Senate Bill 473: Exempt some government housing program firms from income tax withholding
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on September 18, 2014, to not impose income tax withholding mandates on companies involved in certain government housing programs if this would violate the terms of those programs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695764
Senate Bill 616: Appropriations: Supplemental budget
Passed 78 to 31 in the House on September 18, 2014, to revise Medicaid accounting to reflect the transition from a 1 percent “health insurance claims tax” to the imposition of the 6 percent “use tax” on Medicaid managed care health care providers (hospitals). These various levies are designed to “game” the federal Medicaid program in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare establishment (including those same hospitals). See Senate Bill 893 and Senate Bill 913.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695755
Senate Bill 915: Make vehicle title lien updates electronic
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on September 18, 2014, to make it a felony to fraudulently indicate on a certificate of title for a vehicle that there is no security interest on record for the vehicle (meaning the vehicle is owned free and clear). Also, to make it felony to forge or counterfeit a letter from the lender saying the loan has been paid off. See also Senate Bills 916 to 918, which propose making vehicle title lien information electronic.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695766
Senate Bill 916: Make vehicle title lien updates electronic
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on September 18, 2014, to revise process for updating vehicle loan “security interests” on vehicle titles, so as to accommodate the process proposed by Senate Bill 918 for replacing the current paper-based system with an all-electronic one. Among other things the bill would eliminate a requirement that the Secretary of State must issue a title to the owner of a vehicle, if the title were subject to a security interest (loan).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695768
Senate Bill 917: Make vehicle title lien updates electronic
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on September 18, 2014, to revise the process for updating vehicle loan “security interests” on vehicle titles, so as to accommodate the process proposed by Senate Bill 918 for replacing the current paper-based system with an all-electronic one.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695769
House Bill 4915: Extend sunset on crime victim’s rights fund earmark
Passed 105 to 3 in the House on September 18, 2014, to extend until October 2018 the sunset on a provision of the state crime victim’s rights fund earmarking money not used by the fund in any given year to pay instead for other law enforcement activities, such as maintaining the state sex offender registry, “Amber alert” programs, sex crime victim treatment services, lie detector tests and expert witness fees.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695767
House Bill 5391: Revise wage garnishment rules
Passed 102 to 7 in the House on September 18, 2014, to revise the law that authorizes a court-ordered garnishment of an individual’s wages to satisfy an obligation. The bill would cap the amount of a garnishment at 15 percent of the “gross wages” earned by the employee, but not if this would reduce the pay to less than the “minimum wage” mandated by the state or federal government.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695757
House Bill 5466: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 98 to 10 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock to a mother on welfare. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695752
House Bill 5467: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 96 to 12 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695754
House Bill 5468: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 96 to 12 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock to a mother on welfare. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695756
House Bill 5469: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 96 to 12 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority in cases involving a jurisdiction in another state to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695758
House Bill 5470: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 96 to 12 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority in cases involving a jurisdiction in another state to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695759
House Bill 5471: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 95 to 13 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish procedures for consolidating within one government agency a county prosecutor’s authority to seek child support from the father of a child born out of wedlock. The authority would then fall under either the friend of the court office, or an attorney employed or under contract with either the county or the state Department of Human Services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695760
House Bill 5583: Revise paternity determination process
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on September 18, 2014, to establish a paternity revocation process for a determination for a man deemed be a child’s genetic father solely on the basis of genetic testing, if the genetic tests were inaccurate, or the man’s genetic material was not available to the child’s mother, or if a man who has DNA identical to the genetic father is the child’s father.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695763
House Bill 5606: Expand “protectionist” auto dealer provision
Passed 106 to 3 in the House on September 18, 2014, to prohibit vehicle makers from preventing a dealer from tacking on extra fees that are permitted by a law that empowers the state to enforce exclusive new car dealer “territories” and regulate the terms of commercial relationships between dealers and manufacturers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695773
House Bill 5649: Recognize terminal patients’ “right to try” unapproved treatments
