senate Bill 875: Authorize “Pure Michigan Trail” designations
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 13, 2014, to revise the state environmental protection law to conform to the proposal in Senate Bill 873 to create a statewide multi-use trail network.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163864

Senate Bill 876: Authorize “Pure Michigan Trail” designations
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on March 13, 2014, to revise the law authorizing the state to operate an “adopt a trail” program using the services of volunteers so as to conform to the proposal in Senate Bill 873 to create a statewide multi-use trail network.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163865

Senate Bill 877: Authorize “Pure Michigan Trail” designations
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 13, 2014, to revise the law authorizing a state “snowmobile and trails advisory council” so as to conform to the proposal in Senate Bill 873 to create a statewide multi-use trail network and the designation of “Pure Michigan Water Trails”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163866

House Bill 5399: Human trafficking reports
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R) on March 11, 2014, to establish that a social worker, school employee, medical professional or member of another specified human services profession who has reasonable cause to suspect human trafficking and who in good faith reports it or cooperates in an investigation is immune from civil liability.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163804

House Bill 5400: Revise certain low-hazard waste restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R) on March 11, 2014, to reduce restrictions on using certain low-hazard industrial wastes that have a beneficial use, including as fertilizer or other uses, and related to this, expand the statutory definition of “inert material” in the state environmental protection law to include a number of specified materials.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163805

House Bill 5401: Revise certain low-hazard waste restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on March 11, 2014, to exempt a person who stores or uses “inert materials” and “beneficial use by-products” as defined by House Bill 5400 from liability under state the environmental protection law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163806

House Bill 5402: Revise certain low-hazard waste restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Phil Potvin (R) on March 11, 2014, to revise a law regulating the sale and use of “liming material” for soil treatment so that it conforms to the proposal in House Bill 5400 to reduce environmental law restrictions on using certain low-hazard industrial wastes and “inert materials” that have a beneficial use.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163807

House Bill 5403: Expand “Corridor Improvement” Authority spending to agriculture
Introduced by Rep. Henry Yanez (D) on March 11, 2014, to include promoting and marketing local agriculture markets and products among the things that a “Corridor Improvement” Authority can borrow money for, with the money repaid by the special assessments or “captured” property tax revenue increases the authority collects.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163808

House Bill 5404: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Rep. Hugh Crawford (R) on March 11, 2014, to require the state-authorized “medical control authorities” responsible for establishing certain treatment protocols in a county or region to establish protocols that require ambulances to carry an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone), and require emergency services personnel to be trained to administer them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163809

House Bill 5405: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on March 11, 2014, to grant immunity from criminal prosecution or administrative sanction to a medical professional or pharmacist who prescribes, dispenses, possesses, or administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) to someone the person believes in good faith to be suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163810

House Bill 5406: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on March 11, 2014, to establish that a person who in good faith believes that another individual is suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose and who administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) is not liable in a civil lawsuit for damages.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163811

House Bill 5407: Heroin overdose treatment package
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on March 11, 2014, to permit doctors to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense an “opioid antagonist” including naloxone hydrochloride to the friends or family of individuals who may suffer an overdose.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163812

House Bill 5408: Authorize pedal-powered beer bars
Introduced by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R) on March 12, 2014, to establish in statute that a “commercial quadricycle,” which is a pedal-powered mobile beer bar, is not considered a “motor vehicle” even if it has auxiliary power, and instead would be subject to the less onerous regulations imposed on “low-speed vehicles,” or if operated on a sidewalk, the regulations imposed on “Segways.” Under this and House Bill 5409 passengers would be allowed to have open beer or wine containers, but the driver would be required to have a blood alcohol level of zero.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163818

