Senate Bill 462: Repeal ban on bars using liquor brand novelty items
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on August 27, 2013, to repeal an administrative ban on bars and restaurants “furnishing or using” novelty items with liquor brand logos.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160652
Senate Bill 463: Exempt “historic military vehicles” from displaying license plate
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on September 3, 2013, to no longer require license plates on a “historic military vehicle,” regardless of its size, weight, or age, if it was manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and is maintained to accurately represent the military design and markings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160667
Senate Bill 464: Define breastfeeding woman as civil rights “protected class”
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on September 10, 2013, to include a woman who is breastfeeding in the protected classes in the state civil rights law. The bill would prohibit denying a breastfeeding woman “the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation,” and prohibit these places from having or posting a policy that a breastfeeding woman’s patronage or presence is “objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, or undesirable”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160731
Senate Bill 465: Adopt “uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act”
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 10, 2013, to revise details in the state “estates and protected individuals code” to reflect the proposal in Senate Bill 466 to adopt a “uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160732
Senate Bill 466: Adopt “uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act”
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 10, 2013, to adopt a “uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act” to address multi-state and international jurisdiction issues related to guardians appointed by a court to protect the interests of an incapacitated person.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160733
Senate Bill 467: Repeal voter photo ID law by allowing non-photo IDs
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on September 10, 2013, to essentially repeal the law requiring an individual to show a photo identification card when voting, and instead allow voting with just a current pay stub, utility bill, bank statement, work or school ID card, welfare “bridge card,” unemployment benefits debit card and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160734
Senate Bill 468: Ban non-ferrous metal sales without sheriff’s permission
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on September 10, 2013, to prohibit transporting or selling nonferrous metal a unless a person gets permission from the county sheriff, except for employees of government agencies and certain types of contractor specified in the bill, subject to fines of up to $1,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160735
Senate Bill 469: Ban non-ferrous metal sales without sheriff’s permission
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on September 10, 2013, to require second hand dealers to verify that a seller of nonferrous metal has the sheriff’s permission that Senate Bill 468 would mandate, and impose additional record keeping requirements on these dealers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160736
Senate Bill 470: Create scrap metal theft offenders registry
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on September 10, 2013, to require an individual convicted for stealing scrap metal and related offenses to register on a state “scrap metal offenders registry” and pay an extra $50 for this. Scrap metal dealers would have to check sellers against this registry before buying metal from them, and would have a $1 fee per transaction imposed on their scrap metal purchases.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160737
Senate Bill 471: Restrict releasing juvenile criminal history record information
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on September 10, 2013, to restrict law enforcement agencies from disseminating juvenile criminal history record information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160738
Senate Bill 472: Revise state survey and remonumentation commission details
Introduced by Sen. Howard Walker (R) on September 10, 2013, to revise details of the law that authorizes a state survey and remonumentation commission, including its duties and some definitions related to corner and landmark markers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160739
Senate Bill 473: Exempt some government housing program firms from income tax withholding
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 10, 2013, to not impose income tax withholding mandates on companies involved in certain government housing programs if this would violate the terms of those programs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160740
Senate Bill 474: Impose new regulations on “petroleum coke”
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young (D) on September 10, 2013, to impose new regulations on the storage of “petroleum coke” (“pet coke”). This is related to a Marathon Oil refinery expansion in Detroit.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160741
Senate Bill 475: Establish trampoline court regulations
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on September 10, 2013, to establish standards and regulations for trampoline courts and operators, and grant limited immunity from lawsuits if these are followed.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160742
Senate Bill 476: Repeal auctioneer registration mandate
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a law that imposes a registration (licensure) mandate on auctioneers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160755
Senate Bill 477: Repeal auctioneer registration mandate
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a law that imposes a registration (licensure) mandate on auctioneers. This bill repeals various fee mandates.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160756
Senate Bill 478: Repeal auctioneer registration mandate
