Senate Bill 471: Restrict releasing juvenile criminal history record information
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on October 9, 2013, to restrict law enforcement agencies from disseminating juvenile criminal history record information, except in response to a fingerprint-based search. This would make the information available to employers required to do criminal background checks but not to journalists reporting on subsequent crimes a juvenile may later commit as an adult.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673300
House Bill 4656: Revise youth employment limits
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on October 9, 2013, to exempt minors age 16 and 17 who have received a GED high school equivalency certificate from a law that caps the number of hours a minor who is in school can work. Under current law the maximum is 24 hours in one week when school is in session, and not more than “an average of 8 hours per day in one week” during the summer.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673275
House Bill 4760: Increase interest payments to taxpayers owed refunds
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on October 9, 2013, to require the state to pay “an additional monthly interest rate of 3 percent per annum” to a business that filed under the repealed Michigan Business Tax and is due a tax refund because of an overpayment, starting 90 days after the claim is due or filed.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673276
House Bill 4770: Ban vehicle accident-related commercial solicitations (“ambulance chasing”)
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on October 8, 2013, to adopt a version of the bill that does not attempt to limit access by defining who may or may not get an accident report - including a controversial attempt to define eligible “journalists” - and instead just bans getting a report for purposes of “ambulance chasing”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=159632
House Bill 4770: Ban vehicle accident-related commercial solicitations (“ambulance chasing”)
Passed 98 to 10 in the House on October 9, 2013, to restrict public access to vehicle accident reports for 30 days after the crash by requiring outside parties who want the report to file a statement that they will not use it for commercial solicitation (”ambulance chasing”). The original bill’s attempt to limit access by defining “journalist” was removed. Violations would be subject to a $15,000 fine, and subsequent violations with up to one year in jail.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673271
House Bill 4771: Ban vehicle accident-related commercial solicitations (“ambulance chasing”)
Passed 98 to 10 in the House on October 9, 2013, to make it a crime to contact a vehicle accident victim or family members for purposes of commercial solicitation (“ambulance chasing”) within 30 days of the accident, with violations subject to a $15,000 fine. House Bill 4771 makes it a crime to obtain an accident report for this purpose.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673273
House Bill 4993: Increase hunting and fishing fees for PR campaign
Passed 77 to 31 in the House on October 9, 2013, to use $1 of the increased hunting and fishing license fees authorized by a 2013 law for ads promoting hunting and fishing. The bill would create a state “wildlife council” and “wildlife management public education fund” with political appointees on the council board representing various interests deciding what advertising agency to hire and helping to design the public relations campaign.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673274
House Bill 5002: Designate road after fallen police officer
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on October 9, 2013, to designate a section of I-96 in Ottawa County as the “Officer Trevor Slot Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673277
Senate Bill 585: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on October 3, 2013, to raise the minimum age for prostitution-related crimes to from 16 to 18, and prohibit local units of government from enacting ordinances that establish lower minimum ages. Individuals under this age caught violating the law could be taken into custody and placed under probate (family) court supervision.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161002
Senate Bill 586: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Tory Rocca (R) on October 3, 2013, to authorize diverting individuals under age 18 arrested for violating prostitution laws into probate (family) court supervision rather than criminal court prosecution. The court would be required to hold a hearing to determine if the juvenile was a victim of a human trafficking offense.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161003
Senate Bill 587: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D) on October 3, 2013, to require a state agency supervising a child found to be the victim of human trafficking to provide psychological counseling services.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161004
Senate Bill 588: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on October 3, 2013, to establish as an “affirmative defense” for a person being prosecuted for a prostitution-related offense that the individual did it only because of his or her status as a victim of a human trafficking crime.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161005
Senate Bill 589: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on October 3, 2013, to add human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation of children to the (statutory) grounds for terminating a parent’s parental rights.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161006
Senate Bill 590: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on October 3, 2013, to allow human trafficking victims to sue violators for damages.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161007
Senate Bill 591: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on October 3, 2013, to establish that an individual could have prostitution or other criminal convictions cleared from his or her record if the offense was due to being a victim of a human trafficking crime.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161008
Senate Bill 592: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on October 3, 2013, to revise the general state welfare law to authorize medical and psychological assistance benefits for having been a victim of a human trafficking crime.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161009
Senate Bill 593: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on October 3, 2013, to require child placement agencies to give special consideration to information that a child may be the victim of human trafficking crimes, and on that basis find that the usual reunification, adoption, or other foster care services may not be suitable.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161010
Senate Bill 594: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Judy Emmons (R) on October 3, 2013, to allow local governments to adopt ordinances requiring individuals working at an adult entertainment business (strip club) to get a permit.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161011
Senate Bill 595: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on October 3, 2013, to impose a $3 per customer fee for entering an adult entertainment business (strip club), with the money going into a state fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161012
Senate Bill 596: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. David Robertson (R) on October 3, 2013, to create a state “human trafficking board” to collect and disseminate information on this crime, seek federal and other aid for addressing it and helping victims, and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161013
Senate Bill 597: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on October 3, 2013, to require that medical professionals receive training to identify the signs of human trafficking in patients.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161014
Senate Bill 598: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on October 3, 2013, to include “enticing a female away under 18 years of age” to commit prostitution-related crimes in the “predicate” crimes that come under the state racketeering law (RICO), which among other things would allow the seizure and sale of a violator’s assets, with the proceeds going to law enforcement agencies. Unrelated to human trafficking, the bill would also add felony liquor control code violations related to the sale, delivery, or importation of spirits to the predicate RICO offenses.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161015
Senate Bill 599: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on October 3, 2013, to prohibit using the internet or a computer system to solicit a prostitute who is less than 21 years of age.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161016
Senate Bill 600: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on October 3, 2013, to authorize specific regulations and procedures for the use of wiretapping and electronic monitoring to investigate human trafficking crimes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161017
Senate Bill 601: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on October 3, 2013, to authorize the use of covert listening “bugs” to investigate human trafficking crimes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161018
Senate Bill 602: Human trafficking crime package
Introduced by Sen. Joe Hune (R) on October 3, 2013, to require individuals convicted of soliciting a prostitute to register on the state sex offender registry.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161019
House Bill 5053: Clarify cash register “zapper” crime jurisdiction
Introduced by Rep. Ellen Lipton (D) on October 3, 2013, to clarify jurisdiction details of a 2012 law banning the possession, manufacture or sale of an automated sales suppression device for falsifying the records of electronic cash registers (also called a “zapper” or “phantom-ware”).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160983
House Bill 5054: Expand ban on electronic cash register dirty tricks devices
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on October 3, 2013, to establish sentencing guidelines for the expanded scope proposed by House Bill 5050 for a 2012 law banning the possession, manufacture or sale of an automated sales suppression device for falsifying the records of electronic cash registers (also called a “zapper” or “phantom-ware”).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160984
House Bill 5055: Make target pay arrest warrant costs
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on October 3, 2013, to empower courts to order a person convicted of a crime to reimburse the expenses incurred in executing a bench warrant for the person’s arrest.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160985
House Bill 5056: Revise state preschool grant detail
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on October 3, 2013, to allow state grants for preschool programs intended for children from low income households to also pay for higher income children if this does not displace any low income children in a particular school’s program.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160986
House Bill 5057: Abolish adverse possession
Introduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on October 3, 2013, to abolish the doctrine of adverse possession, by which a person who is in open possession of property for a certain period of time may claim title to it.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=160987
House Bill 5058: Revise county tax foreclosure detail
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on October 8, 2013, to allow a particular county that chose to have the state foreclose tax delinquent property in the county to rescind that decision for one year.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161027