House Bill 5152: Exempt voter registration-related Social Security numbers from FOIA
Passed 84 to 24 in the House on March 27, 2014, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which also repeals a ban on residents of another state collecting signatures on a ballot initiative or candidate nomination petition.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=688412
House Bill 5152: Exempt voter registration-related Social Security numbers from FOIA
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 25, 2014, to adopt a version of the bill that also would repeal a ban on residents of another state collecting signatures on a ballot initiative or candidate nomination petition.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161385
House Bill 5441: Repeal local road agency fringe benefit reporting mandate
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on April 17, 2014, to repeal a law that mandates local road agencies certify to the Department of Transportation that their employees and their contractors’ employees get fringe benefits meeting certain specifications in that law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=163972
House Bill 5442: Revise victim notification of offender’s prison alternative
Introduced by Rep. Brandon Dillon (D) on April 17, 2014, to require that the notice sent to the victim of a crime that the offender may be placed in a special alternative incarceration (”boot camp”) program must inform the victim of his or her right to submit a victim impact statement to the judge.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164049
House Bill 5443: Give some state employees early retirement incentive pension increase
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on April 17, 2014, to authorize a retirement incentive for Department of Transportation employees whose age and years of government employment add up to at least 70 and who retire before Dec. 1, 2014. The bill would increase the multiplier used to calculate the retirement benefits of these employees from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, which would increase the cash portion of their post-retirement benefits by 16.7 percent.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164050
House Bill 5444: Revise foster care trust fund details
Introduced by Rep. Peter MacGregor (R) on April 17, 2014, to revise details of a state trust fund supports college or career training programs for foster care children who “age out” of the system. The bill would cap the administrative expenses the Fund could incur, revise membership of the fund board, and require the board to “collaborate” with state colleges and universities to “assist current and former foster care students who have unmet financial education needs and assist in the effort to create sustainable futures for those foster care students”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164051
House Bill 5445: Establish rape kit evidence regulations and procedures
Introduced by Rep. John Walsh (R) on April 17, 2014, to establish regulations and procedures that law enforcement agencies and health care providers must follow when collecting and using sexual assault kit evidence.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164052
House Bill 5446: Establish failed school district dissolutions procedures
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on April 17, 2014, to place in statute specific criteria and procedures for reorganizing a school district dissolved because it is no longer financially viable or for other reasons. Essentially, the bill would give the local Intermediate School District the duty and authority to transfer the students and territory of the failed district to other conventional school districts within the ISD’s jurisdiction, and determine the allocation of revenue and liabilities to them.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164053
House Bill 5447: Designate road after murdered corrections officer
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on April 17, 2014, to designate a portion of U.S. 41 in Marquette County as the “Earl DeMarse Memorial Highway”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164054
House Bill 5448: Ban certain retroactive municipal water use billings
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on April 17, 2014, to prohibit a municipal water system that installs a new water meter from charging the customer for any water use that was not previously detected or billed.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164055
House Bill 5449: Designate “Blanchard’s cricket frog” as official state amphibian
Introduced by Rep. Matt Lori (R) on April 17, 2014, to establish in law that henceforth the “Blanchard’s cricket frog” (acris crepitans blanchardii) shall be designated as the official State of Michigan amphibian. At present, Michigan does not have an official state amphibian. Past bills have proposed designating the northern spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer), the marbled salamander (Ambystome opacum) and the eastern gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor). Note: The Blanchard’s cricket frog is named after a herpetologist, not a former Democratic Michigan Governor of the same name.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164056
House Bill 5450: Permit mail-order purchase of air rifles and BB guns
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on April 17, 2014, to revise a detail in the wording of an existing exclusion of air rifles and BB guns from the state law governing the sale, purchase, possession and carrying of firearms. The change is said to allow .177 caliber air rifles and BB guns to be purchased by mail order.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164057
House Bill 5451: Authorize National Guard member tuition subsidies
Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R) on April 17, 2014, to authorize annual college or vocational education tuition subsidies of up to $4,500 per year for a current Michigan National Guard member. The bill does not specify where the money would come from.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164058
House Bill 5452: Increase overweight and oversize truck fees
Introduced by Rep. Michael McCready (R) on April 17, 2014, to increase the fee for permits required to operate a vehicle or trailer that exceeds standard highway size, weight, or load restrictions. This is part of a road funding increase proposal announced by House Speaker Jase Bolger.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164059
House Bill 5453: Increase overweight truck fines
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on April 17, 2014, to increase the fines imposed on trucks whose weight exceeds state limits. This is part of a road funding increase proposal announced by House Speaker Jase Bolger.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164060
House Bill 5454: Revise ambulance licensure detail
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on April 17, 2014, to revise the law imposing licensure and detailed state regulations on ambulance operations, so as to exempt advanced life support operations in small rural counties and communities from certain staffing and related requirements.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164061
House Bill 5455: Increase fine for selling untaxed cigarette
Introduced by Rep. Harvey Santana (D) on April 17, 2014, to increase the fine for selling a cigarette separately from a package from $500 to $1,000, and up to $10,000 for multiple violations. Sixty percent of the fine revenue would go to the local police agency that issues the citation, with the rest split between the state and the court.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164062
House Bill 5456: Ban insurance rate hike for pothole damage
Introduced by Rep. Marilyn Lane (D) on April 17, 2014, to prohibit auto insurers from increasing a person’s rates due to damage caused by a pothole.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164063
House Bill 5457: Revise large county commission membership detail
Introduced by Rep. Marilyn Lane (D) on April 17, 2014, to change the number of county commissioners authorized for a county with 600,000 or more people, from the current “25 to 35” to “not more than 35.” This would apply to Kent, Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164064
House Bill 5458: Give state money to communities that had frozen pipes
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on April 17, 2014, to appropriate $10 million for Upper Peninsula communities whose water pipes froze in the winter of 2013-14.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164065
House Bill 5459: House Speaker road funding package
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on April 17, 2014, to earmark sales tax collected on gasoline sales to road projects. This is part of a road funding increase proposal announced by House Speaker Jase Bolger.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164066
House Bill 5460: House Speaker road funding package
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on April 17, 2014, to require local and county road authorities to get full replacement cost warranties from contractors for road construction and preservation projects they perform. This is part of a road funding increase proposal announced by House Speaker Jase Bolger.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164067
House Bill 4781: Revise motorcycle “learner’s permit” detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on April 22, 2014, to revise details of a motorcycle operators license “learners permit,” which applies to license applicants who have not yet passed a motorcycle skills test and have not taken an optional safety course. Under current law the 180-day “learner’s permit” only allows riding under the supervision of a person who has a regular motorcycle license (“indorsement”). The bill would prohibit more than two such “learners permits” in a 10-year period.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=689114
House Bill 5154: Revise criminal prosecution preliminary procedures
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on April 22, 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=689112
House Bill 5155: Revise criminal prosecution preliminary procedures
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on April 22, 2014, to authorize and establish procedures for “probable cause” conferences in advance of the “preliminary examinations” authorized under current law for criminal prosecutions. The subject matter would include possible plea bargains, bail, procedural aspects of the case, and more. These conferences could be waived if both sides agree. This and House Bill 5154 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=689113