Senate Bill 718: Mandate school music classes
Introduced by Sen. Curtis Hertel, Jr. (D) on January 26, 2016, to require that public schools provide children in grades K-5 with 30 minutes of music instruction twice a week, taught by an instructor who has particular academic credentials specified in the bill. Also, to impose a quota of one of these instructors for every 400 children in a school.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172033
Senate Bill 719: Revise payday loan rules
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise certain payday lending rules, and expand the methods by which a lender can collect this debt.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172035
Senate Bill 720: Tighten process for imposing “historic district” property owner restrictions
Introduced by Sen. Peter MacGregor (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the procedure for establishing or eliminating local “historic districts,†whose appointed boards have the power to restrict the improvements that property owners may make to their buildings and land. The bill would require two-thirds of the property owners in the affected to give preliminary approval before the process of creating a district could be initiated, and a majority of voters in the community would have to approve it in an election before the district’s restrictions could be imposed. The bill would also put a 10 year sunset on these restrictions, which could be renewed only by another vote of the people.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172036
Senate Bill 721: Reduce restrictions on taxpayer funded electioneering
Introduced by Sen. Kenneth Horn (R) on January 26, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on taxpayer-funded local governments and school district communications that reference a property tax hike or other local ballot measure during the 60 days before the election. The bill would permit taxpayer funded communications that, “under reasonable interpretation,†do not imply “a vote for or against a proposal†and which “provide a fair interpretation of the facts.†Officials in the state elections bureau would examine contested political flyers and communications to determine what is “reasonable”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172037
Senate Bill 722: Revise liquor marketing regulations
Introduced by Sen. Tory Rocca (R) on January 27, 2016, to revise the very detailed regulations and restrictions on alcohol distribution to permit wholesalers and retailers to use social media to promote product tastings and inform consumers of where their products can be located.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172107
Senate Bill 723: Delete mistaken identity arrest records
Introduced by Sen. Bert Johnson (D) on January 28, 2016, to authorize the automatic expunction (deletion) of arrest records for a wrongful arrest due to mistaken identity or identity theft.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172156
Senate Bill 724: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on January 28, 2016, to require suppliers of water to schools (including municipal water systems) to test the water from school faucets at least once a year for lead and copper. The bill would also create a school drinking water “task force†consisting of specified political appointees to review and make recommendations on water sampling methods and protocols.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172157
Senate Bill 725: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on January 28, 2016, to permit money in a particular state fund to be used for public water supply contamination sampling and testing.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172158
Senate Bill 726: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on January 28, 2016, to require municipal water systems to adopt specified water testing procedures when changing the source of their water.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172159
House Bill 5231: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Rep. Sheldon Neeley (D) on January 26, 2016, to appropriate extra money for the Department of Environmental Quality to spend on Flint water contamination response activities. The bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172040
House Bill 5232: Tighten process for imposing “historic district” property owner restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Chris Afendoulis (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the procedure for establishing or eliminating local “historic districts,†whose appointed boards have the power to restrict the improvements that property owners may make to their buildings and land. The bill would require two-thirds of the property owners in the affected area to give preliminary approval before the process of creating a district could be initiated, and a majority of voters in the community would have to approve it in an election before the restrictions could be imposed. The bill would also put a 10 year sunset on these restrictions, which could be renewed only by another vote of the people.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172041
House Bill 5233: Revise septage hauler licensure mandate details
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on January 26, 2016, to reduce the hours of “continuing education†classes a septic hauler is required to take to renew the license the state requires to make a living in this profession.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172042
House Bill 5234: Exempt feminine hygiene products from sales tax
Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D) on January 26, 2016, to exempt feminine hygiene products from sales tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172043
House Bill 5235: Give force to illegal teacher strike sanctions