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on September 18, 2014, to prohibit state officials and licensing boards from sanctioning health care providers who participate providing non-FDA approved experimental drugs and treatments to terminal patients in accordance with the conditions specified in the “right to try” law proposed by House Bill 5651 and Senate Bill 991.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695762
House Bill 5742: Authorize appropriation for university autism programs
Passed 88 to 21 in the House on September 18, 2014, to authorize the transfer to university autism programs of $5.5 million from a state fund created by a 2012 law intended cover subsidies to health insurance companies to compensate for the cost of a new autism treatment coverage mandate imposed by another law passed that year. This was called for in the state budget enacted for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2014.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695777
House Bill 5785: Expand permissible criminal court cost levies
Passed 95 to 14 in the House on September 18, 2014, to expand the costs that can be imposed on a individual convicted in a criminal case. The bill would authorize imposing assessments covering a share of court employee salaries and benefits, of “goods and services” used in operating the court, and of court building “operation and maintenance” costs. In addition, the bill would establish that a court has no duty to provide a “calculation of the costs involved in a particular case.” The bill reverses a state Supreme Court case that limited charges to those specifically allowed in a particular statute; its provisions would expire in 27 months, presumably to allow the legislature to rationalize these impositions for courts across the state.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695765
House Bill 5793: Correct error in graduation standards law revision
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on September 18, 2014, to clarify that the foreign language requirement in the state’s graduation requirements only applies to student who entered 3rd grade in 2006 or later or later (a cohort who generally would graduate in 2016). Reportedly this is to correct an error in a law enacted earlier in 2014 that lowered some of the graduation standards.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695772
Senate Bill 1074: Eliminate debt cap on business job training subsidy program
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on September 11, 2014, to eliminate the $50 million debt cap in a 2008 law that authorized state job training subsidies for particular employers, provided through community colleges.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165279
House Bill 5786: Mandate full day kindergarten
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 10, 2014, to mandate that all school districts provide full-day kindergarten, and mandate that all children who turn five before Sept. 1 attend kindergarten in that year.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165180
House Bill 5787: Allow different drivers license and voter registration addresses
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 10, 2014, to allow a person to have a different address on their drivers license than the one at which they are registered to vote.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165181
House Bill 5788: Allow different state ID and voter registration addresses
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 10, 2014, to allow a person to have a different address on their state-issued identification card I.D. than the one at which they are registered to vote.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165182
House Bill 5789: Allow election day voter registration
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 10, 2014, to allow election day voting registration. Under current law, a citizen must register at least 30 days before an election. An assistant township, city or county clerk would have to be present at every polling place to accept sworn statements that the information in the voter registration application was valid.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165183
House Bill 5790: Mandate landlords provide voter registration information
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 10, 2014, to mandate that landlords provide voter registration information and applications to tenants when they take possession.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165184
House Bill 5791: Authorize Van Andel institute fundraising license plate
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on September 10, 2014, to require the Secretary of State to develop a fundraising license plate with proceeds going to the Van Andel institute.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165185
House Bill 5792: Mandate insurance ownership divestment disclosures
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on September 10, 2014, to mandate that a person with a controlling ownership interest in a Michigan insurance company who plans to divest that interest must submit a statement of intent to the state insurance bureau at least 30 days before the divestment, along with a statement describing the “enterprise risk” of the transaction, defined in the bill as the chances it will have a “material adverse effect upon the financial condition or liquidity” of the insurer.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165186
House Bill 5794: Correct error in foreclosure law revision
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on September 10, 2014, to correct an error in a law enacted earlier in 2014 that revised details of the right of a foreclosure auction property buyer to monitor the property during the post-auction redemption period (during which a delinquent borrower can pay the loan in full to redeem the property). In one provision of that bill it referred to the “mortgagor” when it meant the purchaser.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165188
House Bill 5795: Revise mortgage foreclosure detail
