Senate Bill 926: Ban using a drone to interfere with hunters
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on May 6, 2014, to prohibit using an aerial drone to interfere with or harass a person who is hunting. This would expand an existing law that bans interfering with or harassing hunters.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164234
Senate Bill 927: Ban hunting with a drone
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on May 6, 2014, to prohibit using an aerial drone to take game.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164235
Senate Bill 928: Revise hospitalized student instruction detail
Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on May 6, 2014, to revise the details of a law that requires a school district to provide “instructional services to a pupil placed in a hospital, treatment center, or other treatment facility” within three days if the district is notified. The bill would allow the parents of a child in this situation to petition the Department of Education to get instruction from another provider if a district is notified and does not act within that three day window.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164236
Senate Bill 929: Revise nonprofit corporation law detail
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on May 7, 2014, to revise the state law governing mergers and conversions of corporations and other limited liability business entities to include nonprofit corporations.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164240
Senate Bill 930: Repeal (qualified) ban on local anti-mining zones
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on May 7, 2014, to repeal a state preemption of local zoning ordinances that restrict mining for “valuable natural resources” except where specified “very serious consequences” would result. In general, current law aims to consolidate the regulation of such activities at the state level.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164241
Senate Bill 931: Revise electronic arrest warrant detail
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on May 7, 2014, to clarify a law allowing a judge or district court magistrate to issue a written search warrant by any electronic of means of communication, so as to specify that this may be done from any location within this state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164242
Senate Bill 932: Revise district court magistrate detail
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on May 7, 2014, to allow district court magistrates to decide motions and requests to withdraw an admission or set aside a default judgment in civil infraction cases under certain circumstances specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164243
Senate Bill 933: Clarify preemption of Consumer Protection Act lawsuits against insurers
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on May 8, 2014, to clarify that a prohibition of lawsuits against insurance companies under the state Consumer Protection Act applies regardless of when the cause of action occurred. Under current law, industries like insurance that are already subject to a comprehensive state regulatory regime are not covered by the Consumer Protection Act.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164308
House Bill 5517: Ban insurance rate hike for crash damage
Introduced by Rep. Brain Banks (D) on May 6, 2014, to prohibit auto insurers from increasing a person’s rates due to damage caused by a crash if the customer was not “substantially at fault” for the accident.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164244
House Bill 5518: Authorize sanctions on insurance companies
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on May 6, 2014, to authorize a $1 million fine on an insurance company that does not deal “fairly and in good faith” on a customer claim as defined by House Bill 5519.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164245
House Bill 5519: Expand grounds for suing insurance companies
Introduced by Rep. Winnie Brinks (D) on May 6, 2014, to allow a person who believes that an insurance provider has not dealt fairly and in good faith to sue for compensatory, consequential, and exemplary (punitive) damages proximately caused by the breach, notwithstanding the prohibition on punitive damages in other areas of Michigan tort law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164246
House Bill 5520: Expand grounds for suing insurance companies
Introduced by Rep. Theresa Abed (D) on May 6, 2014, to allow a person who believes that an auto insurance provider has not dealt fairly and in good faith on a personal injury claim to sue for compensatory, consequential, and exemplary (punitive) damages proximately caused by the breach, notwithstanding the prohibition on punitive damages in other areas of Michigan tort law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164247
House Bill 5521: Expand grounds for suing insurance companies
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on May 6, 2014, to authorize consumer lawsuits against an insurance company that violates an existing law authorizing administrative sanctions for violating a long list of specific “unfair and prohibited trade practices”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164248
House Bill 5522: Expand insurance company sanctions
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on May 6, 2014, to authorize penalties of $10,000 plus three times the amount of any benefits withheld and attorney costs for a insurer that fails to pay a claims in a timely manner due to a variety of specified unfair practices. This is part of a Democratic insurance regulation and penalty package comprised of House Bill 5517 to 5528.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164249
House Bill 5523: Expand grounds for suing insurance companies
Introduced by Rep. Ellen Lipton (D) on May 6, 2014, to establish a legal presumption that an insurance company has acted in bad faith if it violates a long list of specific “unfair and prohibited trade practices” in an existing law, meaning the burden of proof would be on the insurer to prove otherwise in a lawsuit authorized by House Bill 5021.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164250
House Bill 5524: Reduce limits on state’s power to impose insurance price controls
