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
Senate Bill 513: Redesignate a bridge
Passed 105 to 0 in the House on February 9, 2016, to designate a bridge on U.S. 10 in Midland as the “Seaman Aaron D. Ullom Memorial Bridge”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724367
House Bill 4353: Mandate pet adoption criminal background check
Passed 88 to 17 in the House on February 9, 2016, to mandate that animal shelters must check a government criminal records database before letting person adopt an animal, and prohibit adoptions if the records show a person committed an animal cruelty offense in the past five years.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724373
House Bill 4455: Revise highway bridge inspections
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 9, 2016, to require the Department of Transportation to adopt a “federally compliant and risk-based plan of biennial inspection†for all highway bridges.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724356
House Bill 4853: Increase cap on motorcycle safety course price
Passed 27 to 10 in the Senate on February 9, 2016, to increase from $25 to $50 the maximum price that governmental agencies can charge for a state-approved motorcycle safety course. Taking this course is necessary to get a drivers license motorcycle “endorsement.†See also House Bill 4854.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724358
House Bill 4854: Revise motorcycle operators license detail
Passed 33 to 4 in the Senate on February 9, 2016, to waive the requirement that an applicant for a drivers license motorcycle “endorsement†must take a written knowledge test, road sign test, and driving skills test, if the person has successfully passed a motorcycle safety course approved by the state.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724360