Introduced by Rep. Tim Kelly (R) on January 26, 2016, to accelerate, streamline and make more certain the procedures for imposing fines of $5,000 per day against a teachers union that orchestrates an illegal strike, and a fine on each striker equal to a day’s pay for each day of the strike. Sanctions would also apply to a school district that imposes an illegal lockout. The timetable for hearings would be changed from 60 days to two days; hearings on all striking employees could be consolidated into one, rather than individual hearings for each required under current law (though still subject to individual appeals). House Bills 5235 to 5237 were introduced following a series of “sick-outs†by Detroit teachers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172044
House Bill 5236: Suspend or revoke teaching certificate of illegally striking teacher
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on January 26, 2016, to suspend for two years the teaching certificate of a public school teacher who engages in an illegal strike. If the teacher did not show up at a hearing on the suspension, the license could be revoked permanently.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172045
House Bill 5237: Penalize school district that fails
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R) on January 26, 2016, to sanction illegal strikers to penalize school districts that fail to sanction teachers who participated in an illegal strike by forfeiting 5 percent of their state school aid revenue. The proposed teacher sanctions are in House Bills 5235 and 5237.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172046
House Bill 5238: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on January 26, 2016, to prescribe procedures for local government architecture, survey or engineering contracts. The bill would allow a government seeking these services to not seek competitive bids if it has “satisfactory relationship†with a particular vendor, and otherwise would not require accepting the lowest bid, but rather would permit price among other decision factors (including potentially more subjective ones).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172047
House Bill 5239: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on January 26, 2016, to revise the general law village act to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172048
House Bill 5240: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Peter Lucido (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the home rule village act to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172049
House Bill 5241: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Jason Sheppard (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the charter county act to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172050
House Bill 5242: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the home rule city act to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172051
House Bill 5243: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the law that prescribes the powers of county governments to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172052
House Bill 5244: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on January 26, 2016, to revise the law that prescribes the “unified†form of county government organization to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172053
House Bill 5245: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Harvey Santana (D) on January 26, 2016, to revise the law that authorizes state-appointed emergency managers for fiscally failed local government so it conforms with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172054
House Bill 5246: Authorize “Pueblo†incident veteran plate
Introduced by Rep. John Chirkun (D) on January 26, 2016, to permit individuals who were in the military and involved in the 1968 North Korean seizure of a U.S. spy ship (the Pueblo), and their spouses, to pay an extra $5 to get a license plate with a “veteran†label.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172055
House Bill 5247: Permit green flashing lights on snow plow trucks
Introduced by Rep. Rob VerHeulen (R) on January 26, 2016, to allow snow plow trucks to use flashing green lights, in addition to the current yellow lights prescribed by law. Having two colors is said to make the trucks easier to notice in snowstorms.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172056
House Bill 5248: Restrict police use of automated license plate readers
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on January 26, 2016, to restrict the use by law enforcement of automated license plate readers unless they are used for a specified (but broad) range of law enforcement purposes, and require the data accumulated by these devices to be purged from the system within 48 hours unless it is related to an active investigation. However, the restrictions would not apply to police use of license plate reader data compiled by private firms.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172057
House Bill 5249: Reduce restrictions on taxpayer funded electioneering
Introduced by Rep. Holly Hughes (R) on January 26, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on taxpayer-funded local governments and school district communications that reference a property tax hike or other local ballot measure during the 60 days before the election. The bill would permit taxpayer funded communications that, “under reasonable interpretation,†do not imply “a vote for or against a proposal†and which “provide a fair interpretation of the facts.†Officials in the state elections bureau would examine contested political flyers and communications to determine what is “reasonable”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172058
House Bill 5250: Authorize use of drivers license photos for CPL license
Introduced by Rep. Edward Canfield (R) on January 26, 2016, to allow the Secretary of State to provide access to digitized drivers license photographs to the State Police for purposes of using this photo on an individual’s concealed pistol license.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172059