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on May 6, 2014, to repeal a provision of the insurance code that limits the state insurance bureau to determine that there not is a “reasonable degree” of competition for the particular type of insurance before it can declare a company’s rates “excessive”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164251
House Bill 5525: Expand insurance companies sanctions
Introduced by Rep. Tom Cochran (D) on May 6, 2014, to require that if an insurance company fails to act in good faith and pay benefits in a timely manner, and this leads to an insured receiving a bad credit report, the insurer must contact the large credit rating agencies and tell them that it was the company’s fault.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164252
House Bill 5526: Expand insurance companies sanctions
Introduced by Rep. Kate Segal (D) on May 6, 2014, to prohibit insurance companies from sanctioning employees who report “unfair” or deceptive actions by the company, and authorize giving such employees rewards from the government “insurance whistleblower fund” proposed by House Bill 5527.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164253
House Bill 5527: Expand insurance companies sanctions
Introduced by Rep. Kate Segal (D) on May 6, 2014, to create an “insurance whistleblower fund,” with half the money (after up to 10 percent is taken for administrative expenses) going to pay the rewards to insurance company employee “whistleblowers” proposed by House Bill 5526, and half spent for government information campaigns on insurance practices and consumer rights.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164254
House Bill 5528: Mandate minimum aggregate auto insurance claim payouts
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on May 6, 2014, to mandate that auto insurers pay out at least 80 percent of their annual premium revenue in claims, and if they don’t then give customers a pro-rated refund for the balance.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164255
House Bill 5529: Revise sanctions and procedures for veterans who break laws
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on May 6, 2014, to revise the requirements for participating in a “veteran’s treatment” specialty court program authorized by a 2012 law for veterans charged with certain crimes involving drug or alcohol abuse. The bill would require the person to meet with a veterans organization or counselor to discuss veterans benefit programs for which the individual may qualify.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164256
House Bill 5530: Revise sanctions and procedures for veterans who break laws
Introduced by Rep. Earl Poleski (R) on May 6, 2014, to revise criminal sentencing procedures by requiring a notice to be sent to the state veterans agency if an offender is a veteran. This is part of a package amending various laws related to different treatment options for veterans accused of drug, alcohol or other offenses.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164257
House Bill 5531: Revise sanctions and procedures for veterans who break laws
Introduced by Rep. Kenneth Kurtz (R) on May 6, 2014, to require a veteran participating in a “sobriety court” sentencing diversion program to meet with a veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as part of the program, to discuss veterans benefit programs for which the individual may qualify.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164258
House Bill 5532: Revise sanctions and procedures for veterans who break laws
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Graves (R) on May 6, 2014, to require a prisoner who is a veteran to meet with a veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as a condition of parole, to discuss veterans benefit programs for which the individual may qualify.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164259
House Bill 5533: Revise sanctions and procedures for veterans who break laws
Introduced by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R) on May 6, 2014, to require a prisoner who is a veteran to meet with a veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as a condition of probation, to discuss veterans benefit programs for which the individual may qualify.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164260
House Bill 5534: Revise veterans welfare benefit detail
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on May 6, 2014, to require that when a veteran applies for various state welfare benefits a notice must be sent to the state veterans agency.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164261
House Bill 5535: Revise veterans welfare benefit detail
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on May 6, 2014, to require that when a veteran applies for food stamps a notice must be sent to the state veterans agency.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164262
House Bill 5536: End cash welfare benefits
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on May 6, 2014, to end cash welfare payments, and instead have the state make direct payments to a welfare recipient’s landlord, utilities, child care providers and grocery store.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164263
House Bill 5537: Authorize penalty for false “community service” claim
Introduced by Rep. Douglas Geiss (D) on May 6, 2014, to authorize up 90 days in jail and a $500 fine for an offender sentenced to “community service” who knowingly provides false information that he or she has performed the service.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164264
House Bill 5538: Create new online “stalking” offender registry
Introduced by Rep. Fred Durhal, Jr. (D) on May 6, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the penalties proposed by House Bill 5539 for a person convicted of a “stalking” offense who fails to register his current address in the online “stalking” crime registry that bill would create.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164265
House Bill 5539: Create new online “stalking” offender registry
Introduced by Rep. Fred Durhal, Jr. (D) on May 6, 2014, to create an online public registry of individuals convicted of “stalking” crimes, similar to the existing sex offenders registry. The bill prescribes registration requirements, procedures, fees, penalties and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164266
