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Senate Bill 84: Authorize “Choose Life” license plate
The amendment failed 11 to 26 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to also require the Secretary of State to develop a “Planned Parenthood” fundraising license plate, and add any profits to the amounts spent under a federal “Maternal and Child Health Block Grant,” which pays for government programs to reduce unintended pregnancies, reduce child obesity, reduce sexually transmitted diseases and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709467

Senate Bill 84: Authorize “Choose Life” license plate
The amendment failed 11 to 26 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to not give any profits from the license plate sales to organizations and projects that promote alternatives to abortion, and instead spend it on “health care services to women and practical support to pregnant women”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709468

Senate Bill 84: Authorize “Choose Life” license plate
The amendment failed 11 to 26 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to use the profits from the proposed plate for programs that reduce infant mortality instead of organizations that promote alternatives to abortion.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709469

Senate Bill 84: Authorize “Choose Life” license plate
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to require the Secretary of State to develop a “Choose Life” license plate, with fees collected from its sale given to organizations and projects that promote alternatives to abortion.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709470

Senate Bill 160: Revise Detroit debt-financed spending detail
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to revise details of a 2011 law that expanded allowable debt-financed deficit spending by Detroit, to clarify a provision allowing some city revenue to held in trust for certain creditors. Specifically, it strengthen the legal claims of certain lenders on future city revenue.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709462

Senate Bill 161: Impose licensure mandate on security guards and businesses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to impose a licensure mandate on security guards and security guard agencies, and revise many details of a comprehensive regulatory regime that already covers these individuals and companies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709463

Senate Bill 162: Revise regulation of security guard businesses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to revise many details of a comprehensive regulatory regime for security guards and agencies, and transfer the statutory authority for these regulations from a Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act to the state Occupational Code.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709464

Senate Bill 163: Revise regulation of security guard businesses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to revise a law imposing registration requirements on security alarm providers so it conforms with the proposal in Senate Bill 162 to revise the statutory authority for licensure and regulation of private security guard and security alarm businesses.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709465

Senate Bill 164: Revise security guard company licensure fees
Passed 29 to 8 in the Senate on March 18, 2015, to establish license fees for security guard agencies or branch offices. See also Senate Bill 162.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709466

House Bill 4038: Allow eviction notices by email
Passed 85 to 24 in the House on March 18, 2015, to allow landlords to send eviction notices by email, if the lease provides for this. Sending these notices is just the first step in the eviction process.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709399

House Bill 4188: Let adoption agencies refuse adoptions that violate moral convictions
Passed 65 to 44 in the House on March 18, 2015, to specify in statute that a “child placing agency” (private adoption agency or foster care service) is not required to assist or participate in an adoption or placement that violates its written religious or moral convictions, including adoptions of a child by a homosexual. Also, to prohibit a state agency from discriminating or taking an “adverse action” against an adoption agency for this reason.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709394

House Bill 4189: Let adoption agencies refuse adoptions that violate moral convictions
Passed 65 to 44 in the House on March 18, 2015, to specify in statute that a “child placing agency” (private adoption or foster care agency) is not required to assist or participate in an adoption or placement that violates its written religious or moral convictions, including adoptions of a child by a homosexual. Also, to prohibit a state agency from discriminating or taking an “adverse action” against an agency for this reason.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709396

House Bill 4190: Let adoption agencies refuse adoptions that violate moral convictions
Passed 65 to 44 in the House on March 18, 2015, to prohibit a state agency from discriminating or taking an “adverse action” against an adoption agency that refuses to assist or participate in an adoption or placement that violates its written religious or moral convictions. Specifically, to establish that an adoption agency that adopts this written policy is still eligible for required state licenses.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709398

House Bill 4289: Revise government pension system detail
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 18, 2015, to update some terms and references in the law requiring large municipal pension systems (namely Detroit) to have an investment committee that recommends asset allocations and actuarial assumptions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=709400