Senate Bill 1057: Ban personal care product “microbeads”
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on September 11, 2014, to prohibit the manufacture and sale in Michigan of personal care products containing plastic particles. This refers to “micro beads” in some brands of toothpaste and facial or body washes, which reportedly accumulate in the Great Lakes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165261
Senate Bill 1058: Repeal FDA approved drug lawsuit ban
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on September 11, 2014, to allow lawsuits that could have been brought against makers of FDA-approved drugs before a tort reform law passed in 1995 banned such suits, to be brought for up to three years after a repeal of that law proposed by Senate Bill 132.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165262
Senate Bill 1059: Repeal life with no parole for certain drug crimes
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on September 11, 2014, to repeal the law that authorizes a sentence of life with no possibility for parole for certain second or subsequent controlled substance violations.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165263
Senate Bill 1060: Mandate smartphone “antitheft functionality”
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on September 11, 2014, to mandate that smartphones sold in Michigan must be equipped with preloaded “antitheft functionality,” or are capable of downloading a free version of such functionality. “Antitheft functionality” is not defined by the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165264
Senate Bill 1061: Mandate auto insurers notify Secretary of State of policy cancelations
Introduced by Sen. Steve Bieda (D) on September 11, 2014, to require auto insurers to notify the Secretary of State if a person does not renew or cancels insurance, or if the policy is terminated.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165265
Senate Bill 1062: Repeal obsolete income tax provisions
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on September 11, 2014, to delete obsolete provisions in the state income tax law that are related to past rate changes and earmarks to the school aid fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165266
Senate Bill 1063: Authorize automated “photo cop” traffic citations
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on September 11, 2014, to allow local governments in large counties to issue “no points” traffic citations based on images collected by automated, unmanned traffic monitoring devices (”photo-cops”), if the cameras are within 2,500 feet of a school, college or university. Local governments could contract out the operation of the cameras, and keep 56 percent of the fine revenue, with 14 percent going to the school district and 30 percent to libraries. See also Senate Bill 1045.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165267
Senate Bill 1064: Authorize automated “photo cop” traffic citations
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) on September 11, 2014, to revise the allocation of traffic violation fine revenue to accommodate the revenue distribution specified by Senate Bill 1063 for traffic fines collected by local governments based on images collected by automated cameras.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165269
Senate Bill 1065: Exempt certified zoos from large carnivore possession law
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on September 11, 2014, to revise a reference in a law that exempt zoos from the restrictions, fees and permit requirements of the state’s large carnivore act, which severely restricts private ownership.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165270
Senate Bill 1066: Repeal requirement for local contribution to trunkline highway work
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on September 11, 2014, to eliminate a requirement that cities and villages must bear a portion of the cost of opening, widening, and improving a state trunk line highway within their jurisdiction.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165271
Senate Bill 1067: Revise package liquor store location restriction
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on September 11, 2014, to prohibit the state’s Liquor Control Commission from restricting the location of a new package liquor store (“specially designated distributor”) based on how close it will be to an existing store.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165272
Senate Bill 1068: Create state driver license and ID health info registry
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 11, 2014, to allow state identification cards to have a medical alert bar code referencing the information contained in a person’s registration on the state medical information registry proposed by Senate Bill 1069.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165273
Senate Bill 1069: Create state driver license and ID health info registry
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 11, 2014, to require the Secretary of State to create a state medical information registry, with drivers license and state identification card applications asking whether an individual wants to register a medical condition there, and the ID cards and licenses indicating this with a barcode allowing electronic access by a first responder or healthcare provider. The bill provides a confidentiality provision that prohibits access to or release of personally identifiable registry information for any other purpose.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165274
Senate Bill 1070: Create new prison assault crime
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 11, 2014, to create a new felony crime of a prisoner assaulting a prison or jail employee with bodily fluids including spit, urine or feces, punishable by up to four years imprisonment.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165275
Senate Bill 1071: Create new prison assault crime
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on September 11, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 1070 of a prisoner assaulting a prison or jail employee with bodily fluids.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165276
Senate Bill 1072: Ban powdered alcohol; revise restrictions on alcohol promotional items
Introduced by Sen. Joe Hune (R) on September 11, 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=165277
Senate Bill 1073: Grant medical facility rationing exception to McLaren Health Systems