House Bill 5540: Authorize sanctions for vandalizing road signs, lights, etc
Introduced by Rep. Fred Durhal, Jr. (D) on May 6, 2014, to authorize penalties of up one year in prison and a $500 fine for vandalizing or removing a traffic control device, light post, sign, etc. on a road or highway.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164267
House Bill 5541: Grant exception to gas station liquor license requirement
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on May 6, 2014, to exempt gas stations that have liquor licenses in a particular township from a mandate to maintain a certain amount of inventory.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164268
House Bill 5542: Ban MDOT employees using state airplanes
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on May 6, 2014, to prohibit state Department of Transportation employees from using state-owned aircraft to travel for personal or official state business, and instead require them to use video conferencing whenever practical.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164269
House Bill 5543: Redesignate a road
Introduced by Rep. Rick Outman (R) on May 6, 2014, to designate a portion of highway M-57 in Montcalm county as the “Joseph Prentler Memorial Highway”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164270
House Bill 5544: Mandate Holocaust lessons in public schools
Introduced by Rep. Ellen Lipton (D) on May 6, 2014, to mandate that public schools include information about the Holocaust in their curriculum, and require the Department of Education to develop a model curriculum.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164271
House Bill 5545: Revise criminal record expungement rules
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on May 6, 2014, to revise the grounds for seeking to have a criminal record expunged from a person’s record. The bill would allow a person convicted of only one felony offense and not more than two misdemeanors to apply to have the felony “set aside,” or expunged from the person’s public record. A person convicted of not more than two misdemeanors could apply to have one or both of them expunged. This would not apply to convictions for criminal sexual conduct, domestic violence, or crimes punishable by life imprisonment.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164272
House Bill 5546: Authorize embedded shrapnel drivers license designation
Introduced by Rep. David Knezek (D) on May 6, 2014, to require the Secretary of State to provide for drivers license designation for military veterans who have has shrapnel or other types of metal in their bodies as a result of combat or other active duty service and who request this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164273
House Bill 5547: Revise principle residence form detail
Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) on May 7, 2014, to require the affidavit form for claiming a principle residence property tax exemption to also have a form for rescinding the exemption.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164274
House Bill 5548: Grant exception to liquor license transfer
Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R) on May 7, 2014, to create an exception for a particular merchant to restrictions on transferring a “specially designated distributor” liquor license (which permits sales of packaged liquor for off-premises consumption).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164275
House Bill 5549: Mandate pregnant women be informed of stem cell options
Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D) on May 7, 2014, to require a health care provider for a woman in the second trimester of pregnancy to inform her of the various storage or donation options for cord blood stem cells.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164276
House Bill 5550: Require schools to honor twins requests
Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D) on May 7, 2014, to require a public school to honor a request from the parent of multiple birth siblings (twins, triplets, etc.) to place the children in the same classroom or in different classrooms (assuming there is more than one classroom for a grade).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164277
House Bill 5551: Grant in-state hunting license fee to military
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Graves (R) on May 7, 2014, to only charge in-state hunting license fees for active duty military personnel who live in another state.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164278
House Joint Resolution N: Require in-state tuition at universities for all veterans
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on May 14, 2014, to place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to require public universities to offer in-state tuition rates to all honorably discharged veterans.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690472
House Joint Resolution M: Require in-state tuition at community for all military
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on May 14, 2014, to place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to require community colleges to offer in-district tuition rates to all active duty members of the military, reservists and veterans.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690471
Senate Bill 156: Revise MBT detail
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to make changes clarifying the intent of a 2012 law revising the former Michigan Business Tax related to for amounts attributable to the taxpayer due to a discharge of indebtedness, and other factors.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690431
Senate Bill 481: Repeal licensure mandate on foresters
Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate on May 13, 2014, to repeal a licensure mandate imposed on foresters, and eliminate a state “Board of Foresters” comprised political appointees who establish educational and experience requirements for forresters.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690333
Senate Bill 546: Revise public library board detail
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on May 13, 2014, to revise and update details of a law that governs the election (or appointment) and composition of local library boards of governors.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690397
