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House Bill 4310: Revise cosmetologists licensure mandate details
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cotter (R) on February 26, 2013, to revise details of the state licensure mandate imposed on cosmetologists and schools that teach cosmetology and electrology.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155638

House Bill 4311: Mandate specified nurse-patient ratios
Introduced by Rep. Jon Switalski (D) on February 26, 2013, to mandate that hospitals maintain detailed staff-to-patient ratios specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155639

House Bill 4312: Authorize enhanced penalties for drive-by shooting
Introduced by Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D) on February 26, 2013, to authorize up to life in prison for intentionally discharging a firearm from a vehicle when this causes death (as in a “drive-by” shooting), and 15 to 20 years if someone is injured. These penalties would be on top of any imposed for assault, attempted murder, etc.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155640

House Bill 4313: Authorize enhanced penalties for drive-by shooting
Introduced by Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D) on February 26, 2013, to establish sentencing guidelines for the enhanced “drive-by” shooting penalties proposed by House Bill 4312.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155641

House Bill 4314: Create FOIA compliance commission
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on February 26, 2013, to create a state commission comprised of lawmakers and media representatives to investigate complaints about the state and local governments compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, including fees charged and exemptions or exclusions claimed. The commission could refer complaints to the state Attorney General or issue opinions which in some cases may be binding on a government, and would also have the duty of recommending changes in the law based on information it gathers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155642

House Bill 4315: Require utilities provide customer “smart meter” opt-out
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on February 26, 2013, to require electric utilities that adopt advanced “smart meters,” which are “capable of measuring, recording, storing, and reporting usage according to predetermined time criteria and that allows 2-way communications suited for demand-response programs,” to allow customers to “opt out” without penalty. The bill would impose restrictions on how utilities could collect, use and retain information collected from the meters.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155643

House Bill 4317: Require city tax liability disclosure on state tax forms
Introduced by Rep. David Nathan (D) on February 26, 2013, to require income tax filers to disclose on state tax returns whether they have local government income tax liability, whether their employer has withheld money from paychecks for this, and how much they owe to the local government. State tax forms would have to include a list of local income taxes and a worksheet to calculate the liability.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155645

House Bill 4318: Authorize community college bachelors degree in nursing
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on February 26, 2013, to allow community colleges to grant bachelor degrees in nursing. This would be in addition to community college bachelor degrees authorized by a 2012 law in cement technology, maritime technology, energy production technology or culinary arts.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155646

House Bill 4319: Revise judge and statewide officeholder post-retirement health benefits
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on February 26, 2013, to establish a new retirement system for judges and statewide officeholders in which they would contribute 2 percent of their salary to post-retirement health care benefits in the form of a health reimbursement account maintained by the state for the individual’s benefit.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155647

House Bill 4320: Expand forest property tax breaks
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on February 26, 2013, to expand the eligibility for certain forest property tax breaks, increase the size of the tax breaks to owners, double the number of acres eligible for the tax breaks from 1.2 million to 2.4 million statewide, authorize a new 2 mill property tax on property in this program that would go to proposed “Private Forestland Enhancement Fund” to subsidize private forestland management activities, and revise other details of this tax break program.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155648

House Bill 4321: Expand forest property tax breaks
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on February 26, 2013, to earmark to a proposed “private forestland enhancement fund” the tax revenue that is “recaptured” from a parcel which had been eligible for certain commercial forest property tax breaks but no longer meets the eligibility criteria. See also House Bill 4320.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155649

House Bill 4322: Expand forest property tax breaks
Introduced by Rep. Roger Victory (R) on February 26, 2013, to revise details of the procedures and fees used by forest property owners to get certain forest property tax breaks, so that these conform to the changes and expansion of the program proposed by House Bill 4320.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155650

House Bill 4323: Expand forest property tax breaks
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on February 26, 2013, to expand the powers and duties of the 79 government “conservation district” authorities in the state, among other things giving them a role in granting the extensive property tax breaks for forestland owners which House Bill 4320 would expand and modify.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155651

House Bill 4324: Expand forest property tax breaks
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on February 26, 2013, to expand to privately owned forestland a state program in which farms are inspected and their compliance with certain conservation, environmental risk, soil nutrient protocols, etc. is verified, giving them qualified exemptions from certain environmental law penalties. See also House Bill 4320.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155652

House Bill 4325: Revise DNR and Agriculture Department “mission statements”
Introduced by Rep. Ken Goike (R) on February 26, 2013, to explicitly include among the duties of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture that they work together to jointly promote forestry and development of the state’s forest products industry.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155653