House Bill 5251: Permit bank loan raffles
Introduced by Rep. Brandt Iden (R) on January 26, 2016, to allow banks to hold loan promotion raffles, which would not be considered a violation of the state’s illegal gambling laws.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172060
House Bill 5252: Repeal Michigan’s Right to Work law for government employees
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on January 26, 2016, to repeal the state’s right to work law for government and public school employees. Specifically, the bill would allow public employers to enter an agreement with a union under which all workers would be required to pay “agency fees†to the union as a condition of employment.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172109
House Bill 5253: Let local council remove state-appointed emergency manager
Introduced by Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D) on January 26, 2016, to revise a provision that allows a local government under the receivership of a state appointed emergency manager to remove the individual holding this position with a two-thirds vote of its governing body. The bill would remove a provision that only allows this when the emergency manager’s appointment ends.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172110
House Bill 5254: Allow certain local government no-bid contracts
Introduced by Rep. Jason Sheppard (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the charter township act to conform with the local government procurement procedures specified by House Bill 5238.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172111
House Bill 5255: Ban Great Lakes aquaculture
Introduced by Rep. Jon Bumstead (R) on January 26, 2016, to ban fish farms in the Great Lakes and connecting waters.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172112
House Bill 5256: Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Introduced by Rep. Larry Inman (R) on January 26, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172113
House Bill 5257: Revise liquor marketing regulations
Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R) on January 26, 2016, to revise the very detailed regulations and restrictions on alcohol distribution to permit wholesalers and retailers to use social media to promote product tastings and inform consumers of where their products can be located.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172114
House Bill 5258: Restrict oil and gas drilling in large counties
Introduced by Rep. Jeremy Moss (D) on January 26, 2016, to prohibit oil and gas wells within 2,000 feet of a residential building in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne Counties, unless they hold a hearing in the community. The bill also appears to give local governments to power to enact zoning and other regulations that would ban wells.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172115
House Bill 5259: Lower speed limits on road with hospital driveway
Introduced by Rep. Ray Franz (R) on January 26, 2016, to reduce the maximum speed on roads that have an entrance to a hospital, extending to 2,000 feet of the hospital property.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172116
House Bill 5260: Repeal expanded emergency manager powers
Introduced by Rep. LaTanya Garrett (D) on January 26, 2016, to repeal the 2012 law that greatly expanded the powers of emergency managers appointed by the state to reform the finances of fiscally failed school districts and municipalities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172117
House Bill 5261: Allow county road loans to townships
Introduced by Rep. Triston Cole (R) on January 26, 2016, to allow counties to give 10-year road project loans to townships.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172118
House Bill 5262: Appropriations: Department of Education
Introduced by Rep. Phil Potvin (R) on January 26, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172119
House Bill 5263: Appropriations: State Police
Introduced by Rep. Aaron Miller (R) on January 26, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 State Police budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172120
House Bill 5264: Appropriations: Judiciary budget
Introduced by Rep. Earl Poleski (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Judiciary budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172164
House Bill 5265: Appropriations: Community Colleges
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Community Colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172165
House Bill 5266: Appropriations: School aid budget
Introduced by Rep. Tim Kelly (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for a Fiscal Year 2016-2017 school aid budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172166
House Bill 5267: Appropriations: Department of Environmental Quality
Introduced by Rep. Roger Victory (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Environmental Quality budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172167
House Bill 5268: Appropriations: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172168
House Bill 5269: Appropriations: Department of Natural Resources
Introduced by Rep. Jon Bumstead (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Natural Resources budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172169
House Bill 5270: Let circuit court judges officiate marriages
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on January 28, 2016, to allow circuit court judges to perform (“solemnizeâ€) marriages.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172170
House Bill 5271: Revise drain tax millage base
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on January 28, 2016, to empower county road commissions to place a road repair property tax millage increase on the ballot of “the electorate residing within the jurisdiction of the (road commission)… but residing outside of the jurisdiction of a city or village located within the countyâ€.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172171
