Senate Bill 62: Update register of deeds procedures to recognize electronic signatures
Passed 101 to 2 in the House on September 16, 2015, to revise a law establishing requirements for recording a document with a register of deeds, so that it facilitates using electronic signatures. Also, to establish that a ‘certified copy’ of a death certificate (as defined in statute) is the same as an original.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717012
Senate Bill 281: Repeal 36th district court bailiff’s “job for life” law
Passed 67 to 36 in the House on September 16, 2015, to allow a bailiff of the 36th district court to be dismissed for inability do the job. This is the former Detroit “Recorders Court,” and the law that replaced it with the 36th district court permitted the current bailiffs to keep their jobs for life and not be replaced except for malfeasance, even if the individual is no longer capable of doing the job.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717014
House Bill 4438: Authorize “epi-pens” in restaurants, camps, arenas and more
Passed 103 to 0 in the House on September 16, 2015, to expand to restaurants, recreation camps, youth sports leagues, amusement parks, sports arenas and other places where allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present, a law that currently allows physicians to prescribe epinephrine auto injectors to schools to keep in their facilities. This law also waives the legal liability of an authorized employee or agent of the facility who has specified training and who provides or administers the drug to a person he or she believes in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis, except for gross negligence.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717001
House Bill 4563: Authorize townships contracting for domestic violence victim services
Passed 103 to 0 in the House on September 16, 2015, to authorize townships to issue contracts to nonprofit entities to deliver specified services to victims of domestic violence.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717002
House Bill 4658: Revise claims against the state procedures
Passed 102 to 1 in the House on September 16, 2015, to prohibit the Department of Treasury from authorizing payment of an individual’s successful claim against the state if the individual owes money for back-taxes, child support, or other unpaid levies. Only the amount of the successful claim that exceeds what the person owes could be paid. The bill revises administrative procedures to facilitate this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717003
Senate Bill 91: Authorize Sleeping Bear Dunes license plate
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to authorize a new license plate recognizing the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and use the revenue to “preserve historic Sleeping Bear”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717072
Senate Bill 134: Appropriations: “Omnibus” education budget
Passed 99 to 2 in the House on September 17, 2015, to authorize spending an additional $4.35 million on government preschool programs in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717085
Senate Bill 150: Impose synchronized prescription drug program insurance mandate
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to impose a new coverage mandate that would require health insurance policies that contain prescription drug coverage to cover programs for synchronizing prescriptions for multiple maintenance drugs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717058
Senate Bill 306: Authorize joining multistate “Compact for a Balanced Budget”
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to authorize Michigan’s membership in a “Compact for a Balanced Budget.” This would use the device of a multistate compact to submit an application to Congress calling for an Article V “convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.” This would be limited to proposing an amendment prohibiting Congress from increasing the national debt without the approval of a majority of state legislatures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717071
Senate Bill 364: Exempt trigger locks from sales tax
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to exempt trigger locks, gun safes and lockboxes, and other home firearm safety devices from sales tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717063
Senate Bill 365: Exempt trigger locks from use tax
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to exempt trigger locks, gun safes and lockboxes, and other home firearm safety devices from use tax.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717066
Senate Bill 369: Authorize alcohol manufacturer retail shop tax breaks
The amendment failed 13 to 24 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to require the legislature to appropriate more money from other revenue sources to replace the foregone sales tax revenue implicit in the bill.
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Senate Bill 369: Authorize alcohol manufacturer retail shop tax breaks
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to exempt from use tax the tools and equipment purchased by a brewer, winemaker or distilled liquor maker to create products it sells directly to customers at its own locations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717068
Senate Bill 370: Authorize alcohol manufacturer retail shop tax breaks
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to exempt from sales tax the tools and equipment purchased by a brewer, winemaker or distiller create products it sells directly to customers at its own locations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717070
Senate Bill 468: Revise pharmacy assistant licensure mandate
Passed 34 to 3 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to revise details of a licensure and regulation on mandate imposed by a 2014 law “pharmacy technicians” (assistants), with license fees, continuing education requirements, test-taking mandates and more. The bill would give government permission for a pharmacy assistant at one drugstore to also work at other stores owned by the same company.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717073
House Bill 4070: Revise “incompatible offices” detail
Passed 34 to 2 in the Senate on September 17, 2015, to revise the law on incompatible public offices to allow a person elected or appointed to a public office in a community with less than 40,000 people to also serve as a firefighter, police chief, fire chief, police officer, or public safety officer, as long as the individual is not involved in negotiating government employee union contracts.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717057
House Bill 4604: Authorize government erosion control permit exemptions
Passed 66 to 35 in the House on September 17, 2015, to exempt certain routine agricultural practices from the mandate to obtain a government erosion control permit, if the activity would not cause soil to erode into lakes and streams. The exemption would apply to fenceline work, removing trees, shrubs and roots, and installing drainage tiles, irrigation or electric lines.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717083
House Bill 4790: Expand non-enrolled public school student offerings to kindergarten
Passed 101 to 0 in the House on September 17, 2015, to include kindergarten offerings under a law that allows a school district to offer some classes to a private school or home-schooled student, and collect some state school aid money for the additional children who may participate.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717084