Introduced by Sen. Randy Richardville (R) on September 11, 2014, to authorize a special exception to the health care facility rationing imposed by the state’s “Certificate of Need” law that would allow McLaren Health Systems to build a new facility in Clarkston. In return for this special “carve out” the bill would force McLaren to provide a certain amount of charitable care and meet other requirements specified in the bill. The Certificate of Need (CON) program rations the availability of health care facilities and technology by requiring health care providers to seek permission from a state commission for new or expanded facilities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165278
Senate Bill 1075: Mandate Holocaust instruction
Introduced by Sen. Randy Richardville (R) on September 11, 2014, to mandate that public schools must provide high school students at least six hours each school year of instruction about genocides, including the Holocaust.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165280
Senate Bill 1076: Authorize local oil and gas extraction restrictions
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 17, 2014, to allow counties and larger townships (more than 70,000 residents) to use zoning ordinances to impose restrictions and regulations on oil and gas extraction and exploration.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165301
Senate Bill 1077: Require more disclosures in school debt elections
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R) on September 17, 2014, to require additional ballot language disclosures in school debt millage elections, and revise various details in the state school bond loan act by which the state guarantees most school debt.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165302
Senate Bill 1078: Revise college scholarship “promise zone” criteria
Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R) on September 18, 2014, to revise a 2008 law authorizing “promise zone” tax increment financing authorities (TIFA) that subsidize college tuition for students in low educational attainment areas, by capping the annual disbursements by an authority at $500,000 annually.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165316
Senate Bill 1079: Authorize new specialty plate; give profits to particular nonprofit
Introduced by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) on September 18, 2014, to authorize a new specialty license plate, with the profits delivered to a government-funded social services agency called “Early On”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165317
Senate Bill 730: Mandate restaurant manager food allergy training
Passed 31 to 7 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to mandate that restaurants employ at least one manager who has received training or viewed an approved video on food allergies (in addition to current requirements for a managerial employee to have acquired a food safety certification). The bill would also mandate that restaurants post a notice to customers on the menu or a window sticker that customers have an obligation to inform the server about any food allergies, and mandate a food allergy poster be posted in the non-public part of the restaurant.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695957
Senate Bill 857: Heroin overdose treatment package
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on June 4, 2014, to establish that a person who in good faith believes that another individual is suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose and who administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) is not liable in a civil lawsuit for damages.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=691645
Senate Bill 886: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695953
Senate Bill 887: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695954
Senate Bill 888: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695955
Senate Bill 889: Regulate “continuing care agreements”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to repeal certain criminal sentencing guidelines that reference a nursing home regulatory regime that Senate Bill 886 would alter.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695956
Senate Bill 926: Ban using a drone to interfere with hunters
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695963
Senate Bill 927: Ban hunting with a drone
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to prohibit using an aerial drone to take game.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695964
Senate Bill 963: Ban BB gun possession by unaccompanied minor
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” in the law that governs pistol sales to refer to a weapon that propels a dangerous projectile by means of an explosive, but not by means of spring, gas, or air.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695947
Senate Bill 964: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” to exclude an air, gas or spring powered gun that fires a projectile larger than .177 caliber.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695948
Senate Bill 965: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” to exclude an air, gas or spring powered gun that fires a projectile larger than .177 caliber.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695949
Senate Bill 966: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” in the state environmental law to conform to the proposal in Senate Bills 963 to 965, which would exclude all air, gas or spring powered guns and BB guns from the definition.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695950
Senate Bill 979: Extend preemption of local gun control to air guns
Passed 28 to 10 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise the state law preempting restrictive local gun control ordinances so it applies to “pneumatic” guns, defined as ones that shoot “a BB or pellet by spring, gas, or air.” Locals could adopt restrictions on possession of these by minors, prohibit “brandishing” them to induce fear, or shooting in a heavily populated area.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695952
Senate Bill 1007: Revise installment tax payment detail
Passed 36 to 2 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to establish that tax liens on township special assessment installment payments do not become effective (“attach”) until the payment is due.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695962
Senate Bill 1015: Restrict child custody changes for active military member
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to revise a 2005 law prohibiting a court from changing an established child custody or parenting time order of a parent has been called to active duty in the military (unless it is the best interest of the child), so as to also allow the military parent to request a stay until he or she has returned from duty at any stage before final judgment in the proceedings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695946
Senate Bill 1016: Shift road tax money from certain subsidies to road projects
