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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

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Senate Bill 292: Disclose unfunded pension liabilities costs in state budget
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 10, 2016, to require the executive budget the governor must submit each year to include an accounting by department of how much is needed pay the annual “catch up” costs on unfunded liabilities incurred to pay future pension and post-retirement health benefits promised to retired state employees.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724597

Senate Bill 302: Ban nude entertainment in bars
Passed 27 to 10 in the Senate on February 10, 2016, to ban fully nude performers at “topless” bars, or bars showing videos that depict this. This relates to a 2007 federal appeals court ruling that struck down Michigan’s previous law banning fully nude performers in bars, holding it was a violation of the First Amendment. The bill would specifically ban a performance that “exposes to public view the pubic region, anus, or genitals”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724596

Senate Bill 503: Revise “Indian family preservation” law
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on February 10, 2016, to revise some procedural details specified in an “Indian family preservation” law enacted in 2013 that requires officials to make active efforts to provide “culturally appropriate” services” that “assure cultural connections” to the tribe.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724633

Senate Bill 738: Require more state pension fund disclosures
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on February 10, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724598

House Bill 4344: Authorize fines for not “registering” an auto repair shop
Passed 84 to 22 in the House on February 10, 2016, to codify into law a comprehensive regulatory regime that is currently imposed on vehicle repair facilities through administrative regulations, including a state registration mandate. The bill also revises some details and definitions in these requirements. House Bill 4343 would authorize fines for failing to register a facility.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724629

House Bill 5147: Permit bank and credit union loan raffles
Passed 105 to 1 in the House on February 10, 2016, to allow banks and credit unions to hold loan promotion raffles, which would not be considered a violation of the state’s illegal gambling laws.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724630

House Bill 5163: Rearrange government “land bank” activities
Passed 104 to 2 in the House on February 10, 2016, to repeal a state revolving loan fund used by local governments to assemble tracts of tax-reverted or other properties for sale to developers, and transfer the money it holds to a state “land bank” authority created by a 2003 law that does similar activities, along with local versions of the same thing.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724632

House Bill 5251: Permit bank loan raffles
Passed 104 to 2 in the House on February 10, 2016, to allow banks to hold loan promotion raffles, which would not be considered a violation of the state’s illegal gambling laws.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=724631