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on September 11, 2013, to revise references to snowmobile dealers in the state environmental law so as to reflect the provisions of Senate Bill 476, which would repeal a law that imposes a registration (licensure) mandate on auctioneers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160757
Senate Bill 479: Repeal interior designer registration
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a law that establishes a government interior designer registry and makes it available to state or local government agencies, and rescind related administrative regulations. To be included on the registry a designer must have passed a test created by a national organization of incumbent interior designers. This organization has sought repeatedly in this state to impose a full licensure and regulatory regime on interior designers, with several bills introduced in previous legislatures.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160758
Senate Bill 480: Repeal “proprietary school solicitor” regulations
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal state regulations on “proprietary school solicitors.” This refers to private trade schools, business schools and correspondence schools.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160759
House Bill 4927: Let adoption agencies refuse adoptions that violate moral convictions
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on August 28, 2013, to specify in statute that a “child placing agency” (private adoption agency) is not required to assist or participate in an adoption that violates its written religious or moral convictions, including adoptions of a child by a homosexual.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160653
House Bill 4928: Lwr adoption agencies refuse adoptions that violate moral convictions
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on August 28, 2013, to specify in statute that a “child placing agency” (private adoption agency) is not required to assist or participate in an adoption that violates its written religious or moral convictions, including adoptions of a child by a homosexual.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160654
House Bill 4929: Revise timber harvest revenue detail
Introduced by Rep. Robert Genetski (R) on August 28, 2013, to allow money held by a state “Forest Finance Authority” (which includes revenue from timber harvesting on state land) to be given to local governments for fighting forest fires on state land.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160655
House Bill 4930: Repeal club emblem vehicle display ban
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on August 28, 2013, to repeal a law that bans displaying the emblem or insignia of any organization, association, fraternity, lodge, club or order on a vehicle unless the vehicle owner belongs to the organization.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160656
House Bill 4931: Ban unauthorized interception of electronic communications
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on August 28, 2013, to prohibit and authorize penalties for the unauthorized interception or tracing of a broad range of electronic communications and information technologies, and for producing or possessing a device intended to do this, with certain exceptions allowing service providers to operate their networks. The bill would require the state Supreme Court to appoint five circuit and appeals court judges as “judges of competent jurisdiction” empowered to authorize warrants for law enforcement agencies to intercept communications covered by the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160657
House Bill 4932: Ban unauthorized interception of electronic communications
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on August 28, 2013, to establish sentencing guidelines for the penalties proposed by House Bill 4931 for the unauthorized interception or tracing of a broad range of electronic communications and information technologies.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160658
House Bill 4933: Revise out-of-state lawyer reciprocity law
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on August 28, 2013, to eliminate a provision that only allows a lawyer who is a “member of the bar” in another state to practice law in Michigan if the individual intends to “maintain an office” or teach law full time here.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160659
House Bill 4934: Retroactively grant subsidy to particular developer
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on August 28, 2013, to retroactively convert the remaining portion of a selective “historical preservation” tax break granted to a particular developer into an outright cash subsidy from the state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160660
House Bill 4935: Increase sanctions for certain liquor license law violations
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on August 28, 2013, to increase the penalties and licensing sanctions for certain liquor license law violations deemed by the bill to be “critical” violations.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160661
House Bill 4936: Redesignate a highway
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on August 28, 2013, to designate a portion of U.S. 127 in Clinton County as the “Tim Sanborn Memorial Highway”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160662
House Bill 4937: Revise utility regulation detail
Introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R) on August 28, 2013, to repeal a requirement that gas and electric utilities must periodically disburse money from an “uncollectibles allowance recovery fund” they are required to maintain to a state fund that makes air pollution reduction grants.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160663
House Bill 4938: Repeal voter photo ID law by allowing non-photo IDs
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on September 3, 2013, to essentially repeal the law requiring an individual to show a photo identification card when voting, and instead allow voting with just a current pay stub, utility bill, bank statement, work or school ID card, welfare “bridge card” or unemployment benefits debit card, and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160683
House Bill 4939: Revise “incompatible offices” detail
