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
Senate Bill 1089: Mandate cell phone providers disclose user location info in emergencies
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on September 24, 2014, to require cell phone companies to disclose call location information when requested by law enforcement because the information is needed in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or injury. The bill would grant legal immunity to cell phone companies for making the disclosures.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165359
Senate Bill 1090: Require DNR stocking of walleye fry in certain lakes
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on September 24, 2014, to require the Department of Natural Resources to stock inland lakes in certain counties with a number of walleye “fingerlings” specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165360
Senate Bill 1091: Authorize local aquatic invasive species regulations and fees
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on September 24, 2014, to allow local governments to impose regulations that exceed state requirements for the prevention, control, or eradication of aquatic invasive species in an inland lake. Local governments could also impose boat launch and parking fees of up to $10 per boat per day or $45 per boat per year to pay for this.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165361
Senate Bill 1092: Allow temporary traffic signal on side of roads
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on September 24, 2014, to allow a temporary traffic control signal to be located on the side of the traveled portion of a roadway, not just overhead, which reportedly is the preferred method of the state transportation department.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165362
Senate Bill 1093: Allow some discounted non-resident hunting fees
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on September 24, 2014, to allow a 50 percent hunting license fee discount for non-residents who own land in this state, or for someone who previously lived here for at least 10 years and is accompanied by a relative who still lives here.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165363
House Bill 5836: Create statewide junk and secondhand dealer transaction database
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on September 18, 2014, to create a statewide database of transactions by junk and secondhand dealers, and mandate that they participate.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165335
House Bill 5837: Create statewide pawnbroker transaction database
Introduced by Rep. Mike Callton (R) on September 18, 2014, to create a statewide database of items purchased by or pawned at pawnbrokers, and mandate that they participate. The bill also revises many details of the licensure regime imposed on pawnbrokers, among other things capping local license fees at $500 annually.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165336
House Bill 5838: Exempt certain sportsmen club property from property tax
Introduced by Rep. Peter MacGregor (R) on September 23, 2014, to exempt property owned by sportsmen or gun clubs from property tax if their facilities are available to the public for charitable nonprofit purposes at least 55 days annually.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165369
House Bill 5839: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R) on September 23, 2014, to allow for the permanent revocation of a health profession license or registration if the person engaged in a pattern of intentional fraudulent acts for personal gain that harmed patients. The bill would also increase the types of violations that could result in license revocation, and make certain assaultive crimes, including 1st- and 2nd degree murder, grounds for permanent revocation. This is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5839 to 5842. This bill provides a definition of “permanent revocation”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165370
House Bill 5840: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R) on September 23, 2014, to allow for the permanent revocation of a health profession license or registration if the person engaged in a pattern of intentional fraudulent acts for personal gain that harmed patients. The bill would also increase the types of violations that could result in license revocation, and make certain assaultive crimes, including 1st- and 2nd degree murder, grounds for permanent revocation. This is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5839 to 5842. This bill would mandate permanent revocation for serious assault crimes if the person was acting within the health profession.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165371
House Bill 5841: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Farrington (R) on September 23, 2014, to allow for the permanent revocation of a health profession license or registration if the person engaged in a pattern of intentional fraudulent acts for personal gain that harmed patients. Permanent revocation would require the person to both engage in a pattern of intentional fraud for personal gain and cause harm to patients’ health, unless the person committed criminal sexual conduct involving a patient. This is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5839 to 5842.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165372
House Bill 5842: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on September 23, 2014, to revise language in the law authorizing permanent revocation of a health profession license for certain violations to conform with the proposal in House Bills 5839 to 5842 to expand and further define the grounds for this sanction.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165373
House Bill 5843: Give state flag to deceased legislators’ survivors
Introduced by Rep. Fred Durhal, Jr. (D) on September 23, 2014, to create a new law called the “Legislative Funeral Act” that would require the state to give a state flag to the survivor of a current or former legislator who dies.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165374
House Bill 5844: Remove American Lotus from state endangered species list