House Bill 5409: Authorize pedal-powered beer bars
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on March 12, 2014, to establish in statute that a “commercial quadricycle,” which is a pedal-powered mobile beer bar, is not considered a “motor vehicle” even if it has auxiliary power, and instead would be subject to the less onerous regulations imposed on “low-speed vehicles,” or if operated on a sidewalk, the regulations imposed on “Segways.” Under this and House Bill 5408 passengers would be allowed to have open beer or wine containers, but the driver would be required to have a blood alcohol level of zero. The bill would also mandate certain insurance coverage levels.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163819

House Bill 5410: Mandate more tattoo parlor notices
Introduced by Rep. Harvey Santana (D) on March 12, 2014, to mandate that tattoo parlors post a notice that certain tattoos may disqualify an individual from military service, law enforcement employment, or further promotion in a job.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163820

House Bill 5411: Mandate court order for CPS child interview without parent
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Graves (R) on March 12, 2014, to prohibit a state child protective services investigator from interviewing a child outside the presence of a parent or guardian unless the agency gets a court order permitting this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163821

Senate Bill 575: Prohibit licensure discipline board conflicts of interest
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 18, 2014, to prohibit a member of a health profession occupational licensure board’s disciplinary subcommittee from participating in disciplinary procedures if he or she has a conflict of interest. The bill would also revise procedures for the initiation of a state investigation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687788

Senate Bill 576: Prohibit licensure discipline board conflicts of interest
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 18, 2014, to require members of a government board, commission, or committee that has authority in regulatory actions concerning private individuals or entities, to disclose any personal or financial interest in a matter before the board, refrain from board discussions on the matter and not participate in any related votes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687789

Senate Bill 577: Revise licensure discipline board procedures
Passed 109 to 1 in the House on March 18, 2014, to require (rather than just “allow”) the state agency in charge of occupational licensure in the health care field to investigate allegations that grounds exist for disciplinary action against a health care professional. Also, to explicitly include any conduct with a patient that is sexual in any way in the grounds for investigation and disciplinary action, and increase potential administrative penalties (in addition to any criminal sanctions a prosecutor may seek).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687790

Senate Bill 578: Revise licensure discipline board procedures
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 18, 2014, to establish specific procedures to be followed by a health profession occupational licensure board’s disciplinary subcommittee in making a final decision on disciplinary action against a health care professional, which then becomes subject to judicial review.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687791

House Bill 5254: Establish enhanced hydrocarbon recovery CO2 pipeline regulations
Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on March 18, 2014, to revise the state law imposing permit requirements on gas, oil and other pipelines, so it also applies to pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used to produce oil and gas in secondary or “enhanced recovery’ operations. Senate Bill 5255 and 5256 would apply property condemnation powers and the state preemption of local pipeline restrictions to these pipelines. See also House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687736

House Bill 5255: Authorize eminent domain for oil well CO2 pipelines
Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on March 18, 2014, to extend the state law authorizing eminent domain takings for gas, oil and other pipeline easements, so it also includes pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used to produce hydrocarbons in secondary or “enhanced recovery” operations. See also House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687740

House Bill 5274: Preempt locals from restricting CO2 pipelines
Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on March 18, 2014, to expand the law that gives the state Public Service Commission authority to regulate oil and gas pipelines so it also applies to pipelines carrying carbon dioxide used in hydrocarbon “enhanced recovery” operations. This law preempts local governments from restricting pipelines in their jurisdiction. This is related to House Bill 4885, which would cut the tax on oil and gas extracted using enhanced recovery.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687732

Senate Bill 713: Revise mental health services law to accommodate rehab
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to expand the powers of governing board of a community mental health services authority, explicitly authorizing “partnering with entities that provide health care and rehabilitative services” directly related to community mental health programs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687835

House Bill 4593: Expand scrap metal regulatory regime
Passed 98 to 12 in the House on March 19, 2014, to expand an existing scrap metal dealer regulatory regime that applies to purchases of nonferrous scrap metal so that it also applies to purchases of scrap iron (ferrous metals). The bill would also impose restrictions on the form of payment a dealer could use to purchase “scrapped” catalytic converters, air conditioners and stripped copper wire. Payment in cash would be prohibited, and payments greater than $25 would have to be sent by mail to the seller’s address as indicated on valid form of identification. If the scrap metal industry creates a real time database of each purchase, some payment restrictions would be less stringent. The bills would also require dealers to keep specified records of sellers and purchased items, and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687918