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on September 3, 2013, to revise the law on incompatible public offices to allow the head of a department in a city with less than 50,000 people to also serve as the city manager.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160684
House Bill 4940: Repeal ban on paying child abuse task force members
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on September 3, 2013, to repeal a prohibition on paying members of a state child abuse prevention task force created by a 2012 law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160685
House Bill 4941: Revise nurse license reciprocity detail
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on September 4, 2013, to repeal a January 1, 2012 expiration date for the state nursing licensure board to extend reciprocity to a nurse licensed by an equivalent licensing board or authority in Canada.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160702
House Bill 4942: Establish “carbon dioxide sequestration” regulations
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on September 4, 2013, to establish regulations and impose bonding or other financial surety requirements on operators of underground carbon dioxide sequestration facilities. Sequestration is the injection of CO2 into wells deep in the ground, and is a technique being investigated to use mainly in conjunction with coal burning power plants to mitigate the possibility of global warming caused by the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160703
House Bill 4943: Establish “carbon dioxide sequestration” regulations
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on September 4, 2013, to establish regulations and impose bonding or other financial surety requirements on operators of underground carbon dioxide sequestration facilities. Sequestration is the injection of CO2 into wells deep in the ground, and is a technique being investigated to use mainly in conjunction with coal burning power plants to mitigate the possibility of global warming caused by the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160704
House Bill 4944: Establish “carbon dioxide sequestration” regulations
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on September 4, 2013, to establish sentencing guidelines for the crime of making false statements regarding carbon sequestration regulations proposed by House Bill 4943.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160705
House Bill 4945: Ban emergency manager conflict of interest contracts
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on September 4, 2013, to prohibit an emergency manager appointed by the state to oversee a fiscally failed school district or local government from authorizing a contract in which the manager or a family member have a financial interest, with certain specific exceptions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160706
House Bill 4946: Ban propane tanks within 50 feet of store
Introduced in the House on September 4, 2013, to prohibit storing propane or LP gas within 50 feet of a building that is open to the public. Among other things this would potentially restrict propane tank swap services that have become available at many retail locations.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160707
House Bill 4947: Establish procedures for legislative candidate withdrawal or death
Introduced by Rep. Sean McCann (D) on September 4, 2013, to establish that if a major party candidate in a state legislator race dies, withdraws, moves or becomes ineligible after the primary election and before the general election, then the general election would be postponed, a special election would be held on the next regular election date (in February), and a new candidate would be selected by the political party’s county committees in the affected district under procedures specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160708
House Bill 4948: Restrict releasing juvenile criminal history records
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on September 4, 2013, to restrict law enforcement agencies from disseminating juvenile criminal history record information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160709
House Bill 4949: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to increase the potential sanctions for taking unemployment benefits to which a person is not entitled.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160710
House Bill 4950: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to potentially increase the unemployment insurance assessments (payroll tax) on an employer who fails to provide a timely notice to the state unemployment agency that a person has been fired rather than laid off, and so is not eligible for benefits.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160711
House Bill 4951: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to revise the allocation of money recovered from unemployment benefit fraud investigations to various government funds.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160712
House Bill 4952: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Ken Goike (R) on September 4, 2013, to make a person ineligible to collect unemployment benefits if a prospective employer requires a drug test as a condition of a job offer and the individual either refuses to take the test or fails it.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160713
House Bill 4953: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Ken Goike (R) on September 4, 2013, to potentially increase the unemployment payroll tax on an employer who fails to provide a timely notice to the state unemployment agency that a person has been fired, not laid off, and so is not eligible for benefits.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160714
House Bill 4954: Unemployment insurance reform package
Introduced by Rep. Ken Goike (R) on September 4, 2013, to revise the allocation of money recovered from unemployment benefit fraud investigations to various government funds.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160715
House Bill 4955: Ban schools denying “dual enrollment”
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to prohibit a school district or a private school from denying an eligible student’s request to enroll in “dual enrollment” programs that let students get credit for taking college courses, with the state or school district paying all or part of the cost.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160716
