Senate Bill 93: Designate I-375 as “First Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment Memorial Highway”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to designate a portion of I-375 in Wayne County as the “First Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696939
Senate Bill 637: Establish drunk driver vehicle interlock device regulatory regime
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to establish regulations, procedures and fees for drunk driver vehicle interlock device installers, and give the Secretary of State the authority to oversee these programs. Current law regulates manufacturers and vendors of these devices but not installation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696934
Senate Bill 638: Establish drunk driver vehicle interlock device regulatory regime
Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for violations of the regulatory regime proposed by Senate Bill 637 for drunk driver vehicle interlock device vendors and installers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696935
Senate Bill 639: Establish drunk driver vehicle interlock device regulatory regime
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to revise references in the state law regulating vehicle repair and service providers, to reflect the regulatory regime proposed by Senate Bill 637 for drunk driver vehicle interlock device vendors and installers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696936
Senate Bill 1022: Redesignate a bridge
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to redesignate the M-64 bridge over the Ontonagon river in Ontonagon as the “Ontonagon County Veterans Memorial Bridge”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696941
Senate Bill 1033: Clarify ”direct primary care” and “concierge medicine” are not “insurance”
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to establish that fixed-fee medical retainer agreements between a physician and a potential patient covering routine health care services are not considered “insurance” subject to the extensive regulatory regime imposed on conventional health insurance policies. This could presumably apply to ”direct primary care” agreements, “concierge medicine” and similar innovations.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696937
Senate Bill 1055: Repeal mandate that state printing be done in Michigan print shops
Passed 24 to 13 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to repeal a requirement that all state-funded printing must be done by Michigan print shops. The bill appears to leave in effect a “prevailing wage” mandate on state-funded printing, which prohibits granting the lowest bid to a shop unless its employees are paid the equivalent of local union wages.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696933
Senate Bill 1082
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to allow county drain authorities to remove obstructions from a watercourse that is not an existing drain, after an inspection and with the approval of landowners, if the obstruction were causing problems such as flooding, excessive erosion, etc. This refers to the extensive networks of “drains” (ditches, culverts and more) that remove surplus water from land, the creation of which allowed a large proportion of this state to be farmed and developed.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696938
Senate Bill 1099: Redesignate a highway
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 6, 2014, to designate a portion of Highway M-6 in Kent county as the “David Warsen Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696940
Senate Bill 1112: Mandate employers grant certain employee shift change requests
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D) on October 22, 2014, to mandate that, unless prevented by a “bona fide business reason,” employers must grant an employee’s request for a change in the terms and conditions of employment, including shifts, schedules and hours, if the request is based on a serious health condition, or the employee’s “responsibilities as a caregiver,” or enrollment in a career-related educational or training program, or (for part timers) to accommodate second job. If an employee’s request is not based on these factors and is rejected, the bill would mandate that employers give a written explanation. It would also impose additional pay and minimum hour mandates on employers in the retail, food service, or cleaning service sectors.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165491
Senate Bill 1131: Increase penalties for illegal hydrocodone drugs
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on November 6, 2014, to extend the more stringent penalties for “schedule 2” illegal drugs to certain hydrocodone combination products.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165511
Senate Bill 1132: Accelerate political appointee pension vesting
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on November 6, 2014, to permit gubernatorial or legislative political appointees appointed starting in 2015, who are or were state employees eligible for benefits under the state’s defined benefit pension system (now closed), to become fully “vested” after two years in the employer contributions made on their behalf as appointees, rather than the four years that would be required under current law.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165512
Senate Bill 1133: Expand college license plates
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on November 6, 2014, to authorize creating a specialty fund-raising license plate for all Michigan private colleges.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165513
Senate Bill 1134: Explicitly authorize health care worker car seat advice
Introduced by Sen. Judy Emmons (R) on November 6, 2014, to establish in statute that an employee of a health facility or agency may inform a patient or visitor that a child safety seat installed in his or her vehicle is not properly installed, and refer the individual described to an inspection program or certified technician.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165514
Senate Bill 1135: Impose new child car seat mandates
Introduced by Sen. John Proos, IV (R) on November 6, 2014, to require a child who weighs less than 30 pounds to be transported in a rear-facing child seat; and a child who weighs from 30 to 50 pound to transported in a forward-facing child seat. A child less than 57 inches tall would have to be transported in a booster seat.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165515
Senate Bill 1136: Revise 36th district court pension underfunding surcharge