House Bill 4885: Cut tax on oil and gas from “enhanced recovery”
Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to reduce the “severance tax” or royalty paid to the state on oil and gas extracted from state land to 4 percent for hydrocarbons extracted using “enhanced recovery” technology, which injects carbon dioxide into wells to force out more product (this is different from hydraulic fracturing). The current tax ranges from 5.0 to 6.6 percent.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687838

House Bill 5121: Revise judgeships
Passed 28 to 10 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to increase by one the number of judgeships in the 16th circuit court in Macomb County.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687846

House Bill 5122: Revise judgeships
Passed 27 to 11 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to increase the by one the number of judgeships in the sixth circuit court in Oakland County.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687847

House Bill 5123: Revise judgeships
Passed 26 to 12 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to increase the number of judges in some judicial circuits and districts, and decrease them in some others. Among other changes the bill would reduce by one the number of judges in the 36th district in Detroit.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687850

House Bill 5124: Revise judgeships
Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to reduce the number of district judgeships in the third judicial circuit in Wayne County from 60 to 56.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687848

House Bill 5125: Revise judgeships
Passed 27 to 11 in the Senate on March 19, 2014, to consolidate and revise the number of judgeships in several district courts around the state.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687849

House Bill 5234: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 19, 2014, to revise and update definitions in the state criminal law that covers human trafficking.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687865

House Bill 5235: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 19, 2014, to revise the state sentencing guidelines to conform to the proposal in House Bill 5234 to update definitions in the state criminal law that covers human trafficking.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687866

House Bill 5236: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 19, 2014, to revise the law authorizing seizure and forfeiture of property related to the commission of a crime or the proceeds from a criminal act so that it explicitly applies to human trafficking crimes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687867

House Bill 5237: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 19, 2014, to include human trafficking crimes in the state’s victim restitution law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687868

House Bill 5239: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 19, 2014, to require Department of Human Services employees to promptly report to law enforcement suspected child abuse or child neglect involving human trafficking crimes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687869

Senate Joint Resolution V: Call for “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention
Passed 77 to 32 in the House on March 20, 2014, to submit an application to Congress calling for a “convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Consitution,” limited to proposing an amendment that prohibits the federal government from spending more in any fiscal year than it collects in tax and other revenue (balanced budget amendment). Legislatures representing two-thirds of the states must request this to get a convention, and three-quarters of the states must approve any amendment proposed by an “Article V” convention for it to become part of the constitution. The resolution names 17 states that have submitted applications.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688039

Senate Bill 641: Revise real estate license details
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to allow inactive real estate salespersons and brokers to renew their license within three years, subject to conditions and requirements specified in the bill. Also, to revise a six-hour annual “continuing education” mandate to instead allow licensees to take 18 hours spread over three years.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687993

Senate Bill 719: Allow renegotiation of state environmental cleanup and recreation loans
Passed 103 to 7 in the House on March 20, 2014, to allow local governments with financial problems to negotiate more favorable terms on loans made to them by the state using money the state itself borrowed under the 1998 “Clean Michigan Initiative” ballot proposal, which authorized $675 million of new government debt (“bond sales”) for environmental cleanup and recreation projects. They would not be allowed to negotiate a reduction the amount of the outstanding loan principal.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687996

Senate Bill 805: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the mental health code with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687998

Senate Bill 807: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating certain kinds of insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688000

Senate Bill 808: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688001

Senate Bill 809: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the law setting standards for defendant competence in criminal trials with the term “intellectually disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making a similar change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688002

Senate Bill 810: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute authorizing an exemption from the requirement to have a fishing license to go fishing with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688003

Senate Bill 811: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute specifying the duties of the state Office of Services to the Aging with the term “developmentally disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688004