Senate Bill 574: Revise county tax foreclosure detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to allow a particular county that elected to have the state foreclose tax delinquent property in the county to rescind that decision for one year.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690473
Senate Bill 612: Trim mandated barber license instruction hours
Passed 106 to 3 in the House on May 14, 2014, to reduce from 2,000 to 1,800 the hours of instruction at a “licensed barber college” that an individual must accumulate before he or she is allowed by the state to earn a living at this trade. Also, to add new license restrictions and requirements for a barber whose experience was gained in a county that state agency staffers regard as not having “generally available” records.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690474
Senate Bill 617: Create government “brain injury services and prevention council”
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to create a government “brain injury services and prevention council” comprised of individuals representing various agencies and interests, with the task of developing a “comprehensive statewide plan” and recommending specific expansions of current social welfare programs to “address the needs of individuals” with brain injuries. The new entity would replace an existing entity with a similar mission.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690433
Senate Bill 645: Authorize Boy Scouts income tax checkoff
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to revise the state “Girl Scouts Fund” created to receive contributions made through the tax checkoff proposed by a 2010 law, so that the checkoff would also apply to Boy Scout contributions as proposed by Senate Bill 646, and then distribute them to the Michigan Boy Scouts.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690436
Senate Bill 646: Authorize Boy Scouts income tax checkoff
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund to a revised scouts fund proposed by Senate Bill 645, which currently collects contributions for the Michigan Girl Scouts.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690437
Senate Bill 704: Require “pharmacist in charge” at pharmacies
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on May 13, 2014, to require all pharmacies, manufacturers, and wholesale distributors to designate a pharmacist in charge, and provide penalties. This relates to a recent “drug compounding” scandal in New England that led to contaminated drugs causing meningitis in several people.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690337
Senate Bill 715: Adopt “universal certificates of insurance act”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on May 13, 2014, to prohibit issuing a certificate of insurance that would alter the coverage provided by an insurance policy referred to in the certificate, or which contained false or misleading information concerning a policy, or requiring the issuance of a certificate with false or misleading information regarding a policy. Also, to establish that a person would have a right to notice of cancellation only under the terms of an insurance policy.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690336
Senate Bill 749: Revise crime victim impact statement detail
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on May 13, 2014, to restrict a parent or guardian’s right to to allow the parent or guardian of a crime victim who was less than 18 years when the crime was committed to make a “victim impact statement” at specified points of the trial and sentencing, even though the victim has reached the age of majority (turned 18) by that time. This would not apply if the parent or guardian is the defendant or is incarcerated. Under current law, only parents or guardians of minors can make this statement.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690395
Senate Bill 760: Appropriations: Department of Agriculture
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690478
Senate Bill 762: Appropriations: Community Colleges
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690480
Senate Bill 763: Appropriations: Department of Community Health
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690482
Senate Bill 764: Appropriations: Department of Corrections
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690484
Senate Bill 765: Appropriations: Department of Education
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690486
Senate Bill 766: Appropriations: Department of Environmental Quality
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690488
Senate Bill 767: Appropriations: General Government
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690490
Senate Bill 768: Appropriations: Higher Education
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690492
Senate Bill 769: Appropriations: Department of Human Services
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690494
Senate Bill 770: Appropriations: Department of Insurance and Financial Services
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690496
Senate Bill 771: Appropriations: Judiciary budget
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690498
Senate Bill 772: Appropriations: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690500
Senate Bill 773: Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690502
Senate Bill 774: Appropriations: Department of Natural Resources
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690504
Senate Bill 775: Appropriations: K-12 School Aid budget
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690508
Senate Bill 776: Appropriations: State Police
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690510
Senate Bill 777: Appropriations: Department of Transportation
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the Senate “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690512
Senate Bill 817: Move back teacher rating process deadlines
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to reduce the percentage of a teacher’s “effectiveness” evaluation that must be based on student progress as measured by state test data (instead of other more subjective measures) from 50 percent to 40 percent, and delay implementation until the 2017-2018 school year. The original 50 percent figure was required by a 2011 law basing school employment decisions on these ratings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690441