House Bill 5272: Appropriations: Department of Corrections
Introduced by Rep. David Pagel (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172172
House Bill 5273: Revise parole granting detail
Introduced by Rep. David Pagel (R) on January 28, 2016, to revise the “veto†a sentencing judge or the judge’s successor has over granting parole to a prisoner convicted of a serious crime. Under current law, a sentencing judge and his or her successor can veto a parole. The bill would repeal this for the successor judge.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172173
House Bill 5274: Appropriations: Department of Community Health
Introduced by Rep. Rob VerHeulen (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172174
House Bill 5275: Require DNR create forest trail map
Introduced by Rep. Triston Cole (R) on January 28, 2016, to require the Department of Natural Resources to create a comprehensive inventory of state forest roads that are considered “state roads,†which identifies the condition and development level of the forest roads, and shows the types of motorized and non-motorized uses currently restricted on each segment, including seasonal restrictions. Also, to allow pack-saddle horses in parts of the forests that are otherwise closed to this activity, if it for purposes of hauling out game during hunting season.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172175
House Bill 5276: Appropriations: Department of Talent and Economic Development
Introduced by Rep. Laura Cox (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Talent and Economic Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172176
House Bill 5277: Appropriations: General Government
Introduced by Rep. Laura Cox (R) on January 28, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 General Government budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172177
House Bill 5278: Revise drain tax millage apportionment
Introduced by Rep. Ben Glardon (R) on January 28, 2016, to revise details of how to apportion debt service payments on multi-county drain projects that are not completed within the five-year period authorized for such projects.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172178
House Bill 5279: Revise drain project approval process
Introduced by Rep. Ben Glardon (R) on January 28, 2016, to include villages in the law that specifies procedures for gaining approval of drain projects that involve property in more than one drain district. This refers to the networks of ditches and streams that are used to “drain†much of Michigan’s farmland, which was largely swamp and bog before the drain networks were created a century ago and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172179
Senate Bill 136: Flint water contamination response - rebate water bills
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 4, 2016, to appropriate $30 million from state revenue (not federal) to provide water bill refunds to Flint households that were paying for contaminated water.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723707
Senate Bill 501: Require alien drivers have visa or passport while driving
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 4, 2016, to require resident aliens who drive a vehicle in Michigan to have both a valid drivers license issued by their native land and a passport or valid visa. Current law only requires a valid drivers license. (A resident alien legally present here can also get a Michigan drivers license.) Also, to require the Secretary of State to post the countries with which it has (optional) reciprocal drivers license recognition agreements.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723710
Senate Bill 607: Revise payday lenders repayment details
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 4, 2016, to allow payday lenders to accept debit cards or telephone bank transactions to “redeem” a loan.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723708
Senate Bill 644: Revise government health care facility ownership forms
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on February 4, 2016, to revise details of a law that prescribes regulations and procedures for a municipality converting government health care facilities corporations into nonprofit corporations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723711
Senate Bill 719: Revise payday lenders repayment details
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 4, 2016, to revise certain payday lending rules, and expand the methods by which a lender can collect this debt.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723709
Senate Bill 727: Allow dogs in outdoor cafés
Introduced by Sen. Margaret O’Brien (R) on February 2, 2016, to revise a prohibition on restaurants allowing dogs in the dining area, so as to allow a restaurant to allow customers’ dogs in outside dining areas. Under current law only seeing-eye and other service dogs are allowed. Local governments could still choose to ban dogs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172230
Senate Bill 728: Revise judgeships
Introduced by Sen. David Robertson (R) on February 2, 2016, to revise the number of judgeships in the 43rd district (Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172231
Senate Bill 729: Allow county road loans to townships
Introduced by Sen. Wayne Schmidt (R) on February 2, 2016, to allow counties to give 10-year road project loans to townships.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172232
Senate Bill 730: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 2, 2016, to allow money in a state revolving fund to be used to finance improvements in individual household service lines.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172233
Senate Bill 731: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on February 2, 2016, to allow money in a state revolving fund to be used to finance improvements in individual household service lines.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172234