Introduced in the House on September 10, 2014, to revise the law that permits a delinquent home borrower (mortgagor) to redeem the property for six months after a foreclosure auction by paying the loan in full. The bill would require the mortgagor to record his or her interest at the register of deeds office to be eligible to exercise the right of redemption.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165189
House Bill 5796: Increase personal and pension income tax exemption
Introduced by Rep. Martin Howrylak (R) on September 10, 2014, to increase the state income tax personal exemption from $3,700 to $4,300, and reverse the provision of the 2011 income and business tax overhaul that partially eliminated some state income tax exemptions for pension income.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165190
House Bill 5797: Mandate employers describe reproductive health coverage to applicants
Introduced by Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D) on September 16, 2014, to mandate that employers give job applicants information about any reproductive health services and products covered by the employer’s health insurance policy, using notification methods specified in the bill, and notify employees of any change in such coverage at least 90 days before it goes into effect, with failure to do so subject to a $5,000 fine.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165282
House Bill 5798: Ban powdered alcohol; revise restrictions on alcohol promotional items
Introduced by Rep. Hugh Crawford (R) on September 16, 2014, to ban the sale of “powdered alcohol,” and also allow alcohol manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to provide retailers with keg couplers that are lent to an on-premises retailer, sporting event or entertainment tickets, and brand logoed items that are contained within the packaging of a liquor product for sale to consumers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165283
House Bill 5799: Require government construction contract material performance specs
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 16, 2014, to require government construction contracts to contain specifications that indicate performance standards for the materials to be used.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165284
House Bill 5800: Require school construction contract material performance specs
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 16, 2014, to require public school construction contracts to contain specifications that indicate performance standards for the materials to be used.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165285
House Bill 5801: Exempt veterans organization facilities from smoking ban
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 16, 2014, to exempt veterans organization facilities from the state’s workplace and restaurant smoking ban.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165286
House Bill 5802: Create government “interagency council on homelessness”
Introduced by Rep. Phil Cavanagh (D) on September 16, 2014, to create a government “interagency council on homelessness” tasked with creating “a 10-year plan to end homelessness.” Among other things this entity would also be required to “host an annual conference on homelessness”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165287
House Bill 5803: Revise low income heating subsidy detail
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on September 16, 2014, to repeal a provision that requires at least 70 percent of state low income heating subsidy money to be spent between Nov. 1 and May 31.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165288
House Bill 5804: Make homosexuals a civil rights law “protected class”
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on September 16, 2014, to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” to the characteristics that define membership in a protected class, against whom it is a crime to discriminate under the state’s Elliott-Larsen civil rights law. This would make it a crime to deny employment, housing, use of public accommodations, public services, and educational facilities to another person on the basis of a perception that the person has a particular sexual orientation or gender identity.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165289
House Bill 5805: Accelerate vehicle trade-in “use tax on the difference” only
Introduced by Rep. Frank Foster (R) on September 16, 2014, to slightly advance the initial steps in the 24-year phase-in of a 2013 law that exempted from use tax the value of a trade-in when buying a motor vehicle, titled watercraft or recreational vehicle. See also House Bill 5280.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165290
House Bill 5806: Allow deeper debt for college conservation improvements
Introduced by Rep. Al Pscholka (R) on September 16, 2014, to revise a law that lets a community college borrow for a term of up 10 years to pay for an “energy conservation improvement,” instead letting them incur debt with a term of up to 15 years, or for the average useful life of the improvement, whichever is greater.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165291
House Bill 5807: Require that criminal offenders know act was unlawful for conviction
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on September 16, 2014, to establish that in any new law creating a criminal offense enacted after Jan. 1, 2015, if the law does not indicate whether a “culpable mental state” (“mens rea”) is required to establish guilt, the presumption will be that this is required, meaning that prosecutors must show that the defendant violated the law “purposely, knowingly or recklessly.” If a new criminal law does require a culpable mental state, the bill would require this be shown for “each material element of the offense.” Under current law, many complex “administrative” offenses authorize criminal penalties for actions that a regular person would not know are illegal.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165292
House Bill 5808: Apply open records law to local economic development agencies