House Bill 4326: Authorize hospice and palliative care specialty plate
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on February 26, 2013, to authorize a specialty license plate honoring the institutions of hospice and palliative care, with the premium revenue going to the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155654

House Bill 4327: Allow “tax increment finance” scheme reset to make up for property value declines
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Farrington (R) on February 26, 2013, to allow “corridor improvement authorities” to “reset” their tax increment financing schemes (TIF) to reflect declining property assessments, which undermine the ability of these schemes to divert property tax revenue from other local taxing authorities to pay for the authority’s debt-funded spending projects. A TIF “captures” the “increment” of extra local property tax revenue that supposedly will result from its spending on various projects or subsidies; this money is then used to repay debt incurred to accommodate that spending.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155655

House Bill 4328: Appropriations: 2013-2014 “omnibus” budget
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on February 27, 2013, to appropriate $36.605 billion in non-education state spending in the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2013, compared to $34.355 billion enacted the previous year. (Both figures are the overall “gross” spending amount, which are the figures generally cited in news reports; the proposed new budget nets-out to $35.767 billion “adjusted gross” when inter-department transfers are accounted for.) Some $18.955 billion of this will come from federal government. The total executive budget recommendation including education is $51.607 billion gross ($50.769 billion “adjusted gross”).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155924

House Bill 4329: Authorize other-state funeral director license reciprocity
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on February 27, 2013, to authorize fees for the “limited” funeral director license proposed by House Bill 4303.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155925

House Bill 4330: Authorize other-state funeral director license reciprocity
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on February 27, 2013, to recognize as valid in Michigan a license in the field of “mortuary science” or funeral directing issued by another state that has substantially the same standards. House Bill 4303 contains the main part of this proposal.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155927

House Bill 4331: Ban employment decisions based on credit history
Introduced by Rep. Henry Yanez (D) on February 27, 2013, to prohibit an employer from making employment decisions based on an individual’s credit history, unless a good credit history is an established bona fide occupational requirement of a particular position.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155929

House Bill 4332: Lower CPL minimum age for military
Introduced by Rep. Earl Poleski (R) on February 27, 2013, to lower the minimum age to get a concealed pistol permit from 21 to 18 for a young person who is in the armed forces.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155930

House Bill 4333: Revise accountant business licensure detail
Introduced by Rep. Earl Poleski (R) on February 27, 2013, to establish that a “professional service corporation” may engage in the practice of public accounting if more than 50 percent of the equity and voting rights of the company are held by individuals who are licensed public accountants.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155932

House Bill 4334: Revise accountant business licensure detail
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on February 27, 2013, to establish that a “professional limited liability company” may engage in the practice of public accounting if more than 50 percent of the equity and voting rights of the company are held by individuals who are licensed public accountants.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155933

House Bill 4335: Allow dogs in outdoor cafés
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R) on February 27, 2013, 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 ban dogs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155935

House Bill 4336: Expand child support order authority to include mentally impaired adults
Introduced by Rep. Jim Ananich (D) on February 27, 2013, to give courts the power in to order child support payments after a child reaches age 18 if the child has a development disability or is mentally retarded.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155937

House Bill 4337: Authorize Ducks Unlimited fundraising plate
Introduced by Rep. Dale W. Zorn (R) on February 27, 2013, to require the Secretary of State to develop a Ducks Unlimited fundraising license plate, with fees collected for the plate going to the Michigan Chapter of Ducks Unlimited.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155938

House Bill 4338: Require more hazmat licensee disclosures
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on February 27, 2013, to require a person who is required to have a state license to build, manage or operate a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility to disclose any past environmental-law related criminal convictions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155939

House Bill 4339: Exempt road projects from “wetland mitigation” mandate
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on February 27, 2013, to prohibit the Department of Environmental Quality from imposing a “wetland mitigation” requirement on a road project within the right of way of an existing road. “Wetland mitigation” is generally requiring a new swampy area to be created if an existing one is filled in.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155941

House Bill 4340: Require specific not general NRTF land acquisition
Introduced by Rep. Edward McBroom (R) on February 27, 2013, recommendations to require the board of the state Natural Resources Trust Fund to specifically identify property to be acquired or developed when submitting its recommendations to the legislature for approval, and not simply include “broad references such as ecoregions.” NRTF money comes mostly from oil and gas drilling royalties.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155942

House Bill 4341: Revise bodies donated to science accredidations
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on February 28, 2013, to give the Department of Community Health the authority to designate any accredited medical school in this state to accept dead bodies donated to science. Under current law only the University of Michigan, Michigan State and Wayne State may be designated.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155945