Senate Bill 732: Exempt Masons lodges from property tax
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on February 2, 2016, to allow local governments to exempt property owned by Masons’ lodges from most property tax levies if the property is used for charitable purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172235
Senate Bill 733: Ban eminent domain by municipality under state receivership
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on February 2, 2016, to prohibit the use of eminent domain property takings by a government entity under the receivership of a state-appointed emergency manager.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172236
Senate Bill 734: Repeal expanded emergency manager powers
Introduced by Sen. David Knezek (D) on February 2, 2016, to repeal the 2012 law that greatly expanded the powers of emergency managers appointed by the state to reform the finances of fiscally failed school districts and municipalities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172237
Senate Bill 735: Automatically register new drivers to vote
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on February 2, 2016, to automatically register a person getting a drivers license or state I.D. for the first time to vote.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172238
Senate Bill 736: Require offering abortifacient drug to sexual assault victims
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on February 2, 2016, to require emergency room or urgent care clinics to offer an abortifacient drug (a “morning after pillâ€) to a victim of sexual assault who is a woman of childbearing age. Also, to require the state to produce “medically accurate†information about these drugs for distribution.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172240
Senate Bill 737: Revise delinquent tax asset seizure detail
Introduced by Sen. Peter MacGregor (R) on February 2, 2016, to revise the law that empowers the state Department of Treasury to seize and sell assets of a person who is delinquent in tax payments, so as to allow the proceeds of these sales to also be used to pay recorder of deeds fees related to the transactions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172241
Senate Bill 738: Require more state pension fund disclosures
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on February 2, 2016, to require that state pension systems include an executive summary of the system’s unfunded liabilities in annual reports they are already required to produce.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172242
Senate Bill 739: Revise DARTA property tax details
Introduced by Sen. Wayne Schmidt (R) on February 3, 2016, to specify that the property tax (“assessmentâ€) that the Detroit Regional Transit Authority may collect under a 2012 law may be for not more than two mills, and is exempt from being skimmed by a “tax capture†authority’s tax increment finance scheme (for example a downtown development authority).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172277
Senate Bill 740: Let all judges officiate marriages
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on February 3, 2016, to allow all Michigan judges to perform (“solemnizeâ€) marriages.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172278
Senate Bill 741: Revise healthcare facility rationing (“certificate of needâ€)
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on February 3, 2016, to revise the state “Certificate of Need†(CON) program, which rations the availability of health care facilities and technology. The bill would remove cone-beam dental imaging equipment from the list of items for which a company must get government approval before it can be installed in a Michigan facility.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172279
Senate Bill 742: Exempt qualified military spouse from bar exam
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on February 4, 2016, to establish that a person who has passed the legal “bar†exam in another state and has practiced there is not required to complete the college courses the law prescribes as a prerequisite for taking this licensure exam. The bill also removes fee amounts specified in current law for related licensing activities and gives the Supreme Court the authority to set the fees.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172306
Senate Bill 743: Automatically register new drivers to vote
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on February 4, 2016, to require an applicant for a state identification card to check a declaration of United States citizenship on the application in order to be automatically registered to vote as proposed by Senate Bill 735.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172307
Senate Bill 744: Mandate advance notice of vehicle insurance rate hike
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on February 4, 2016, to mandate that auto insurers give 60 day notice of any rate increase.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172308
Senate Bill 745: Automatically register new drivers to vote
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on February 4, 2016, to require an applicant for a drivers license to check a declaration of United States citizenship on the application in order to be automatically registered to vote as proposed by Senate Bill 735.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172309
Senate Bill 746: Make licensure violation that results in child death a crime
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on February 4, 2016, to authorize criminal penalties if a licensed child care provider or organization violates a licensing rule and this results in the death of a child.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172310
Senate Bill 747: Make licensure violation that results in child death a crime
