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
Senate Bill 485: Establish state “unclaimed body program”
Passed 28 to 8 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to create a state “Anatomy Board” comprised of designated medical school representatives, , within the Department of Community Health (DCH), which would allocate unclaimed bodies to teaching institutions, hospitals, and other people that required them for educational use. This entity would also develop criteria, standards, and procedures for which unclaimed bodies are suitable for scientific use. The bill would also require the authority person in charge of a decedent’s body to attempt to identify and notify the family member or other person who would have final say over to make decisions about the body.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696225
Senate Bill 587: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 108 to 1 in the House on October 2, 2014, to require a state agency supervising a child found to be the victim of human trafficking to provide psychological counseling services.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696296
Senate Bill 590: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to allow human trafficking victims to sue violators for damages.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696300
Senate Bill 592: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to revise the general state welfare law to authorize medical and psychological assistance benefits for having been a victim of a human trafficking crime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696301
Senate Bill 593: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to require child placement agencies to give special consideration to information that a child may be the victim of human trafficking crimes, and on that basis find that the usual reunification, adoption, or other foster care services may not be suitable. Instead, the child would have to be placed in a setting that provided mental health, counseling, or other specialized services appropriate for a human trafficking victim.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696302
Senate Bill 597: Human trafficking crime package
Passed 101 to 8 in the House on October 2, 2014, to require that medical professionals receive training to identify the signs of human trafficking in patients.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696303
Senate Bill 705: Revise court records detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to revise a law that requires audio recordings of court hearings involving a minor to be a “permanent record.” The bill would specify that how long these recordings need be retained would be set in rules determined by the state Supreme Court.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696305
Senate Bill 852: Grant industrial plant rehab tax break for particular developer
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to allow an exception to the usual requirements for an Industrial Plant Rehabilitation tax break, making a particular facility eligible, when under current statute it would not be.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696218
Senate Bill 882: Repeal local road agency fringe benefit reporting mandate
Passed 107 to 2 in the House on October 2, 2014, to require county road commissions, instead of local road agencies, to certify to the Department of Transportation that they have adopted specified pension reforms and employee health insurance limits, starting Oct. 1 2015 (or that two thirds of the commission members have cast a record roll call vote to exempt these employees from the 2011 law that established government employee insurance caps, which that law allows.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696311
Senate Bill 940: Revise vehicle width limit detail
Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise the maximum width of vehicles allowed on Michigan roads to 108-inches for vehicles hauling steel pipe (a width that is already allowed for vehicles hauling concrete pipe, agricultural products, unprocessed logs, pulpwood, or wood bolts).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696220
Senate Bill 962: Revise industrial tax break detail
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise a provision of the law that authorizes local property tax breaks for industrial facility tax breaks, which grants these even if the local clerk fails to meet certain procedural deadlines. The bill would amend the provision so it also applies to an amended application for a tax break, or a request to transfer or revoke a tax break.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696219
Senate Bill 980: Revise legal notice service where address is confidential
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to establish an alternative way of serving notice of a legal process after a court order has been entered that prohibits the disclosure of the address of a party to the action. Instead, the papers would be delivered to the court system and forwarded from there. See also House Bill 5654.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696222
Senate Bill 981: Ban divorce lawyer “ambulance chasing”
Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to prohibit a lawyer from soliciting business from a party to a divorce action within 14 days after proof of service in the action was filed with the court, punishable by fines of $1,000 and $5,000 for subsequent violations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696213
Senate Bill 987: Suspend victim restitution if victim is juvenile offender’s parents
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise a law requiring parents of a juvenile delinquent from paying restitution to the victim of the juvenile’s crime if the parents were themselves the victim.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696214
Senate Bill 988: Suspend parent liability if parents were juvenile offender’s victim
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise a law making the parents of a juvenile delinquent liable for costs related to the juvenile’s incarceration and legal costs if the parents were the victim of the juvenile’s crime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696215
Senate Bill 989: Suspend parent liability if parents were juvenile offender’s victim
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise a law making the parents of a juvenile delinquent liable for costs related to the juvenile’s care if the parents were the victim of the juvenile’s crime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696216
Senate Bill 991: Let terminal patients try non-FDA approved treatments
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to establish that a person diagnosed with a terminal illness has a “right to try” experimental drugs or therapies, notwithstanding laws that prohibit treatments not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, subject to various conditions specified in the bill. The bill would prohibit state employees or officials from interfering, and ban licensing boards from sanctioning health care providers who participate, subject to specified conditions. Insurers would not have to cover these treatments, and drug makers who comply with the specified conditions would be immune from liability if the patient is harmed. The bill was introduced in response to criticism of FDA mandates that drug makers prove new drugs are “safe and effective” are improperly applied in these cases, leading to many preventable deaths. House Bill 5651 proposes the same thing..