House Bill 4956: Mandate state give unused facilities to public schools
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to require the state to give unused state facilities to a public school that wants to use them for instructional purposes. Specifically, the state would have to sell or lease the facility for $1, or $1 per year. The school would be responsible for all “direct expenses” related to the facility, but not the state’s debt service payments (if any).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160717
House Bill 4957: Rename Cut River gorge bridge
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to designate the bridge on U.S. 2 over the Cut River gorge west of the Straits of Mackinac as the “Heath Michael Robinson Memorial Bridge”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160718
House Bill 4958: Prohibit unemployment benefits for legal aliens on work visa
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 4, 2013, to establish that legal aliens with a work visa are not eligible for Michigan unemployment benefits. Under current law this ineligibility applies to agricultural work, and the bill would expand it to include non-agricultural work.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160719
House Bill 4959: Exempt drivers on Medicare from unlimited personal injury insurance mandate
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Farrington (R) on September 4, 2013, to no longer require drivers age 65 and older (who are eligible for federal Medicare health benefits) to purchase the unlimited personal injury protection (PIP) coverage mandated by Michigan’s no-fault insurance law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160720
House Bill 4960: Revise charitable “millionaire party” gambling regulations
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Farrington (R) on September 4, 2013, revise the law governing charitable “millionaire party” gambling operations that include casino games. The bill would reverse some restrictions recently placed on the operations by the state lottery commission, but also extend to their operators certain regulations and restrictions that apply to casino operators.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160721
Senate Bill 481: Repeal registration mandate on foresters
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a registration mandate imposed on foresters.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160760
Senate Bill 482: Repeal registration mandate on foresters
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a registration mandate imposed on foresters. This bill amends a related law authorizing tax breaks for certain forest property owners.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160761
Senate Bill 483: Repeal registration mandate on foresters
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a registration mandate imposed on foresters. This bill amends a related law authorizing tax breaks for certain forest property owners.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160762
Senate Bill 484: Repeal registration mandate on foresters
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2013, to repeal a registration mandate imposed on foresters. This bill repeals associated fees.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160763
Senate Bill 485: Establish state “unclaimed body program”
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on September 11, 2013, to require Department of Community Health to establish an “unclaimed body program” that would refer unclaimed bodies either to medical schools or to “preferred provider” funeral homes in different counties, who would be paid to supervise the final disposition according to standards and procedures specified or authorized in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160764
Senate Bill 486: Prohibit seven-day work weeks
Introduced by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) on September 11, 2013, to mandate that employers must give employees “at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every calendar week,” with some exceptions. The bill would also impose a related record-keeping mandate on employers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160765
Senate Bill 487: Expand scrap metal sales regulatory regime
Introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter (D) on September 12, 2013, to expand the scope of a 2008 law that imposed regulations and record keeping requirements on scrap metal dealers who buy and sell copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, or nickel. The bill would extend these regulations to ferrous metal (scrap iron) transactions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160766
Senate Bill 488: Expand scrap metal sales regulatory regime
Introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter (D) on September 12, 2013, to extend criminal penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine for stealing nonferrous metal to also apply to thefts of scrap iron.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160767
Senate Bill 489: Revise “personal property tax” reform details
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 12, 2013, to revise details of a 2012 law that exempts up to $80,000 worth ($40,000 in “taxable value”) of tools and equipment owned or leased by a business in a particular jurisdiction from a “personal property tax” that imposes annual property taxes on business tools and equipment. The bill would empower local assessors to retroactively deny exemptions for the three past years; authorize criminal penalties for claiming the exemption on ineligible property; revise details of the definition of what property is eligible; revise procedures for claiming the exemption; impose new record-keeping requirements on businesses; and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160768
Senate Bill 490: Revise “personal property tax” reform details
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 12, 2013, to revise details of a 2012 law that gradually phases out a so-called “personal property tax” that imposes annual property taxes on tools and equipment owned by “industrial” firms. The bill would revise details of the definition of what property is taxable and what business operations are considered “industrial”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160769