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 16, 2014, to expand the state Freedom of Information Act to include the local “economic development corporations” that, along with the state “Strategic Fund” agency, comprise the “Michigan Economic Development Corporation,” which grants subsidies and tax breaks to particular corporations and developers selected by its board.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165293
House Bill 5809: Impose annual $500 fee on tobacco specialty retail stores
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 16, 2014, to impose an annual $500 fee on tobacco specialty retail stores that were exempted from the 2009 law that prohibits other business owners from choosing whether to allow smoking in his or her establishment. The bill would also allow these establishments to serve food.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165294
House Bill 5810: Ban “sky lanterns”
Introduced by Rep. Henry Yanez (D) on September 16, 2014, to ban the use or sale of “sky lanterns,” which are miniature hot air balloons made of paper and sold as a novelty item.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165295
House Bill 5811: Revise workers comp law to accommodate Amish
Introduced by Rep. Ken Goike (R) on September 16, 2014, to revise the state’s injured worker compensation law to accommodate Amish-owned businesses, which do not use this system.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165296
House Bill 5812: Cap fees for electronic copy of electronic deeds
Introduced by Rep. Ken Yonker (R) on September 16, 2014, to revise the meeting requirements of a commission created by a 2010 law that authorized development of uniform statewide regulations and procedures for electronic recording of real estate deeds and related documents. The bill would require this body to meet annually instead of quarterly.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165297
House Bill 5813: Revise community college tax zone annexation details
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on September 16, 2014, to revise details of the procedures for calling a special election to annex territory to a community college district (which subjects property owners in the affected area to the property taxes imposed by the college).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165298
House Bill 5814: Convey state land to Gratiot County
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on September 16, 2014, to convey certain state-owned property located in Emmerson Township in Gratiot County to the county or to another local government for $1, and if none of them want it, sell the property at market value.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165299
House Bill 5815: Revise termination of parental rights detail
Introduced by Rep. Tom Leonard (R) on September 17, 2014, to revise a detail of the process for terminating the parental rights of a divorced or unmarried parent who has failed or was not required to provide court-ordered child support, in cases where when the other parent gets married and his or her new spouse wants to adopt the child.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165307
House Bill 5816: Authorize child income tax credit
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on September 17, 2014, to authorize an $800 income tax deduction for each dependent of a taxpayer who is under seven years old.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165308
House Bill 5817: Tax credit for teacher classroom expenses
Introduced by Rep. Winnie Brinks (D) on September 17, 2014, to authorize an income tax credit of up to $250 for classroom supplies purchased by public school teachers. Note: Under a 1970 Supreme Court case, school districts are required to provide an array of necessary classroom supplies at no cost to students’ families (or teachers).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165309
House Bill 5818: Tax credit for teacher classroom expenses
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on September 17, 2014, to authorize an income tax credit of up to $250 for classroom supplies purchased by public school teachers. Note: Under a 1970 Supreme Court case, school districts are required to provide an array of necessary classroom supplies at no cost to student families (or teachers).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165310
House Bill 5819: Exclude air guns from firearms laws
Introduced by Rep. Brain Banks (D) on September 17, 2014, to exclude air, gas or spring powered guns from a law that prevents shooting within 150 yards of an occupied dwelling or farm building without permission from the owner.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165311
House Bill 5820: Use tax records to establish jury pools
Introduced by Rep. Brain Banks (D) on September 17, 2014, to allow the Department of Treasury to deliver to counties the names and addresses of taxpayers in the county. House Bill 5820 requires counties to include registered voters and taxpayers in the jury pool and to provide for more geographic diversity in the pool.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165312
House Bill 5821: Establish official state poem
Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R) on September 17, 2014, to establish that henceforth, as a matter of law, the poem “Hand of Michigan”, by Millie Miller, and no other poem, shall be the official poem of the state of Michigan. Michigan does not currently have a state poem; a previous bill proposed “Land of the Wolverine” by E. J. McGuire.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165313
House Bill 5822: Cap fees for electronic copy of electronic county documents
Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R) on September 17, 2014, to cap the fees county treasurers can charge to furnish requested transcripts and records in electronic form when these are already stored in electronic form, at 10 cents per page and a maximum of $500 per request.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165314
House Bill 5823: Require insurance company risk assessments
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on September 17, 2014, to require larger insurance companies to regularly perform an “own risk and solvency assessment” (ORSA), defined as a “confidential internal assessment…of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer’s current business plan, and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.” This would have to be submitted to the state annually.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165315
