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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