House Bill 4342: Subsidize low income savings accounts
Introduced by Rep. Jim Ananich (D) on February 28, 2013, to authorize state matching grants of up to $250 annually to a low income person who deposits part of their federal income tax refund in a “qualified savings account,” the nature of which would be determined by the Department of Treasury.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155946

House Bill 4343: Revise Detroit powers population threshold
Introduced by Rep. David Nathan (D) on February 28, 2013, to revise the population threshold in a law that authorizes Detroit to impose its own regulatory regime on “limousines,” defined as a vehicle for hire capable carrying up to 15 passengers. The Michigan constitution prohibits passing “local acts” with less than a two thirds majority vote in the House and Senate, so the legislature has circumvented this by granting certain privileges or exemptions to “a city with a population greater than 1 million,” later revised to 900,000, and then 750,000. This bill changes that to 500,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155947

House Bill 4344: Revise special Detroit powers population threshold
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on February 28, 2013, to revise the population threshold in a law that gives Detroit the power to define a fire arson investigator as a police officer. The Michigan constitution prohibits passing “local acts” with less than a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate, so the legislature has circumvented this by granting certain privileges or exemptions to “a city with a population greater than 1 million,” later revised to 900,000, and then 750,000. This bill changes that to 600,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155949

House Bill 4345: Mandate certain child lead exposure screening
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on February 28, 2013, to mandate that a health professional who provides primary care services to a child age 12 to 24 months (not including emergency care) must order lead exposure screening according to exposure criteria specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155950

House Bill 4346: Classify fatal drive-by shooting as first degree murder
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on February 28, 2013, to classify as first degree murder the act of intentionally discharging a firearm at an occupied building when this causes death (as in a “drive-by” shooting).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155952

House Bill 4347: Revise property transfer taxable value detail
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on February 28, 2013, to allow a property owner to transfer ownership of his or her property to a corporation (or other type of “limited liability company”) that the person owns, without triggering the Proposal A “pop-up,” in which the state equalized value (SEV, meaning market value) of transferred property becomes the basis for its property tax assessment, rather than the capped “taxable value” of the previous owner.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155954

House Bill 4348: Exempt school districts from property split subdivision mandate
Introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R) on February 28, 2013, to exempt school districts from the law that limits the amount of parcels a land owner may divide his or her property into without undergoing very rigorous subdivision platting requirements.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155955

House Bill 4349: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Rep. Hugh Crawford (R) on February 28, 2013, to establish that state databases containing information on licenses issued to individuals to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistols are confidential and not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155957

House Bill 4350: Revise “gun free zone” CPL exception
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on February 28, 2013, to revise the “gun free zone” provision of the concealed pistol permit law to exempt current and former county prosecutors and assistant prosecutors who have concealed pistol licenses from the restrictions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155958

House Bill 4351: Exempt college students from jury duty
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on February 28, 2013, to allow full time college students to be exempted from jury duty.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155959

House Bill 4352: Mandate schools have “epi-pens”
Introduced by Rep. Lisa Lyons (R) on February 28, 2013, to allow physicians to prescribe epinephrine auto injectors for schools to have in their facilities under a mandate proposed by House Bill 4353, and except for gross negligence, waive the legal liability of the physician and pharmacist in the event that use of these “epi-pens” causes an injury.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155909

House Bill 4353: Mandate schools have “epi-pens”
Introduced by Rep. Lisa Lyons (R) on February 28, 2013, to require public schools to have at least one or two staffers depending on the school’s size who are trained in the administration of an epinephrine auto injector, and to have at least two of these “epi-pens” on site. This is a syringe prefilled with epinephrine which is used to treat anaphylactic reactions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155911

House Bill 4354: Require gross negligence for suits against emergency room physicians
Introduced by Rep. John Walsh (R) on February 28, 2013, to restrict medical malpractice lawsuits against emergency room physicians to cases of gross negligence.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155913

House Bill 4355: Revise condominium audit standards
Introduced by Rep. Paul D. Clemente (D) on February 28, 2013, to allow required annual audits required of condominium association to choose by majority vote to not meet certain standards recommended by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, if the association has annual revenues of less than $100,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155914

House Bill 4356: Specify “best interest” in child custody “permanency plan” judgments
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on February 28, 2013, to specify the factors determining the “best interest of the child” in child custody “permanency plan” judgments.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155915

House Bill 4357: Exempt veterans associations from some property tax
Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R) on February 28, 2013, to exempt from “personal property taxes” the tools and equipment of veterans associations if their total value in a particular jurisdiction is less than $100,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155917