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to not earmark $12 million in annual road tax money to the state “Transportation Economic Development Fund” in fiscal year 2013-2014, and instead use it for regular road building and repair projects. TEDF money is essentially a form of corporate subsidy in which the state pays for transportation infrastructure projects related to a particular investor’s or developer’s new plant or project.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695966
House Bill 5097: Exempt public safety employees from ban on certain automatic pay hikes
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 23, 2014, to authorize public safety exceptions to the no-contract “step increase” ban that applies to other government employees if this is imposed by a contract impasse binding arbitration panel.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=161213
House Bill 5097: Exempt public safety employees from ban on certain automatic pay hikes
Passed 97 to 12 in the House on September 24, 2014, to exempt law enforcement and fire department employees from a 2011 law that banned automatic seniority-based automatic pay hikes for individual government employees (“step increases”) during the time when a government employee union contract has expired and no replacement has been negotiated. Specifically, the bill would exempt public safety workers covered by a 1969 compulsory arbitration law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695992
House Bill 5404: Heroin overdose treatment package
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to require the state-authorized “medical control authorities” responsible for establishing certain treatment protocols in a county or region to establish protocols that require ambulances to carry an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone), and require emergency services personnel to be trained to administer them.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695958
House Bill 5405: Heroin overdose treatment package
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to grant immunity from criminal prosecution or administrative sanction to a medical professional or pharmacist who prescribes, dispenses, possesses, or administers an “opioid antagonist” (such as Naloxone) to someone the person believes in good faith to be suffering a heroin or opioid related overdose.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695959
House Bill 5407: Heroin overdose treatment package
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to permit doctors to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense an “opioid antagonist” including naloxone hydrochloride to the friends or family of individuals who may suffer an overdose.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695960
House Bill 5412: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on September 24, 2014, to allow chartered state banks to offer savings promotion raffles that offer prizes for individuals who enter the raffle by depositing a specified amount.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695993
House Bill 5413: Allow state bank savings promotion raffles
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on September 24, 2014, to revise references in the state law on gambling and lottery crimes to reflect the proposal in House Bill 5412 to allow chartered state banks to offer savings promotion raffles.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695994
House Bill 5419: Revise training detail for licensed athletic trainers
Passed 91 to 17 in the House on September 24, 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, and revise other details of this regulatory regime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695988
House Bill 5444: Revise foster care trust fund details
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on September 24, 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, transfer management of the money from a board to the Department of Treasury, and require the department 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”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695995
House Bill 5507: Revise county foster care reimbursement detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to extend for another year a state reimbursement to counties that covers a portion of the cost of providing foster care services, and require the state to cover the entire cost of new foster cases in the current and next fiscal year (2014 and 2015). The bill also clarifies what constitutes “foster care services”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695961
House Bill 5669: Revise private school teacher “professional development” detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on September 24, 2014, to permit a “state-approved nonpublic school” to provide teacher “professional development” for nonpublic school teachers, and credit this toward the issuance or renewal of a teaching certificate or subject area “endorsement,” to the same extent as when this is provided for teachers in public schools.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695991
House Bill 5781: Modify legislator oath of office detail
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on September 24, 2014, to modify the way Michigan’s oath of office is administered to state senators and state representatives. Under current law, the oath can be administered by the “chancellor, any justice of the supreme court, the lieutenant governor, the president pro-tempore of the Senate, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.” The bill would remove “the chancellor” and add the House Clerk and Senate Secretary.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695987
House Bill 5793: Correct error in graduation standards law revision
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on September 24, 2014, to extend for another year (through 2021) an exception to the the foreign language requirement in the state’s graduation requirements that allows students to instead meet this with career and technical education” classes or more arts classes. Also, to clarify that the foreign language requirement only applies to students 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=695965
House Bill 5798: Ban powdered alcohol; revise restrictions on alcohol promotional items
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on September 24, 2014, to remove the provision that would ban powdered alcohol.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165283
House Bill 5798: Ban powdered alcohol; revise restrictions on alcohol promotional items
Passed 103 to 6 in the House on September 24, 2014, to revise restrictions on “brewpubs;” and 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=695990