Senate Bill 66: Revise high school graduation standards
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on May 28, 2014, to revise procedural details related to the state’s high school graduation and curriculum standards. The bill would require timely responses from the Department of Education to school requests for information that helps them meet the requirements. It also “strongly encourages” schools to establish programs that lead to a professional certificate, training, apprenticeship, or college credit in a specific career and technical field.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691270
Senate Bill 929: Revise nonprofit corporation law detail
Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on May 28, 2014, to revise the state law governing mergers and conversions of corporations and other limited liability business entities, so as to include nonprofit corporations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691269
House Bill 4377: Repeal “community planner” registration mandate
Passed 26 to 10 in the Senate on May 28, 2014, to repeal a registration mandate imposed on professional “community planners” who prepare government land use plans.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691271
House Bill 4392: Repeal ocularist registration
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on May 28, 2014, to repeal a law that provides for the registration of ocularists and ocularist apprentices, who design, fabricate, and fit “ocular prosthetic appliances,” or artificial eyes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691272
House Bill 5247: Exempt hospital pools from lifeguard mandate
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 28, 2014, to exempt small hospital-owned health and wellness center pools from a state law that mandates lifeguards at swimming pools that are open to the public (with various exceptions).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691338
House Bill 5543: Redesignate a road
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 28, 2014, to designate a portion of highway M-57 in Montcalm county as the “Joseph Prentler Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691339
Senate Bill 958: Authorize more misdemeanor arrest strip searches
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on May 27, 2014, to repeal a prohibition on strip searches of a person ordered by a court to be held in jail after being arrested or detained for a misdemeanor or an offense which is punishable only by a civil fine unless there is a reasonable cause to believe that the person is concealing a weapon or illegal drugs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=164394
House Bill 4376: Repeal “proprietary school solicitor” permit mandate
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on June 2, 2014, to repeal a law that requires an individual operating as a proprietary school solicitor to obtain a permit from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Solicitors are responsible for recruiting potential students to proprietary schools that provide training in a specific trade, occupation or vocational field.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691477
House Bill 4378: Repeal interior designer registration
Passed 29 to 9 in the Senate on June 2, 2014, to repeal a law that establishes a government interior designer registry and makes it available to state or local government agencies. To be included on the registry a designer must have passed a test created by a national organization of incumbent interior designers. This organization has sought repeatedly in this state to impose a full licensure and regulatory regime on interior designers, with several bills introduced in previous legislatures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691481
House Bill 4683: Repeal auctioneer registration mandate
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on June 2, 2014, to revise references in the state liquor code to reflect the proposal in Senate Bill 476 to repeal a state registration (licensure) mandate on auctioneers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691475
House Bill 4691: Revise carnival ride regulation detail
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on June 2, 2014, to eliminate a state government “carnival amusement safety board.” The bill would not affect the regulations and inspection requirements for carnival rides.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691476