Senate Bill 878: Accommodate and regulate the “millionaire game” business
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on March 18, 2014, to revise the law governing charitable “millionaire party” gambling events that include casino games, in a manner that accommodates charities contracting-out operation of these fundraising events to a “charitable gaming service” that operates them for multiple charities at a single location, one event after another. The bill would establish a licensing regime covering both the charities and the companies that provide the gambling service, which would recognize a system that has evolved in which, on most days of the week, a person can go to a single location to gamble on casino-like games, with the proceeds going to a different charitable organization each day (or during different hours of the same day), less the cost of the contract with the service provider. The state Gaming Control Board has proposed a different regulatory regime that would restrict this practice rather than accommodate it.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163867
Senate Bill 879: Revise mammography report disclosure details
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 19, 2014, to require the summary and written report of a mammography examination sent to a doctor or patient by a federally certified mammography facility to include cautionary information regarding breast density if the patient is determined to have “heterogeneously or extremely dense breast tissue”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163877
Senate Bill 880: Require psychologist licensure board approval of specific degree programs
Introduced by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D) on March 19, 2014, to empower and require the board of political appointees authorized to establish standards for allowing a person to get a state psychologist license to approve the specific degree programs taken by licensure applicants at a college or university that already meets all the standards imposed by statute.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163878
Senate Bill 881: Make government firearms ownership databases non-public information
Introduced by Sen. Goeff Hansen (R) on March 20, 2014, to specify which state firearms owner records would be exempt from disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, as proposed by House Bill 5327.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163884
Senate Bill 882: Repeal local road agency fringe benefit reporting mandate
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal a law that mandates local road agencies certify to the Department of Transportation that their and their contractors’ employees get fringe benefits meeting certain specifications in that law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163885
Senate Bill 883: Exempt canceled home loan debt from income tax
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 20, 2014, to authorize a state income tax deduction for the debt of a homeowner that is cancelled when his or her delinquent mortgage is foreclosed. Under federal and state tax law, the canceled debt is treated as taxable income.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163886
Senate Bill 884: Allow union certification without secret ballot (”card check”)
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on March 20, 2014, to allow unions to gain certification to represent a group of employees through a “card check” method in which union representatives get at least half the workers to sign a card saying they want the union, with no opportunity to vote in a secret ballot. The bill would also authorize binding arbitration if no contract is reached after 90 days of collective bargaining, with government-appointed mediators empowered to impose a settlement.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163887
Senate Bill 885: Revise first responder regulatory detail
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on March 20, 2014, to allow the state-authorized “medical control authorities” responsible for establishing certain treatment protocols in a county or region to establish “enhanced” protocols for medical first responders, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technician specialists and paramedics. Also, to require the Department of Community Health to convene a “rural emergency medical services task force” to evaluate the “status, resources, needs, and forecasts” for emergency medical services in the rural areas of this state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163888
Senate Bill 886: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. John Moolenaar (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal a law regulating the terms and sale of life estates, life leases, and long-term leases in nursing homes, retirement homes, homes for the aged, and foster care facilities, and replace it with a new law that styles these contracts as “continuing care agreements” and “continuing care communities,” which can also include independent living units and adult foster care facilities. The bill would impose detailed registration and disclosure requirements for entities that make such offers, and regulate the terms they offer.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163889
Senate Bill 887: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 20, 2014, to exempt the community care operations Senate Bill 886 would regulate from certain state rules governing a facility’s provision of various licensed medical professionals to residents.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163890
Senate Bill 888: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on March 20, 2014, to exempt the community care operations Senate Bill 886 would regulate from certain state rules governing an adult foster care facility’s provision to residents of various licensed medical professionals.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163891
Senate Bill 889: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on March 20, 2014, to repeal certain criminal sentencing guidelines that reference a nursing home regulatory regime that Senate Bill 886 would alter.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163892
House Bill 5412: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on March 18, 2014, to allow state banks to offer savings promotion raffles that offer prizes for individuals who enter the raffle by depositing a specified amount.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163871
House Bill 5413: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on March 18, 2014, to revise references in the state law on gambling and lottery crimes to reflect the proposal in House Bill 5412 to allow state banks to offer savings promotion raffles.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163872
House Bill 5414: Reduce, then end “driver responsibility fees”
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on March 18, 2014, to reduce the so-called “driver responsibility fees” (a.k.a. “bad driver tax”) imposed for certain traffic violations, which were originally adopted in 2003 to avoid spending cuts in that year’s and subsequent state budgets. The bill would cut these additional fees in half for offenses committed after Sept. 30, 2014, and abolish them as of Oct. 1, 2017. However, the state would continue to use collection agencies to collect outstanding fees from past violations, and suspend the drivers licenses of those unable to pay. Reportedly some 400,000 mostly low-income individuals have lost their licenses under this law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163873