House Bill 4001: Cap FOIA charges and increase government FOIA scofflaw penalties
Passed 102 to 8 in the House on March 20, 2014, To establish statewide standards for the costs a government body may charge to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act open records request. Among other things the bill would prohibit charging more than the wages (not including benefits) of the lowest paid employee capable of meeting the request (or of deleting information exempt from disclosure), whether or not that person does the actual work. If the exempt information deletion work were done by a contract employee, the charge for the person’s time could not be greater than six times the state minimum wage. “Overhead” or overtime costs could not be included in the charges.
The charge for standard size copies could not exceed 10 cents per page, periodically adjusted for inflation, and the amount charged for the person making the copies (paper or electronic) could not exceed three times the state minimum wage. A government body could choose to provide bulky information in electronic format (on CD), and if the requested information is on its website could just reference this in its reply. FOIA requestors would have to be given an itemized list of the costs, and a government body’s procedures, guidelines and fees would have to be posted on its website (if it has one). The penalty for wrongfully denying a request would increase from $500 to $2,000 (and up to $7,500 if this is “willful and intentional”), and $1,000 for charging excessive fees (as determined by a judicial appeal process the bill would authorize)..
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688023

House Bill 4118: Require drug testing of welfare applicants
Passed 25 to 11 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to require a one-year pilot program in at least three counties that would require drug testing of state welfare benefit recipients and applicants if an “empirical screening tool” indicates a reasonable suspicion of drug use. Benefits would be halted for six months if a person tests positive or refuses to take the test, with an exception for medical marijuana. If a welfare recipient who is a parent tests positive, the child would still be eligible for assistance, and a “protective payee” would be designated to receive the parent’s welfare money. The bill appropriates $500,000 for the pilot program.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687945

House Bill 4295: Adjust school budget projections, appropiate extra money
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to make adjustments to the school aid budget for the current fiscal year to reflect lower than expected student counts, and appropriate extra money for various purposes, including a $51.7 federal “early learning challenge grant” the state applied for. This will pay for government programs that are “culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate...for high-needs children from birth to kindergarten entry” and that “promote children’s physical, social, and emotional health” among other things; training for employees who perform these activities; monitoring systems and more. It appropriates $5 million for transition costs related to dissolving the fiscally failed Buena Vista and Inkster school districts; $2 million for a year-round school pilot program; $2 million for class size reductions; $3.9 million for contracts to provide students “information technology education opportunities; and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687931

House Bill 4369: Codify “education achievement authority” for failed schools
Passed 56 to 54 in the House on March 20, 2014, to codify in statute the authority of a state “education achievement authority,” which is an office in the Department of Education tasked with reforming public schools whose performance is in the bottom 5 percent for two consecutive years. Not more than 50 schools could eventually be subject to this office’s authority (phased in through June 2017), and their management could be transferred to a charter school or another conventional school district. Alternatively, the local intermediate school district could choose to take over a failed school’s management.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688021

House Bill 4484: Cap rental self-storage late fees, revise liability
Passed 34 to 2 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to cap rental payment late fees to a self-storage space rental facility at $20 per month or 20 percent of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater (with certain exceptions), allow additional means of disposing of property subject to sale for non-payment of rent, and revise details of the facility owner’s liability for stored documents or other media that is sold or destroyed when a tenant defaults on a rental agreement.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687940

House Bill 5119: Revise Uniform Commercial Code fund transfer details
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to revise and update definitions and details of the Uniform Commercial Code law that governs funds transfers and electronic funds transfers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687997

House Bill 5332: Establish “uniform credentialing” for government substance abuse services
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on March 20, 2014, to require the Department of Community Health to develop a “uniform credentialing program” for individuals who provide “substance use disorder services through a state department or agency” and who are not licensed health care professionals. The bill would require these individuals to meet the conditions the program would establish.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687995