Introduced by Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on November 6, 2014, to establish that when all the liabilities represented by the (underfunded) pension benefits owed to 36th court district bailiffs (the former Detroit “Recorders Court”) have been extinguished, revenue from a $1 surcharge tacked on to certain court fees to cover these liabilities would be distributed to the court.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165516
Senate Bill 1137: Require Hepatitis C tests on new prisoners
Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on November 6, 2014, to require that prisoner entering a correctional facility must be tested for Hepatitis C.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165517
Senate Bill 1138: Revise pawn shop fee detail
Introduced by Sen. Randy Richardville (R) on November 6, 2014, to allow a pawn shop to charge a 20 percent fee to a person who uses a pawned item during the period when it is considered security for a loan. Under current law a pawn shop may only charge a $1 fee per month.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165518
House Bill 5035: Require certain community college admissions practices
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 6, 2014, to require community college admissions forms to ask if the applicant is a veteran or active military member, or the spouse or dependent of one, for purposes of granting potential government subsidies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696977
House Bill 5036: Require certain community college admissions practices
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 6, 2014, to require community colleges to inform applicants that they may receive credit for college-level training and education received in the military, and require them to accept a “joint services transcript” prepared under “American Council On Education Registry of Credit” recommendations..
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696978
House Bill 5751: Establish that military experience meets boiler installer licensure requirements
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 6, 2014, to establish that having recent and relevant military training and experience meets the criteria for obtaining the state license mandated to earn a living as a boiler installer, boiler repairer or boiler special inspector.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696979
House Bill 5794: Correct error in foreclosure law revision
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 6, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696980
House Bill 5795: Revise mortgage foreclosure detail
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 6, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=696982
House Bill 5889: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Pam Faris (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit the privatization of government services unless an agency conducts a pre-privatization cost-benefit analysis and submits it to the legislature, and unless current government employees are given an opportunity to bid on the privatized service. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165521
House Bill 5890: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit the privatization of state government services unless an agency conducts a privatization “impact analysis” showing the potential effects on welfare and social service programs, employment, businesses and the natural environment in an affected local area and statewide. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165522
House Bill 5891: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on October 6, 2014, to require state procurement contracts for services to include specific performance criteria and cost parameters, and permit the relevant state agency to cancel the contract if these are not met, or if the contractor does not meet all applicable state and federal regulations. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165523
House Bill 5892: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Andrew Kandrevas (D) on October 6, 2014, to require state agency contracts for services that exceed $500,000 in any year to include a provision requiring the vendor to turn over all related financial, operational, and accounting records, and for these to be posted online. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165524
House Bill 5893: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Fred Durhal, Jr. (D) on October 6, 2014, to require the state Department of Management and Budget to post online the number of full- and part-time jobs and the wage rate for jobs that are maintained or created with state money. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165525
House Bill 5894: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Woodrow Stanley (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit automatic renewals of state service contracts. Agencies would have to perform cost-benefit analyses of the contract and not renew it if the expected savings or services were not realized. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165526
House Bill 5895: Restrict privatization of state services
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on October 6, 2014, to require vendors who want to bid on state service contracts to submit a sworn statement that the vendor is in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations, and allow an agency to cancel the contract if a vendor is in violation of this requirement. This is part of a Democratic privatization restrictions package comprised of House Bills 5889 to 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165527
House Bill 5896: Ban apartment complex “cable monopoly”
Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit apartment owners from only allowing a single cable TV provider, and from not allowing providers of “master antenna,” dish or other platforms to install different service for a particular dwelling unit, subject to reasonable health, safety, convenience, workmanship and other standards.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165528
House Bill 5897: Ban apartment complex “cable monopoly”
Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) on October 6, 2014, to revise a law that requires state agencies to provide relocation assistance and advisory services to persons displaced by the agency’s activities, so as to clarify that it does not apply to matters covered by the cable access requirements proposed by House Bill 5895.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165529
House Bill 5898: Authorize local sand and gravel extraction bans
Introduced by Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D) on October 6, 2014, to allow a local government to ban extracting sand or gravel from a property owner’s land, if it has designated other areas within its jurisdiction this activity is feasible and reasonable, or it has deemed extraction to be not feasible or reasonable anywhere in its jurisdiction, based on factors specified in the bill.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165530