House Bill 5415: Allow emailed eviction notice if specified in lease
Introduced by Rep. Anthony Forlini (R) on March 18, 2014, to allow landlords to send eviction notices by email if the lease agreement authorizes this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163874
House Bill 5416: Ban employment discrimination based on “reproductive health decisions”
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on March 18, 2014, on to prohibit an employer from asking about or discriminating in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of an employee or job applicant’s “reproductive health decisions,” or those of a dependent, or on the basis of the employer’s personal beliefs concerning such issues.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163875
House Bill 5417: Authorize general obligation debt for local energy efficiency loan programs
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on March 19, 2014, to revise a 2010 law that granted local governments the power to lend a property owner money for “energy efficiency improvements” or a “renewable energy system,” and also levy a special assessment on the property from which the loan would be repaid. The bill would permit local governments to incur new “general obligation” debt to secure the debt they have already incurred under these programs, which the original law specified could not be general obligation debt. It would also repeal a provision that requires a property owner who enters one of these programs to notify the person’s mortgage lender.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163882
House Bill 5418: Allow private employers to give preferences to veterans
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on March 20, 2014, to permit employers to give preference to veterans in hiring and promotion decisions, subject to conditions specified in the bill, and require the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to maintain a registry of employers that do this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163894
House Bill 5419: Revise training detail for licensed athletic trainers
Introduced by Rep. Andrea LaFontaine (R) on March 20, 2014, to mandate that licensed athletic trainers successfully complete a course of training that includes lessons on automated external defibrillator use by medical professionals, in addition to the current requirements for first aid and CPR lessons. The bill would also cut the license fee for trainers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163895
House Bill 5420: Ban state and local agencies from participating in federal “metadata” collection
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 20, 2014, to prohibit state agencies, local governments and their employees from assisting or providing material support to a federal agency in collecting electronic data or metadata concerning any person, unless it is pursuant to a specific search or arrest warrant. The bill would also prohibit such information from being used in a criminal investigation or prosecution.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163896
enate Bill 821: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 107 to 2 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of a mechanism created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some state use tax revenue to local governments, which would replace revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local personal property tax revenue from that 2012 tax cut, rather than most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688143
Senate Bill 822: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 104 to 5 in the House on March 25, 2014, to increase the earmark of state use tax revenue authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to distribute some revenue from this tax to local governments, as a replacement for revenue they lose due to reductions in the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment. The bill is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830, which essentially replace all of the foregone local government revenue from that 2012 personal property tax cut measure, instead of replacing most of it. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state “use tax” in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; this legislative package was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688144
Senate Bill 823: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was the device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with money from the state “use tax.” For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the use tax in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; the legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 821 to 830 was negotiated to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688145
Senate Bill 824: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of state authorities created by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688147
Senate Bill 825: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 106 to 3 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of the August 2014 ballot initiative authorized by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut the “personal property tax” imposed on business tools and equipment, and replace the foregone local government revenue with state use tax revenue. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688146
Senate Bill 826: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bills 821 and 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688148
Senate Bill 827: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for manufacturing facilities, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688149
Senate Bill 828: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on March 25, 2014, to revise details of a “personal property tax” exemption for smaller commercial businesses, which was a device used by a 2012 legislative package enacted to cut this property tax imposed on business tools and equipment. See Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688150
Senate Bill 829: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 105 to 4 in the House on March 25, 2014, to replace a local “essential services special assessment” (tax) with a state version. The local version was authorized by a 2012 personal property tax reform law to reimburse local governments for lost revenue from the tax cuts in that 2012 law. Senate Bill 822 would increase an earmark of the state use tax to essentially replace all of the foregone local government revenue instead of most of it. The revenue the state gives up to the earmark would be replaced by imposing the tax authorized by this bill on some but not all of the businesses getting a tax cut. In addition, the political appointees on the board of the state economic development agency empowered to grant exemptions to particular firms they select. For any of this to happen voters must approve related changes to the state use tax in an August, 2014 ballot initiative; the current proposal is intended to forestall local government opposition to that measure.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688151
Senate Bill 830: Revise 2012 “personal property tax” reform law
Passed 105 to 4 in the House on March 25, 2014, to authorize a lower “assessment” (tax) than the tax authorized by Senate Bill 829, which would be levied on the tools and equipment of certain kinds of businesses, or ones meeting other specified criteria. See also Senate Bill 822.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688152