Senate Bill 862: Allow alcohol at Michigan Stadium international soccer game
Passed 105 to 5 in the House on May 13, 2014, to allow the sale of alcohol at the University of Michigan football stadium in Ann Arbor during a potential soccer game in August 2014 between the Manchester United and Real Madrid international soccer teams.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690396
Senate Bill 904: Require “pharmacist in charge” at pharmacies
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on May 13, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the criminal offenses proposed by Senate Bill 704, which would require pharmacies, manufacturers, and distributors to designate a pharmacist in charge. This relates to a recent “drug compounding” scandal in New England that led to contaminated drugs causing meningitis in several people.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690338
House Bill 5136: Create standardized medical welfare mental health release form
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to require the state Department of Community Health to develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance abuse information between any public and private agency, department, corporation, or individual involved with treatment of a person with mental health or substance abuse problems.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690432
House Bill 5223: Reduce “student growth” portion of teacher rating criteria
Passed 95 to 14 in the House on May 14, 2014, to reduce the percentage of a teacher’s “effectiveness” evaluation that must be based on student progress as measured by state test data (instead of other local and potentially more subjective measures) from 50 percent to 25 percent in “core” subjects, and delay implementation until the 2017-2018 school year. The original 50 percent based on state tests requirement was established by a 2011 law basing school employment decisions on these ratings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690519
House Bill 5224: Revise school administrator rating criteria
Passed 96 to 13 in the House on May 14, 2014, to reduce the percentage of a public school administrator’s performance evaluation that must be based on student progress as measured by state test data (instead of other more subjective measures) from 50 percent to 40 percent, and delay implementation until the he 2017-2018 school year. The original 50 percent figure was required by a 2011 law basing school employment decisions on these ratings.
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House Bill 5261: Exempt vehicle sale to relatives from sales tax
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on May 13, 2014, to exempt from sales tax the sale of a vehicle to a relative, including parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren, spouses, in-laws and more.
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House Bill 5263: Revise crime victim impact statement detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to allow the parent or guardian of a crime victim who was less than 18 years when the crime was committed to make a “victim impact statement” at specified points of the trial and sentencing, even though the victim has reached the age of majority (turned 18) by that time. This would not apply if the parent or guardian is the defendant or is incarcerated. Under current law, only parents or guardians of minors can make this statement.
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House Bill 5313: Appropriations: 2014-2015 “Omnibus” budget
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to send the bill back to the House “stripped” of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
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House Bill 5375: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to allow any nursing home to employ a physician to provide a program of planned and continuing nursing care and medical treatment for residents. Under current law only nonprofit nursing homes are allowed to provide this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690475
House Bill 5376: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to revise the definition of “services in a learned profession” in the Michigan limited liability company act to make it conform with the proposal in House Bill 5375 removing a current ban on for-profit nursing homes employing a physician to provide a program of planned and continuing nursing care and medical treatment for residents.
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House Bill 5377: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 2014, to revise the definition of “services in a learned profession” in the Michigan business corporations act to make it conform with the proposal in House Bill 5375 removing a current ban on for-profit nursing homes employing a physician to provide a program of planned and continuing nursing care and medical treatment for residents.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690468
House Bill 5389: Revise nursing home feeding detail
Passed 93 to 16 in the House on May 14, 2014, to allow a nursing home to employ a trained person to provide feeding assistance to a resident who does not have complicated feeding problems, under the supervision of a nurse, and with consent of the resident or resident’s representative.
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House Bill 5396: Trim mandated barber college instruction hours
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on May 14, 2014, to reduce from 250 to 225 the number of hours of classroom study, demonstrations, and recitations that a licensed barber college must offer, and reduce from 1,750 to 1,575 hours the amount of required “practical barber training” it must provide.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690435
House Bill 5451: Authorize National Guard member tuition subsidies
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on May 14, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690470
House Bill 5476: Revise electric utility regulated rate setting procedures
Passed 104 to 6 in the House on May 13, 2014, to revise details of the process used by state regulators to allocate production-related and transmission costs to the commercial customers of large utilities.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=690394