House Bill 5345: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to remove the term “mentally retarded” in the law setting standards for defendant-competence in certain criminal trials, and replace it with the term “intellectually disabled.” This is part of a multi-bill package making a similar change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687932

House Bill 5346: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the statute regulating child care organizations with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687933

House Bill 5347: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Public Health Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687934

House Bill 5348: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the state Insurance Code with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687935

House Bill 5349: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a section of the Revised Judicature Act with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687936

House Bill 5350: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a statute regulating surrogate parenting with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687937

House Bill 5351: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in a law related to intermediate school district jurisdiction with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687938

House Bill 5352: Remove “mentally retarded” references from statute
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 20, 2014, to replace the term “mentally retarded” in the school employee pension law with the term “developmental disability.” This is part of a multi-bill package making the same change to various statutes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687939

House Bill 5380: Call for “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention
Passed 62 to 47 in the House on March 20, 2014, to provide a process for the legislature appointing delegates to a potential “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention of the states (as opposed to electing delegates), and prescribe the powers and duties of those delegates. House Joint Resolution CC and Senate Joint Resolution V call for such a convention.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688040

House Bill 5396: Trim mandated barber college instruction hours
Passed 103 to 7 in the House on March 20, 2014, to reduce from 250 to 225 the number of hours of classroom study, demonstrations, and recitations that a licensed barber college must offer, and reduce from 1,750 to 1,575 hours the amount of required “practical barber training” it must provide.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=687994

Senate Bill 878: Accommodate and regulate the “millionaire game” business
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 18, 2014, to revise the law governing charitable “millionaire party” gambling events that include casino games, in a manner that accommodates charities contracting-out operation of these fundraising events to a “charitable gaming service” that operates them for multiple charities at a single location, one event after another. The bill would establish a licensing regime covering both the charities and the companies that provide the gambling service, which would recognize a system that has evolved in which, on most days of the week, a person can go to a single location to gamble on casino-like games, with the proceeds going to a different charitable organization each day (or during different hours of the same day), less the cost of the contract with the service provider. The state Gaming Control Board has proposed a different regulatory regime that would restrict this practice rather than accommodate it.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163867

Senate Bill 879: Revise mammography report disclosure details
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 19, 2014, to require the summary and written report of a mammography examination sent to a doctor or patient by a federally certified mammography facility to include cautionary information regarding breast density if the patient is determined to have “heterogeneously or extremely dense breast tissue”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163877

Senate Bill 880: Require psychologist licensure board approval of specific degree programs
Introduced by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D) on March 19, 2014, to empower and require the board of political appointees authorized to establish standards for allowing a person to get a state psychologist license to approve the specific degree programs taken by licensure applicants at a college or university that already meets all the standards imposed by statute.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163878

Senate Bill 881: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on March 20, 2014, to specify which state firearms owner records would be exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, as proposed by House Bill 5327.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163884

Senate Bill 882: Repeal local road agency fringe benefit reporting mandate
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal a law that mandates local road agencies certify to the Department of Transportation that their and their contractors’ employees get fringe benefits meeting certain specifications in that law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163885

Senate Bill 883: Exempt canceled home loan debt from income tax
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 20, 2014, to authorize a state income tax deduction for the debt of a homeowner that is cancelled when his or her delinquent mortgage is foreclosed. Under federal and state tax law, the canceled debt is treated as taxable income.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163886

Senate Bill 884: Allow union certification without secret ballot (”card check”)
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 20, 2014, to allow unions to gain certification to represent a group of employees through a “card check” method in which union representatives get at least half the workers to sign a card saying they want the union, with no opportunity to vote in a secret ballot. The bill would also authorize binding arbitration if no contract is reached after 90 days of collective bargaining, with government-appointed mediators empowered to impose a settlement.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163887

Senate Bill 885: Revise first responder regulatory detail
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 20, 2014, to allow the state-authorized “medical control authorities” responsible for establishing certain treatment protocols in a county or region to establish “enhanced” protocols for medical first responders, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technician specialists and paramedics. Also, to require the Department of Community Health to convene a “rural emergency medical services task force” to evaluate the “status, resources, needs, and forecasts” for emergency medical services in the rural areas of this state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163888