House Bill 5824: Require local governments repeal unenforceable ordinances
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on September 18, 2014, to prohibit a city from adopting, enforcing or retaining on the books any unenforceable ordinance. Cities would have 45 days to repeal existing unenforceable ordinances, subject to a $10,000 fine for every month they delay. The bill defines “unenforceable ordinance” as one whose content is determined to be preempted by a formal attorney general opinion or a “final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165323
House Bill 5825: Revise private adoption detail
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on September 18, 2014, to revise details of the consent process specified in a law that provides an option to disclose the identity of the father in a private adoption.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165324
House Bill 5826: Require local governments use competitive bidding
Introduced by Rep. Greg MacMaster (R) on September 18, 2014, to require local governments to use competitive bidding for service and procurement contracts above $20,000, notwithstanding any local ordinance or charter to the contrary.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165325
House Bill 5827: Mandate MCCA use U.S. banks
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on September 18, 2014, to require the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to keep money only in financial institutions located in the United States. The MCCA is the private entity established to provide reinsurance to cover the liability of individual auto insurance companies to pay unlimited medical claims above $530,000 per incident, which they are required to pay under the state no-fault auto insurance law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165326
House Bill 5828: Mandate specified security guard training
Introduced by Rep. Rudy Hobbs (D) on September 18, 2014, to mandate security guards receive 16 hours of classroom instruction in subjects specified in the bill that are relevant to this occupation.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165327
House Bill 5829: Revise regulation of security guard businesses
Introduced by Rep. Thomas Stallworth, III (D) on September 18, 2014, to revise many details of a comprehensive regulatory regime for security guards and agencies, and transfer the statutory authority for these regulations from a Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act to the state Occupational Code.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165328
House Bill 5830: Establish training requirements for police use of overdose treatments
Introduced by Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R) on September 18, 2014, to establish training and use protocols for law enforcement officers who are issued “opioid antagonists” (such as naloxone) for treatment of heroin overdoses.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165329
House Bill 5831: Require certain low income housing tax disclosures
Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) on September 18, 2014, to allow the Department of Treasury to disclose the address of each housing unit that is part of housing projects exempt from property taxes, and whether the units are instead subject to a “service charge”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165330
House Bill 5832: Cut off unappropriated revenue for corporate and developer subsidies
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 18, 2014, to establish that all revenue received by the “Michigan Strategic Fund” is considered public money and may only be disbursed as authorized by an appropriations bill enacted by the legislature. Currently, the political appointees on the board of this entity and its “Michigan Economic Development Corporation” subsidiary may grant selective tax breaks and subsidies to particular corporations and developers they select. A portion of the money for this comes directly from Indian casino revenue that does not pass through the state Treasury and therefore requires no appropriation approved by the legislature.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165331
House Bill 5833: Require county criminal record database access limitations
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on September 18, 2014, to require counties with more than 1 million residents (Oakland and Wayne) that have a criminal justice or law enforcement information system to adopt the same rules and restrictions on access to and disclosure of these record as the ones required by law for the state’s Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) criminal records database.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165332
House Bill 5834: Restrict oil and gas wells in cities and townships
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on September 18, 2014, to restrict gas or oil wells (including natural gas “fracking” wells) in a city or township with more than 20,000 residents unless two local hearings are held and the Department of Environmental Quality determines the well there is no “reasonable alternative” location that will allow the drilling rights owner to extract the oil and gas. Under current law this applies to cities and townships with more than 70,000 residents, and only one hearing is required. See also Senate Bill 1026.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165333
House Bill 5835: Mandate precious metal and gem dealers state transaction reports
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on September 18, 2014, to revise a law that mandates precious metal and gem dealers provided detailed transaction reports to local law enforcement agencies, instead requiring these be sent to the state and placed in a state database the bill would authorize. The bill would also impose an annual levy of up to $250 on each location maintained by a dealer.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165334