Senate Bill 373: Require pharmacy best practices pilot programs
Passed 106 to 3 in the House on December 4, 2013, to allow the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to establish a process for the approval of up to 10 pilot projects designed to provide better pharmacy products or more efficient pharmacy services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675703
Senate Bill 509: Authorize new state Senate office building
Passed 22 to 14 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to authorize the sale of the Farnum Senate office building in Lansing and construction of a new building for Senators’ offices.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675740
Senate Bill 516: Convert certain bank tax breaks to cash subsidies
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to revise details of the “franchise tax” imposed on financial institutions, including the “apportionment” of the tax to earnings generated in other states, and the application of the tax given different ownership structures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675738
Senate Bill 642: Revise unclaimed property law (“escheats”) detail
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to revise details of the disposition of funds taken under an ”escheats law” that lets the state government take possession of unclaimed property if the owner does not claim it within three years. Specifically, the bill amends references in this law to a “senior care respite fund” to reflect the 2013 law authorizing conversion of Blue Cross to non-profit “regular” insurance company.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675730
Senate Bill 656: Require certain drug price limits in medical welfare programs
Passed 34 to 2 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to revise the formula and procedures prescribed for a “maximum allowable cost” scheme used by the state’s medical welfare programs to determine how much they will reimburse pharmacies for prescription drugs dispensed to beneficiaries.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675744
Senate Bill 671: Waive some licensure fees for veterans
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to waive fees charged for state-imposed occupational licensure mandates if the applicant is an honorably discharged military veteran.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675734
Senate Bill 672: Waive some licensure fees for veterans
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2013, to waive fees charged for a state-imposed security guard or security system contractor licensure mandates if the applicant is an honorably discharged military veteran.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675736
House Bill 4021: Include child pornography in “kidnapping” law
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on December 4, 2013, to define as “kidnapping” the holding of a child for purposes of producing child pornography.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675706
House Bill 4867: Revise financial exploitation of vulnerable adult sentencing
Passed 107 to 2 in the House on December 4, 2013, to establish that “predatory conduct” committed before a “financial exploitation of a vulnerable person” offense may be considered in the sentencing guidelines for this crime, even if the conduct was directed at a law enforcement official posing as a potential victim.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675707
House Bill 4895: Increase concealing stolen car penalties
Passed 101 to 8 in the House on December 4, 2013, to increase the penalty for second and subsequent convictions for concealing a stolen vehicle.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675700
House Bill 4896: Increase concealing stolen car penalties
Passed 100 to 9 in the House on December 4, 2013, to establish sentencing guidelines for the increased penalties proposed by House Bill 4895 for second and subsequent convictions for concealing a stolen vehicle.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675702
House Bill 5012: “Human trafficking” criminal law package
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on December 4, 2013, to create a legal presumption that a minor who is engaged in prostitution is being coerced.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675699
House Bill 5026: Expand grounds for court supervision of juveniles
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on December 4, 2013, to expand the grounds under which a court may order the removal of a child from a home and into foster care to individuals age 18 (that is, who are not a “minor”), if there is a “danger of substantial physical or psychological harm” because the young person is not living with a parent or legally responsible adult, or has repeatedly run away and is considered “beyond the control of a parent,” or has committed “commercial sexual activity” that is the result of “force, fraud, coercion, or manipulation by a parent or other adult”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675701
House Bill 5138: Authorize breast cancer “awareness” specialty license plate
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on December 4, 2013, to authorize a specialty license plate for “breast cancer awareness,” and give the net revenue from its sale to a state government breast and cervical cancer control program.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675705
House Bill 5156: Court of claims change “cleanup” bill
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on December 4, 2013, to establish that a person who has the right to a jury trial in a claim against the state can file the claim in their local circuit court. This is meant to clarify changes made in a new law enacted two weeks before this bill’s introduction, which changed the state’s “court of claims” from the Ingham County circuit court, instead making it the state Court of Appeals.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675709
enate Bill 404: Revise landfill performance bond detail
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on December 5, 2013, to revise details of the financial instruments that may used by a landfill operator to satisfy the performance bond-like “perpetual care fund” requirements related to the future upkeep of closed landfills.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675913
Senate Bill 434: Require financial institutions help enforce welfare benefit restrictions
Passed 101 to 9 in the House on December 5, 2013, to require a credit union that operates automatic teller machines in a casino, liquor store, or “adult entertainment establishment” to ensure it does not allow a person to use a welfare benefits “bridge card” to withdraw cash from those ATMs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675911
Senate Bill 556: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at liquor or “adult” store
Passed 100 to 10 in the House on December 5, 2013, to require state agencies to “work with” ATM cash machine suppliers to establish a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash in a liquor store or “adult entertainment establishment.” “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675912
Senate Bill 636: Facilitate “land line” phone service transition to cell phones