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on February 4, 2016, to establish that if a licensed child care provider or organization violates a licensing rule and this results in the death of a child it would be considered second degree child abuse.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172311
Senate Bill 748: Expand bank examiner authority, provide revenue stream
Introduced by Sen. Darwin Booher (R) on February 4, 2016, to permit state bank examiners to include addenda to their reports that recommend “best practices or other improvements in the operation of a bank†not required by law or regulation. Also, to deposit fees and charges related to these activities into a segregated state fund that the relevant bureau could draw on at will, as opposed to being subject to annual appropriations from the legislature.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172312
Senate Bill 749: Expand bank examiners authority, provide revenue stream
Introduced by Sen. Dale W. Zorn (R) on February 4, 2016, to permit state bank examiners to include addenda to their reports that recommend “best practices or other improvements in the operation of a bank†not required by law or regulation. Also, to deposit fees and charges related to these activities into a segregated state fund that the relevant bureau could draw on at will, as opposed to being subject to annual appropriations from the legislature.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172313
Senate Bill 750: Expand bank examiners authority, provide revenue stream
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on February 4, 2016, to revise details of the state banking code to conform with the proposal in Senate Bill 748 to expand the authority of state bank inspectors.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172314
Senate Bill 751: Permit bank loan raffles
Introduced by Sen. Margaret O’Brien (R) on February 4, 2016, to allow banks to hold loan promotion raffles, which would not be considered a violation of the state’s illegal gambling laws.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172315
Senate Bill 752: Permit bank loan raffles
Introduced by Sen. Peter MacGregor (R) on February 4, 2016, to allow banks to hold loan promotion raffles, which would not be considered a violation of the state’s illegal gambling laws.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172316
House Bill 5131: Revise business tax detail
Passed 105 to 1 in the House on February 4, 2016, to exempt certain “flow-through entity†type businesses (partnerships, subchapter-S corporations) from having to withhold individual income taxes on distributed income, with some exceptions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723766
House Bill 5176: Revise 2014 “personal property tax†reform law detail
Passed 105 to 1 in the House on February 4, 2016, to revise details of a mechanism created by a 2014 legislative package enacted to distribute some state use tax revenue to local governments, which would replace revenue they lose due to associated reductions in the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=723767
House Bill 5280: Appropriations: Higher Education
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Higher Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172244
House Bill 5281: Revise rules for state “surplus†property sales
Introduced by Rep. Larry Inman (R) on February 2, 2016, to establish new procedures for state sales of “surplus†equipment and property, including criteria for determining what to sell and how to value it, how it is to be sold and where the proceeds would be deposited (the state general fund).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172245
House Bill 5282: Revise municipal sewer backup immunity
Introduced by Rep. Michael Webber (R) on February 2, 2016, to revise details of a 2002 law that gives local governments limited immunity for damages caused by municipal sewer backups if they are properly operating and maintaining the sewer. The bill would revise details of where that immunity ends.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172246
House Bill 5283: Revise unclaimed property law
Introduced by Rep. Michael Webber (R) on February 2, 2016, to revise the state â€escheats law†that lets the state government take possession of unclaimed property if the owner does not claim it within three years, by allowing the state to sell information on this property to “locator†services that make money by finding apparent owners who pay them for having found the information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172247
House Bill 5284: Mandate school music classes
Introduced by Rep. Erika Geiss (D) on February 2, 2016, to require that public schools provide children in grades K-5 with 90 minutes of music instruction a week, taught by an instructor who has particular academic credentials. Also, to impose a quota of one of these instructors for every 650 children in a school.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172248
House Bill 5285: Flint water contamination response bills
Introduced by Rep. Adam Zemke (D) on February 2, 2016, to require suppliers of water to schools (including municipal water systems) to test the water from school faucets at least once every three years for lead and other contaminants.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172249
House Bill 5286: Add condition to air emissions permit
Introduced by Rep. Stephanie Chang (D) on February 2, 2016, to require that air emissions permits have a provision that requires the permit holder to reduce emissions when a weather-related “thermal inversion†or other condition causes air pollution levels to spike.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172250
House Bill 5287: Revise air pollution standard for “thermal inversionâ€
Introduced by Rep. Stephanie Chang (D) on February 2, 2016, to revise state air pollution standard details, and convene a work group to determine what actions should be taken when a weather-related “thermal inversion†or other condition causes air pollution levels to spike.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172251