House Bill 5899: Revise mortgage detail for veterans
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit lenders from requiring a property tax escrow account for mortgages on property owned by a disabled veteran, which is exempt from property tax.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165531
House Bill 5900: Authorize more college scholarship spending
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on October 6, 2014, to appropriate $2.1 million for certain means-tested college scholarships.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165532
House Bill 5901: Authorize more college scholarship spending
Introduced by Rep. Sam Singh (D) on October 6, 2014, to appropriate $2.7 million for certain college scholarships to part students who are not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165533
House Bill 5902: Prefer “low impact developments” in state infrastructure subsidies
Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D) on October 6, 2014, to give preference in granting state support for local storm water treatment projects to “low-impact land developments” designed to “mimic a site’s presettlement hydrology without exacerbating downstream flooding or stream channel instability by using spatially distributed, decentralized, small scale controls that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain storm water” close to its source.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165534
House Bill 5903: Condition revenue sharing on local civil forfeiture disclosure
Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on October 6, 2014, to repeal the best practices “incentives” grants by which a portion of the current year’s state revenue sharing to local governments is allocated, but only if House Bill 5250 becomes law, which would require law enforcement agencies to file monthly reports disclosing details of criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. Presumably the intention is to add compliance with the proposed disclosure requirements to the conditions on locals getting this state “incentive” money.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165535
House Bill 5904: Authorize high school “STEM” diploma
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on October 6, 2014, to authorize granting a high school diploma “endorsement” to a student who completes a specified number of science, technology, engineering, and math courses (STEM).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165536
House Bill 5905: Authorize high school “STEM” diploma
Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R) on October 6, 2014, to require the state Department of Education to “issue and transmit” a high school diploma “endorsement” for a student who completes the science, technology, engineering, and math courses (STEM) specified in House Bill 5904.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165537
House Bill 5906: Revise teaching certificate details
Introduced by Rep. Bill Rogers (R) on October 6, 2014, to eliminate certain specific teaching certificate requirements and provisions from statute, and instead give the state superintendent of public instruction more discretion in establishing these details.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165538
House Bill 5907: Permit closed county commission caucus meetings
Introduced by Rep. Hugh Crawford (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise the state Open Meetings Act to permit county commission partisan caucuses to hold closed sessions that would otherwise be in violation of the law’s open session requirements, even if a caucus is comprised of a majority of the commission.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165539
House Bill 5908: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Tim Kelly (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise a number of details in a state inspection and regulatory regime imposed on buses and limousines (which are primarily van services).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165540
House Bill 5909: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in the “metropolitan transportation authorities act” to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165541
House Bill 5910: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Peter Pettalia (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in the “regional transit authority act” to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165542
House Bill 5911: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Ray Franz (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in the “motor carrier fuel tax” to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165543
House Bill 5912: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Dan Lauwers (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in the “pupil transportation act” to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165544
House Bill 5913: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. John Kivela (D) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in a law authorizing fingerprinting and background checks on transit service employees, to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165545
House Bill 5914: Revise bus inspections
Introduced by Rep. Scott Dianda (D) on October 6, 2014, to revise references in the “motor carrier safety act” to reflect changes in bus inspection and other regulations proposed by House Bill 5908.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165546
House Bill 5915: Democratic charter school regulation package
Introduced by Rep. Ellen Lipton (D) on October 6, 2014, to require charter schools to post online the audited financial statements provided by their educational management organization, and require charter school authorizers to post a detailed, itemized accounting of all fees, reimbursements, charges and expenditures.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165547
House Bill 5916: Democratic charter school regulation package
Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D) on October 6, 2014, to require charter schools to post online an audited financial statement provided by their educational management organization that itemizes all expenditures, and also a description of all fringe benefits provided to a management organization employee, officer or board member whose annual salary exceeds $100,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165548
House Bill 5917: Democratic charter school regulation package