Passed 31 to 4 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, 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 for individual customers for whom the replacement service does not work well.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675896
Senate Bill 679: Establish scrap metal theft legal presumption
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to establish a “rebuttable presumption” that a person caught stripping more than $100 or 100 pounds of metal from a building or structure does not have the permission of the owner, and so is committing larceny as defined in a 2008 scrap metal theft law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675871
House Bill 4064: Authorize all-electronic court records
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to allow court papers and records to be filed and kept electronically. The bill replaces a number of statutory record keeping requirements, in some cases specifying instead that these must be in accordance with rules established by the state Supreme Court. It also requires the court system to develop a records retention and disposal schedule and procedures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675864
House Bill 4467: Don’t impose “insurance” regulations on extended service contracts
Passed 108 to 2 in the House on December 5, 2013, to establish that service contracts covering the future maintenance, repair or replacement of vehicles, building or other property are not “insurance” subject to the licensure mandates and regulations imposed by the state insurance code.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675920
House Bill 4532: Establish digital court records
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to require all courts in the state to keep writs, processes, proceedings and records in a manner and medium to be determined by the state Supreme Court, which would include electronic records and signatures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675865
House Bill 4571: Increase aviation gas tax
Passed 84 to 26 in the House on December 5, 2013, to increase the tax imposed on aviation and jet fuel from 3 cents per gallon to 2 percent of the wholesale price (which would mean around 10 cents per gallon at current prices for avgas and jet fuel). House Bill 4572 would exempt aviation fuel from sales tax; at current prices the two bills combined represent a slight net tax increase, but at higher fuel prices the increase could be substantially more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675929
House Bill 4572: Stop imposing sales tax on aviation fuel
Passed 85 to 25 in the House on December 5, 2013, to no longer impose the 6 percent sales tax on aviation fuel sales. See also House Bill 4571, which would increase the aviation fuel excise tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675930
House Bill 4677: Earmark some sales tax on gasoline to public transportation subsidies
Passed 106 to 3 in the House on December 5, 2013, to earmark an additional $17 million of sales tax revenue to school funding.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675931
House Bill 4729: Formalize statewide “intrastate Michigan emergency management assistance agreement”
Passed 109 to 1 in the House on December 5, 2013, to automatically enter all local governments into a statewide “intrastate Michigan emergency management assistance agreement,” unless a community’s governing body passes a resolution against participating. The agreement would formalize mutual aid procedures and obligations (and limitations on obligations) for locally declared emergencies, serious threats to public health and safety, etc.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675919
House Bill 4858: Require financial institutions help enforce welfare benefit restrictions
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to require a bank that operates automatic teller machines in a casino, liquor store, or “adult entertainment establishment” to ensure it does not allow a person to use a welfare benefits “bridge card” to withdraw cash from those ATMs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675867
House Bill 4859: Require financial institutions help enforce welfare benefit restrictions
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to require a savings bank that operates automatic teller machines in a casino, liquor store, or “adult entertainment establishment” to “work with” state agencies to find a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” to withdraw cash from those ATMs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675868
House Bill 5014: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at liquor stores
Passed 33 to 2 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to require liquor stores to “work with” state agencies to find a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash from an ATM on the premises. This would not apply to grocery stores that also sell liquor. “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675869
House Bill 5015: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at race track
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to require state agencies to “work with” ATM cash machine suppliers to establish a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash at a horse racing track. “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675870
House Bill 5017: Expand certain developer tax breaks
Passed 26 to 10 in the Senate on December 5, 2013, to expand a 2012 law that exempts land on which homes and apartments built “on spec” by residential real estate developers from school operations property tax for three years (or until the property is occupied, whichever occurs first). The bill would extend the exemption to new structures, not just the land.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675891
House Bill 5017: Expand certain developer tax breaks
Passed 86 to 24 in the House on November 13, 2013, to expand a 2012 law that exempts homes and apartments built “on spec” by residential real estate developers from school operations property tax for three years (or until the property is occupied, whichever occurs first). The bill would extend the exemption to the land, not just the new structures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675220
House Bill 5121: Revise judgeships
Passed 104 to 6 in the House on December 5, 2013, to increase 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=675914
House Bill 5122: Revise judgeships
Passed 102 to 8 in the House on December 5, 2013, to increase 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=675915
House Bill 5123: Revise judgeships
Passed 102 to 8 in the House on December 5, 2013, to increase the number of judgeships in the 17th circuit court in Kent County.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675916
House Bill 5124: Revise judgeships
Passed 67 to 42 in the House on December 5, 2013, to reduce the number of district judgeships in Wayne County.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=675917
House Bill 5125: Revise judgeships
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 4, 2013, to add procedural obstacles to a provision consolidating judgeships in Genesee County.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161289
House Bill 5125: Revise judgeships
Passed 75 to 35 in the House on December 5, 2013, 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=675918