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Senate Bill 520: Revise details of child support order procedures
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise notification details of alimony or child support orders, and of restitution orders imposed on individuals who are delinquent in these payments.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685235

Senate Bill 521: Streamline delinquent child support, parenting time enforcement
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to essentially streamline procedures and the issuance and enforcement of subpoenas, bench warrants and contempt of court rulings in divorce-related parenting time orders and child support delinquencies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685236

Senate Bill 522: Repeal child support “service fee”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to repeal a $2 monthly fee imposed on court-ordered child support payers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685237

Senate Bill 526: Revise child support recipient detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to establish that court-ordered child support payments should go to the person who is actually caring for the children, not necessarily the person who is “legally responsible” for this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685238

Senate Bill 527: Revise child support motion filing fee detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to require fees for legal actions involving child custody, support, or parenting time to be paid when the action is filed.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685239

Senate Bill 528: Clarify procedures to seize delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to clarify procedures related to seizing a delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings to pay the arrearage.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685240

Senate Bill 529: Revise child support guidelines detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to establish that a state “Office of Child Support” has the duty to “develop and implement guidelines for the allocation and distribution of all child support payments”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685241

Senate Bill 530: Revise and update Friend of the Court procedures and powers
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise and update various details related to the powers, procedures and duties of Friend of the Court offices. For details see this Senate Fiscal Agency summary.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685242

Senate Bill 535: Mandate retailers check pseudoephed buyers against “meth offender registry”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to require the State Police to submit information on methamphetamine-related offenders to a national database, and mandate that retailers check the names of anyone buying cold medicines containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine against this list, with failure to do so punishable by jail and fines.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685243

Senate Bill 563: Create pseudoephed “shadow buyer” crime
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to authorize sentencing guidelines for the methamphetamine-related crime proposed by Senate Bill 564.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685244

Senate Bill 564: Create pseudoephed “shadow buyer” crime
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to create a new crime of purchasing of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine for another individual who intends to manufacture methamphetamines. See also Senate Bill 535.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685245

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
The amendment failed 14 to 24 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to strip out $5.5 million for a “public/private partnership, Pyramid P20 education hub” project located in a former Steelcase building that appears to have become a real estate market “white elephant”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685230

Senate Bill 608: Authorize additional state spending, projects, debt, and Medicaid expansion fund source shifts
Passed 32 to 6 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to adjust spending in the current year budget to reflect fund source changes triggered by adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion starting in April, and authorize additional spending on roads (including $100 million for extra winter maintenance costs), government preschool programs, “land bank” authorities, low income heating bill subsidies, National Guard armory improvements, veterans programs, harbor dredging projects, and much more. The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. For more details see a summary prepared by the Senate Fiscal Agency.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685234

Senate Bill 756: Revise pseudoephed “instant background check” law details
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on February 20, 2014, to revise details of a 2011 law that requires retailers selling pseudoephedrine cold medications to perform an “instant check” on each customer using the “National Precursor Log Exchange” (Nplex) administered by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI). See also Senate Bill 535.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685246

House Bill 5152: Exempt voter registration-related Social Security numbers from FOIA
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to specifically include the last four digits of a individual’s Social Security numbers among certain voter registration information that is exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, and establish that candidate nominating petition signatures are not valid if they do not contain the date and the signer’s street address in addition to the signature. The bill also revises details of candidate filing deadlines when an office becomes vacant.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685282

House Bill 5154: Revise criminal prosecution preliminary procedures
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to authorize and establish procedures for “probable cause” conferences in advance of the criminal prosecution “preliminary examinations” required under current law. The subject matter would include possible plea bargains, bail, procedural aspects of a case and more. These conferences could be waived if both sides agree. This and House Bill 5155 would also revise “preliminary examination” procedures, and timetables for both types of proceeding.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685284

House Bill 5222: Revise political speech regulation detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on February 20, 2014, to revise the application of a regulation that requires sponsors of “issue ads” or flyers that reference but do not “expressly advocate” a candidate or ballot initiative to disclose their sponsor if posted within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election. The bill would impose mandate starting 60 days before the primary election and leave it in place through the general election. See also Senate Bill 661, now Public Act 252 of 2013.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=685283