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Senate Bill 126: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
The amendment failed 11 to 25 in the Senate on September 19, 2013, to repeal a provision of the current state budget that prohibits spending money to implement a “common core standards” curriculum promoted an entity associated with the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672492

Senate Bill 126: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
The amendment failed 12 to 24 in the Senate on September 19, 2013, to spend $340,000 on a “pre-college engineering” program in Detroit and Grand Rapids high schools. This spending was line-item vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder in the 2013-2014 budget.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672493

Senate Bill 126: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on September 19, 2013, to appropriate $747,300 for a dock renovation project at Port Austin State Harbor in Huron County, and revise details of other previously-appropriated money and projects.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672494

Senate Bill 162: Revise criminal plot prosecution venue detail
Passed 101 to 3 in the House on September 19, 2013, to authorize prosecuting felonies committed in another county if they are part of a plot to commit a crime in the prosecution venue.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672536

Senate Bill 489: Revise “personal property tax” reform details
Passed 27 to 9 in the Senate on September 19, 2013, to revise details of a 2012 law that exempts from “personal property tax” up to $80,000 ($40,000 in “taxable value”) worth of tools and equipment owned or leased by a business in a particular jurisdiction. This tax 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672490

Senate Bill 490: Revise “personal property tax” reform details
Passed 27 to 9 in the Senate on September 19, 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”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672491

House Bill 4229: Appropriations: Supplemental school aid budget
Passed 104 to 0 in the House on September 19, 2013, to adopt a number of technical revisions to instructions to state departments (”boilerplate language”) contained in the previously-enacted 2013-2014 state budget.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672533

House Bill 4636: Clarify criminal restitution detail
Passed 104 to 0 in the House on September 19, 2013, to clarify wording in a law that requires convicted criminals to pay restitution to the victim, or if the victim dies, to his or her estate.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672535

House Bill 4694: Authorize “mental health courts”
Passed 104 to 0 in the House on September 19, 2013, to authorize a type of alternative judicial proceeding for mentally disturbed or disabled individuals who commit minor crimes, similar to the state “drug courts” for minor drug use crimes. These “mental health” courts would allow dismissal of charges if the individual agrees to and abides by an agreement that includes a prescribed mental health treatment program. This bill establishes criteria for a defendant being allowed to participate; it is part of a package comprised of House Bills 4694 to 4697.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672538

House Bill 4695: Authorize “mental health courts”
Passed 103 to 1 in the House on September 19, 2013, to authorize a type of alternative judicial proceeding for mentally disturbed or disabled individuals who commit minor crimes, similar to the state “drug courts” for minor drug use crimes. These “mental health” courts would allow dismissal of charges if the individual agrees to and abides by a prescribed mental health treatment program.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672539

House Bill 4696: Authorize “mental health courts”
Passed 104 to 0 in the House on September 19, 2013, to authorize a type of alternative judicial proceeding for mentally disturbed or disabled individuals who commit minor crimes, similar to the state “drug courts” for minor drug use crimes. These “mental health” courts would allow dismissal of charges if the individual agrees to and abides by a prescribed mental health treatment program. This bill establishes procedures and duties for both the defendant and the court, including making available and accepting related mental health services; it is part of a package comprised of House Bills 4694 to 4697.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672540

House Bill 4833: Increase election recount deposit requirement
Passed 95 to 9 in the House on September 19, 2013, to increase the money deposit a candidate must make to get an election recount from $10 to $25 per precinct, and to $125 per precinct if the election wasn’t close (within 50 votes or 0.5 percent).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=672537