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R) on September 23, 2014, to remove the American Lotus (nelumbo lutea) from a state list of endangered and threatened species, and the restrictions it triggers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165375
House Bill 5845: Cut “cyberschool” funding
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on September 23, 2014, to restrict the per pupil funding for an online “cyberschools” to one-third of the amount a regular charter school would get.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165376
House Bill 5846: Let schools and agencies ban unions posting “right to work” employee names
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Daley (R) on September 23, 2014, to establish that the workplace notices which public schools and government agencies are required to allow unions to post in workplaces do not include notices disclosing the names of employees who have exercised their right to not pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, as established by the Michigan Right to Work law enacted in 2012. A government or school would not be required to ban such postings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165377
House Bill 5847: Let schools and agencies ban unions posting “right to work” employee names
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Daley (R) on September 23, 2014, to establish that the workplace notices which public schools and government agencies are required to allow unions to post in workplaces do not include notices disclosing the names of employees who have exercised their right to not pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, as recognized by the Michigan Right to Work law enacted in 2012. A government or school would not be required to ban such postings.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165378
House Bill 5848: Increase state aid to consolidated school districts
Introduced by Rep. Adam Zemke (D) on September 23, 2014, to increase state school aid levels to schools districts that have consolidated with another district since 2002.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165379
House Bill 5849: Establish new foster child standards
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on September 23, 2014, to develop and implement a “Children’s Assurance of Quality Foster Care Policy” intended to ensure that various practices and procedures specified in the bill are followed (these are described in this House Fiscal Agency bill summary. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5849 to 5851.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165380
House Bill 5850: Establish new foster child standards
Introduced by Rep. Cindy Denby (R) on September 23, 2014, to require the Department of Human Services to develop and implement a “Children’s Assurance of Quality Foster Care Policy” intended to ensure that various practices and procedures specified in the bill are followed (these are described in this House Fiscal Agency bill summary. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5849 to 5851.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165381
House Bill 5851: Establish new foster child standards
Introduced by Rep. George T. Darany (D) on September 23, 2014, to develop and implement a “Children’s Assurance of Quality Foster Care Policy” intended to ensure that various practices and procedures specified in the bill are followed (these are described in this House Fiscal Agency bill summary. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5849 to 5851.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165382
House Bill 5852: Ban charter school expansion without more restrictions
Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D) on September 23, 2014, to prohibit and new charter schools or expansion of current ones unless the legislature imposes a variety of additional restrictions and regulations on charter school operations and operators.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165383
House Bill 5853: Authorize state poet laureate
Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D) on September 23, 2014, to authorize the appointment by the governor of a state poet laureate, who would serve at the pleasure of the governor (meaning the governor could withdraw the appointment at any time). The bill authorizes no compensation, but does allow government money to be used to reimburse the individual’s travel expenses. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Tlaib, Switalski, Yanez, Dianda, Irwin, Greimel, Kelly, Pscholka, Hovey-Wright, Zemke, Singh, Kandrevas and Rutledge.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165384
House Bill 5854: Revise uninsured motorist details
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on September 23, 2014, to revise a number of details of the “facility” created to provided insurance benefits for individuals injured by an uninsured driver.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165385
House Bill 5855: Revise precinct delegate absentee ballot counting detail
Introduced by Rep. George T. Darany (D) on September 23, 2014, to establish that absentee ballot votes for precinct delegates may be tallied separately from regular votes, rather than requiring them to be tallied separately, which is the current law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165386
House Bill 5856: Revise and expand scope of DDA spending
Introduced by Rep. Eileen Kowall (R) on September 23, 2014, to expand the scope of activities for which Downtown Development Agencies may borrow and spend to include “services that exceed the levels of public services generally provided,” and limit these to services within the downtown district. The bill would also revise a number of other details of the DDA law, including limiting how long a DDA can retain unspent tax revenues and requiring more disclosures by DDAs.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165387
House Bill 5857: Add “sexual orientation” to “ethnic intimidation” law
Introduced by Rep. Brandon Dillon (D) on September 24, 2014, to add “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to a state “ethnic intimidation” law that authorizes penalties for intimidating or harassing another person because of that person’s race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. The bill would also add age and physical disability to this law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165367