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit authorizing a new charter school as a successor to a charter school that is operating one of the state’s lowest performing schools.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165549
House Bill 5918: Democratic charter school regulation package
Introduced by Rep. David Nathan (D) on October 6, 2014, to require charter school authorizing bodies (primarily state universities) to submit annual reports on the status of charter schools they have authorized in meeting their contractual requirements. If the state determines that a school was not in compliance with its contract, the authorizing body would have to return to the state the fees it has collected as reimbursements for its authorizing and supervision expenses.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165550
House Bill 5919: Eliminate duped ballot petition signature penalty
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D) on October 6, 2014, to revise the process for counting duplicate ballot initiative and candidate ballot access petition signatures, so that if a person signs twice, only one of the signatures would be eliminated, not both as under current law. Also, to allow voters to sign candidate ballot access petitions for multiple candidates for the same office.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165551
House Bill 5920: Ban state subsidies in corporate “inversions”
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit giving state subsidies or tax breaks to companies that have relocated their headquarters to a foreign country to avoid paying U.S. corporate tax rates on earnings generated by operations outside the U.S. (a practice called corporate “inversions”). The U.S. corporate tax rate is reportedly the highest among the 34 most economically advanced countries. U.S. companies that “repatriate” earnings from operations in another country pay the difference between that country’s rate and the higher U.S. rate, even though the firm’s competitors in the other country only pay that country’s taxes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165552
House Bill 5921: Ban “photo-cop” traffic tickets
Introduced by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R) on October 6, 2014, to prohibit the use of automated, unmanned traffic monitoring devices (”photo-cops”) for issuing traffic law tickets. A Michigan driver who was issued an automated ticket in another state would not get “points” on his or her license. See also House Bill 4763 and Senate Bills 1045 and 1063, which would permit local governments to use “photo-cop” systems to enforce traffic laws and collect revenue.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165553
House Bill 5922: Let local governments put pension fund money in “small businesses”
Introduced by Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R) on October 6, 2014, to increase the amount that local government pension systems of a specified size can invest in “small businesses”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165554
House Bill 5923: Mandate consumer opt-out of online database
Introduced by Rep. Sean McCann (D) on October 6, 2014, to mandate that, except for banks, the owner or licenser of data included in an online database must conspicuously post an “opt-out” notice on the webpage that provides instructions for a consumer to demand that his or her personal identifying information not be shared or sold to a third party. The bill amends an identity theft law, and would also prohibit database owners from charging a person to view his or her personal information or have it removed.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165555
House Bill 5924: Withhold city income tax from lottery winnings
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Daley (R) on October 6, 2014, to withhold city income tax from lottery winnings, and send the money directly to the city to which a winner might owe taxes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165556
House Bill 5925: Authorize exception to ban on federal health care law abortion subsidies
Introduced by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) on October 6, 2014, to allow health insurance companies to include coverage that pays for an abortion “to protect the mother’s health” in policies sold in Michigan through the federal health care law’s “exchange.” Under voter-initiated legislation enacted in 2013, insurers are prohibited from including abortion coverage in policies sold through the exchange, but may sell a policy “rider” for abortion coverage, for which individuals must pay themselves with no federal subsidy. The bill does not define “protect the mother’s health;” current law provides an exception allowing exchange policies to reimburse the cost of an abortion performed “to avert her death”.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165557
House Bill 5926: Authorize exception to ban on federal health care law abortion subsidies
Introduced by Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D) on October 6, 2014, to allow health insurance companies to include coverage that pays for an abortion “if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest” in policies sold in Michigan through the federal health care law’s “exchange.” Under voter-initiated legislation enacted in 2013, insurers are prohibited from including abortion coverage in policies sold through the exchange, but may sell a policy “rider” for abortion coverage, for which individuals must pay themselves with no federal subsidy.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165558
House Bill 5927: Cut Detroit airport parking tax
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Farrington (R) on October 6, 2014, to cut the Detroit Metro Airport parking tax rate from 27 percent to 17 percent. Also, to shift a portion of the revenue from this tax that currently goes to low income health care subsidies, instead earmarking it to public transportation (bus) system subsidies.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165559
House Bill 5928: Create incarceration and sentencing study panel
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on October 6, 2014, to create a 15-member Criminal Justice Policy Commission to gather and analyze data on the effects of a number of criminal sentencing, incarceration and release practices and procedures.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165560
House Bill 5929: Revise “community corrections programs”
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on October 6, 2014, to make technical revisions to “community corrections programs” created as alternatives to jail and prison, so as to reflect changes in the sentencing guidelines and other corrections-related statutes.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165561
House Bill 5930: Revise sanctions for probation violations