Senate Bill 886: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal a law regulating the terms and sale of life estates, life leases, and long-term leases in nursing homes, retirement homes, homes for the aged, and foster care facilities, and replace it with a new law that styles these contracts as “continuing care agreements” and “continuing care communities,” which can also include independent living units and adult foster care facilities. The bill would impose detailed registration and disclosure requirements for entities that make such offers, and regulate the terms they offer.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163889

Senate Bill 887: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 20, 2014, to exempt the community care operations Senate Bill 886 would regulate from certain state rules governing a facility’s provision of various licensed medical professionals to residents.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163890

Senate Bill 888: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 20, 2014, to exempt the community care operations Senate Bill 886 would regulate from certain state rules governing an adult foster care facility’s provision to residents of various licensed medical professionals.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163891

Senate Bill 889: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal certain criminal sentencing guidelines that reference a nursing home regulatory regime that Senate Bill 886 would alter.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163892

House Bill 5412: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on March 18, 2014, to allow state banks to offer savings promotion raffles that offer prizes for individuals who enter the raffle by depositing a specified amount.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163871

House Bill 5413: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on March 18, 2014, to revise references in the state law on gambling and lottery crimes to reflect the proposal in House Bill 5412 to allow state banks to offer savings promotion raffles.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163872

House Bill 5414: Reduce, then end “driver responsibility fees”
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on March 18, 2014, to reduce the so-called “driver responsibility fees” (a.k.a. “bad driver tax”) imposed for certain traffic violations, which were originally adopted in 2003 to avoid spending cuts in that year’s and subsequent state budgets. The bill would cut these additional fees in half for offenses committed after Sept. 30, 2014, and abolish them as of Oct. 1, 2017. However, the state would continue to use collection agencies to collect outstanding fees from past violations, and suspend the drivers licenses of those unable to pay. Reportedly some 400,000 mostly low-income individuals have lost their licenses under this law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163873

House Bill 5415: Allow emailed eviction notice if specified in lease
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on March 18, 2014, to allow landlords to send eviction notices by email if the lease agreement authorizes this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163874

House Bill 5416: Ban employment discrimination based on “reproductive health decisions”
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on March 18, 2014, on to prohibit an employer from asking about or discriminating in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of an employee or job applicant’s “reproductive health decisions,” or those of a dependent, or on the basis of the employer’s personal beliefs concerning such issues.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163875

House Bill 5417: Authorize general obligation debt for local energy efficiency loan programs
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on March 19, 2014, to revise a 2010 law that granted local governments the power to lend a property owner money for “energy efficiency improvements” or a “renewable energy system,” and also levy a special assessment on the property from which the loan would be repaid. The bill would permit local governments to incur new “general obligation” debt to secure the debt they have already incurred under these programs, which the original law specified could not be general obligation debt. It would also repeal a provision that requires a property owner who enters one of these programs to notify the person’s mortgage lender.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163882

House Bill 5418: Allow private employers to give preferences to veterans
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on March 20, 2014, to permit employers to give preference to veterans in hiring and promotion decisions, subject to conditions specified in the bill, and require the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to maintain a registry of employers that do this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163894

House Bill 5419: Revise training detail for licensed athletic trainers
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on March 20, 2014, to mandate that licensed athletic trainers successfully complete a course of training that includes lessons on automated external defibrillator use by medical professionals, in addition to the current requirements for first aid and CPR lessons. The bill would also cut the license fee for trainers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163895

House Bill 5420: Ban state and local agencies from participating in federal “metadata” collection
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 20, 2014, to prohibit state agencies, local governments and their employees from assisting or providing material support to a federal agency in collecting electronic data or metadata concerning any person, unless it is pursuant to a specific search or arrest warrant. The bill would also prohibit such information from being used in a criminal investigation or prosecution.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163896