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696304
Senate Bill 1016: Shift road tax money from certain subsidies to road projects
Passed 107 to 2 in the House on October 2, 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=696312
Senate Bill 1049: Grant legal immunity to trained police administration of overdose treatment
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to allow a peace officer with training in the proper administration of an opioid antagonist a person suffering a heroin overdose to do so, and grant civil and criminal immunity for doing so.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696226
House Bill 4545: Ban wrecker and tow truck “ambulance chasing”
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to prohibit tow truck and wrecking service operators from traveling to an accident site to solicit business unless their service has been requested by police. Also, to prohibit local governments from charging wrecker and tow truck operations a fee for responding to a request from police or a motorist at an accident site.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696223
House Bill 4638: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 34 to 2 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to establish a legal presumption that a property conveyance (deed or easement) recorded with the county register of deeds is valid if the conveyance meets the statutory requirements proposed by House Bill 4640, and other legal requirements. Also, to the extent that the mortgage instrument validly created a lien (claim against the property, as in a mortgage), the lien would be “perfected” (made legally binding) on the date the affidavit was recorded.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696210
House Bill 4639: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 33 to 3 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to revise the law requiring registers of deeds to maintain an index of recorded deeds and related instruments, so that it conforms with the provisions proposed by House Bill 4640.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696211
House Bill 4640: Revise deed recording detail
Passed 32 to 3 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to establish standards for the affidavit that is required when recording an unrecorded property conveyance (deed or easement) with the county register of deeds.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696212
House Bill 4915: Extend sunset on crime victim’s rights fund earmark
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 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=696227
House Bill 5385: Expand drunk driving provisions to include illegal drugs
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on October 1, 2014, to expand the law that requires a person stopped for drunk driving to take a breathalyzer or field sobriety test so that it also applies to suspected driving while drugged. The bill would not explicitly authorize the use of a roadside saliva test, which has been challenged as inaccurate.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696221
House Bill 5649: Recognize terminal patients’ “right to try” unapproved treatments
Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on October 1, 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 Senate Bill 991.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696217
House Bill 5743: Revise adoption petition details
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to revise details of a law that specifies where a person who wants to adopt a child (or an adult) must file a court petition. Specifically, the petition could be filed with the court of the county where the person resides, where the adoptee is found, or where the birth parent’s parental rights were terminated. Among other things this would streamline the procedures when the person who wants to adopt lives in another state.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696306
House Bill 5744: Revise child protective or delinquency action fees
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to eliminate the requirement to pay court fees to file certain child protective or delinquency actions in court. See House Bill 5745.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696307
House Bill 5745: Revise extended foster care assistance detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to specify that if a court has appointed a guardian for a youth 16 years of age or older under sections of law dealing with foster care placements, then the court would retain jurisdiction until the Department of Human Services determines the youth’s eligibility to receive extended guardianship assistance under a 2011 law that increased the eligible age from 18 to 21 for young adult foster care, guardianship assistance, and adoption assistance programs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696309
House Bill 5746: Revise extended foster care assistance detail
Passed 109 to 0 in the House on October 2, 2014, to specify that if a court has appointed a guardian for a youth 16 years of age or older under sections of law dealing with foster care placements, then the court would retain jurisdiction until the Department of Human Services determines the youth’s eligibility to receive extended guardianship assistance under a 2011 law that increased the eligible age from 18 to 21 for young adult foster care, guardianship assistance, and adoption assistance programs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696308