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise the sanctions imposed for a violation of probation conditions, basing penalties on a variety of factors including the offender’s prior record, the severity of the infraction, the number of times probation conditions had been violated and more.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165562
House Bill 5931: Revise sanctions for parole violations
Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R) on October 6, 2014, to make a number of changes to criminal parole practices and procedures. Among these are reserving revocation of parole for more serious parole violations, requiring a prisoner to be paroled upon completion of the court-imposed minimum sentence, and for prisoners sentenced after the bill goes into effect, requiring prisoners denied parole upon completion of their minimum sentence to be paroled at least nine months before the end of their maximum sentence, to ensure a period of supervision in the community.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165563
House Bill 5932: Revise life insurance detail
Introduced by Rep. Pete Lund (R) on October 6, 2014, to revise life insurance regulations to use a principle-based method to calculate the amount of reserves needed to cover future benefits.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165564
Senate Concurrent Resolution 23: Ask Congress to pass a law enabling “direct primary care” contracts
Passed by voice vote in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to ask Congress to pass a law that requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate rules that make possible the opportunity for people to enter “direct primary care” contracts with a physician for routine and preventative health care services.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=165346
Senate Bill 973: Codify “child welfare partnership council”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to establish in statute a state “child welfare partnership council” consisting of representatives of various interests, to “guide the ongoing planning and procurement processes…after the full implementation of performance-based funding in the state administered child welfare program”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697105
Senate Bill 974: Expand court authority in child welfare cases
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to give a court with jurisdiction over a juvenile’s care and supervision the authority to issue orders affecting a “party” if these are considered necessary, with “party” defined as the petitioner and the juvenile in a delinquency proceeding; and in a child protective proceeding, the petitioner, child, respondent, parent or guardian, and a child caring institution or child placing agency under contract with the state.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697107
Senate Bill 975: Exempt Kent County from higher foster care payment share
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to extend until May, 2018, for Kent County only, a 2013 law that requires the Department of Human Services to pay all of a $3 per day per child per day rate increase for private providers of foster care services as provided in the 2013-14 state budget, rather than half the amount.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697108
Senate Bill 1086: Exempt Kent County from higher foster care payment share
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to extend until May, 2018, for Kent County only, a 2013 law that requires the Department of Human Services to pay all of a $3 per day per child per day rate increase for private providers of foster care services as provided in the 2013-14 state budget, rather than half the amount.
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Senate Bill 1087: Exempt delinquent mortgage “work-out” advisors from licensure
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to exempt from licensure as a mortgage originator an individual who delinquent home loan borrowers to renegotiate their loans.
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House Bill 5230: Expand government’s power to seize and sell property deemed a “nuisance”
Passed 77 to 33 in the House on November 12, 2014, to expand the power of government to seize and sell an owner’s property, so that it applies to the contents of a building deemed a “nuisance” because they are connected with unlawful gun violence or human trafficking. Under this power the property owner does not need to be charged or convicted of a crime, and most of the proceeds from the taking go to the law enforcement agencies involved.
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House Bill 5450: Revise definition of “firearm” to exclude air rifles and BB guns
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on November 12, 2014, to revise the state law governing the sale, purchase, possession and carrying of firearms so that it no longer applies to air guns and and BB guns.
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House Bill 5610: Revise legislative journal printing detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on November 12, 2014, to no longer require the legislature to print and bind up to 500 copies of the official House and Senate journals for the year and distribute these to members, state departments, colleges, universities, and other specified recipients. Instead, the clerk of the House and secretary of the Senate could decide how many copies to print. The journals would still have to be made available to the public on the internet, and a hard copy given to the Library of Michigan.
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House Bill 5748: Revise firearms law reference detail
Passed 106 to 2 in the House on November 12, 2014, to update penal code references to a firearms transportation restriction that was repealed by a 2012 law.
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House Bill 5749: Repeal ban on unaccompanied minor having BB gun
Passed 102 to 6 in the House on November 12, 2014, to repeal a law that makes it a misdemeanor for a minor to possess a BB or airgun pistol unless accompanied by an adult.
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House Bill 5750: Change scope of gun injury duties law to remove BB guns
Passed 101 to 7 in the House on November 12, 2014, into revise a law that defines the duties of a person who injures someone with a firearm, so that it no longer applies to BB guns and air, gas or spring powered guns. See also Senate Bills 965 and 966.
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House Bill 5812: Cap fees for electronic copy of electronic deeds
Passed 108 to 0 in the House on November 12, 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.
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