House Bill 5288: Exempt military spouse from bar exam
Introduced by Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D) on February 2, 2016, to allow the spouse of member of the military who is stationed in Michigan who has completed to the college courses specified to be eligible to practice law here to do so without taking the state Bar exam.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172252
House Bill 5289: Exempt military spouse from bar exam
Introduced by Rep. David Maturen (R) on February 2, 2016, to allow the spouse of member of the military who is stationed in Michigan who has completed to the college courses specified to be eligible to practice law here to do so without taking the state Bar exam.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172253
House Bill 5290: Require extended tax millage proposals explain why
Introduced by Rep. Peter Lucido (R) on February 2, 2016, to require the ballot language on local property tax millage increases that will have duration greater than five years to include an explanation for the extended duration.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172254
House Bill 5291: Appropriations: “Omnibus†education budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for a Fiscal Year 2016-2017 “Omnibus†school aid, higher education and community colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172255
House Bill 5292: Appropriations: Supplemental school aid budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental school aid appropriation for the current fiscal year. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172256
House Bill 5293: Appropriations: Department of Health and Human Services
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172257
House Bill 5294: Appropriations: 2016-2017 “Omnibus†budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for a Fiscal Year 2016-2017 “Omnibus†budget funding all state departments. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172258
House Bill 5295: Appropriations: Capital Outlay
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 capital outlay budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172259
House Bill 5296: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2016-2017. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172260
House Bill 5297: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172261
House Bill 5298: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental Department of Natural Resources appropriation for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172262
House Bill 5299: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental Department of Environmental Quality appropriation for Fiscal Year 2016-2017. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172263
House Bill 5300: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a template or “place holder” for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2016-2017. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172264
House Bill 5301: Repeal ban on bearing concealed arms without government permit
Introduced by Rep. Lee Chatfield (R) on February 2, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm in public unless an individual has a concealed pistol license, unless the person is barred by state or federal law from possessing a gun.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172265
House Bill 5302: Repeal ban on bearing concealed arms without government permit
Introduced by Rep. Tom Barrett (R) on February 2, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm in public unless an individual has a concealed pistol license, unless the person is barred by state or federal law from possessing a gun. House Bill 5301 repeals the current ban, and this bill revises references in other sections of the law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172266
House Bill 5303: Repeal ban on bearing concealed arms without government permit
Introduced by Rep. Jim Runestad (R) on February 2, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm in public unless an individual has a concealed pistol license, unless the person is barred by state or federal law from possessing a gun. House Bill 5301 repeals the current ban, and this bill revises references in the natural resources and environmental protection act.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172267
House Bill 5304: Repeal ban on bearing concealed arms without government permit
Introduced by Rep. Triston Cole (R) on February 2, 2016, to repeal a prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm in public unless an individual has a concealed pistol license, unless the person is barred by state or federal law from possessing a gun. House Bill 5301 repeals the current ban, and this bill revises references in state sentencing guidelines.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172268
House Bill 5305: Appropriations: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Introduced by Rep. Chris Afendoulis (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172269
House Bill 5306: Appropriations: Department of Insurance and Financial Services
Introduced by Rep. Chris Afendoulis (R) on February 2, 2016, to provide a “template†or “place holder†for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Department of Insurance and Financial Services. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172270
House Bill 5307: Expand school vision testing
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on February 3, 2016, to require public schools to give vision screening exams to all students in grades 3, 6 and 8.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172283
House Bill 5308: Exempt school board security discussions from OMA
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on February 3, 2016, to exempt school board preventive security planning discussions from the state Open Meetings Act.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=172284