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