Senate Bill 491: Restrict licensing golf carts for on-road travel
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 12, 2013, to prohibit licensing a vehicle that is manufactured exclusively for off-road use for on-road travel, including golf carts, unless the manufacturer certifies in writing that it may be modified for use on roads.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160770
Senate Bill 492: Revise kindergarten minimum age detail
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on September 12, 2013, to extend to “schools of choice” students (who attend a public school outside the district to which they are assigned) a 2012 law that requires children to be age 5 by Sept. 1 to attend kindergarten, rather than by Dec. 1 under current law. The date change is phased-in over three years.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160771
House Bill 4962
Introduced by Rep. Gail Haines (R) on September 10, 2013, to mandate that hospitals give mothers a copy of a pamphlet on the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome and sudden unexpected infant death ( SIDS and SUID) and require parents to sign a statement acknowledging that they were given the pamphlet. This would also apply to a health professional in charge of a birth outside of a hospital or “in charge of the care of a newborn.” The Department of Community Health would be responsible for producing the pamphlets, and for producing a “safe sleep” video.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160750
House Bill 4963: Name ceremonial Capitol governor’s office after John Engler
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on September 10, 2013, to name the ceremonial governor’s office in the state Capitol after former Gov. John Engler.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160751
House Bill 4964: Authorize automatic government employee 401(k) enrollments
Introduced by Rep. John Walsh (R) on September 10, 2013, to allow the state, schools and local governments to automatically enroll eligible employees in 401(k) type retirement accounts, with a percentage of the individual’s pay deposited in the account. An employee could choose to opt-out of deductions and deposits.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160752
House Bill 4965: Impose tax on horse-drawn vehicles
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on September 12, 2013, to empower counties to impose a registration fee (tax) of up to $50 on horse-drawn vehicles. A vote of the people would be required.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160775
House Bill 4966: Expand prisons’ access to the state’s criminal information database
Introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R) on September 12, 2013, to give the Department of Corrections access to the state’s LEIN criminal information database for use “in the performance of their duties” rather than just for employee screening purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160776
House Bill 4967: Expand prisons’ access to the state’s criminal information database
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on September 12, 2013, to give the Department of Corrections access to the state’s LEIN criminal information database for use “in the performance of their duties” rather than just for employee screening purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160777
House Bill 4968: Expand prisons’ access to the state’s criminal information database
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on September 12, 2013, to give the Department of Corrections access to the state’s LEIN criminal information database for use “in the performance of their duties” rather than just for employee screening purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160778
House Bill 4969: Expand prisons’ access to the state’s criminal information database
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R) on September 12, 2013, to give the Department of Corrections access to the state’s LEIN criminal information database for use “in the performance of their duties” rather than just for employee screening purposes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160779
House Bill 4970: Require license to install residential lifts
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on September 12, 2013, to require a licensed “residential maintenance and repair” contractor to get a separate license to install a “residential lift.” The contractor would have to be certified by the manufacturer, pay fees to be determined by the state’s occupational licensure bureau, and be deemed by that agency to be “qualified.” Residential lifts can include one-story stair-climbing machines for elderly or handicapped individuals. This is connected to House Bill 4971 which would exempt residential lift installers from the more comprehensive licensure and regulatory regime that applies to regular elevator contractors.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160780
House Bill 4971: Require license to install residential lifts
Introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R) on September 12, 2013, to exempt residential lift installers from the comprehensive licensure and regulatory regime that applies to regular elevator contractors. Residential repair contractors would be subject to a less onerous regulatory regime imposed by House Bill 4970.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160781
House Bill 4972: Prohibit state board adoption of “Next Generation Science Standards”
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 12, 2013, to prohibit the state Board of Education from adopting a “Next Generation Science Standards” model curriculum created by a nonprofit entity called “Achieve, Inc.” or basing state tests on them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160782
House Bill 4973: Cut income tax if Congress authorizes state “internet sales tax”
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 12, 2013, to reduce the state income tax to 4.05 percent if Congress passes a law that allows states to collect sales tax from out-of-state merchants.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160783