Senate Bill 295: Revise tax foreclosure detail
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to prohibit a person from bidding on tax-foreclosed property if he or she has any property with outstanding “blight” ordinance violation fines.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698438
Senate Bill 522: Repeal child support “service fee”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 9, 2014, to repeal a $2 monthly fee imposed on court-ordered child support payers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698111
Senate Bill 528: Clarify procedures to seize delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings
Passed 104 to 3 in the House on December 11, 2014, to clarify procedures related to seizing a delinquent child support payer’s lottery winnings to pay the arrearage.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698497
Senate Bill 640: Facilitate “land bank” property acquisitions
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to allow local governments to hold just one auction on tax-foreclosed property, rather than the two auctions required under current law the state or a local government want to buy it. The bill would also prohibit the sale to a buyer who owes taxes on other properties in the jurisdiction.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698439
Senate Bill 655: Impose licensure on “applied behavioral analysis”
Passed 33 to 4 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to impose licensure and regulation on the practice of “applied behavioral analysis,” with $90 annual license fees, apprenticeship mandates and more. Among others this would impact individuals who provide treatment for autism spectrum conditions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698431
Senate Bill 658: Impose “Amazon tax” on internet purchases
Passed 21 to 16 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to impose sales tax on many catalog or internet purchases made from sellers outside the state, by placing in statute a broad definition of “nexus,” or affiliation with a different business that is located in Michigan, in the manner pioneered by internet retailer Amazon.com.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698436
Senate Bill 659: Impose “Amazon tax” on internet purchases
Passed 21 to 16 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to impose the state use tax on many catalog or internet purchases made from sellers outside the state, by placing in statute a broad definition of “nexus,” or affiliation with a different business that located in Michigan, in the manner pioneered by internet retailer Amazon.com.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698437
Senate Bill 761: Authorize $841 million for new college & university building projects
Passed 30 to 7 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to authorize $841.7 million in new government spending for more than 40 state college and university construction projects. The bill would cause the state to increase its own debt burden by $370.3 million.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698446
Senate Bill 932: Revise district court magistrate detail
Passed 98 to 12 in the House on December 11, 2014, to allow district court magistrates to decide motions and requests to withdraw an admission or set aside a default judgment in civil infraction cases under certain circumstances specified in the bill.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698326
Senate Bill 940: Revise vehicle width limit detail
Passed 106 to 1 in the House on December 11, 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=698498
Senate Bill 961: Revise detail of letting certain disabled workers “buy” Medicaid
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to amend a law that allows certain disabled individuals who otherwise are not eligible for Medicaid to pay a means-tested fee to get these benefits, so that it conforms with the federal health care law’s Medicaid expansion adopted by the legislature in 2013. The bill would also cap the aggregate premiums collected under this program at $3 million annually.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697905
Senate Bill 964: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 100 to 6 in the House on December 11, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” to exclude an air, gas or spring powered gun that fires a projectile larger than .177 caliber, or does not “expel a projectile by action of an explosive”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698523
Senate Bill 965: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 95 to 11 in the House on December 11, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” in the law against going armed with malicious intent or carrying a loaded gun in a vehicle (without a concealed pistol permit), so that it applies to “a pneumatic gun (air gun) designed, manufactured, and intended to inflict death or serious bodily injury”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698524
Senate Bill 966: Expand air gun exemption from firearm laws
Passed 98 to 8 in the House on December 11, 2014, to revise the definition of “firearm” in the state environmental law to conform to the proposal in Senate Bills 963 to 965, which create a new statutory definition of air, gas or spring powered guns and BB guns. Airguns would still be considered “firearms” for purposes of enforcing environmental laws and hunting and fishing laws.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698525
Senate Bill 979: Extend preemption of local gun control to air guns
Passed 71 to 35 in the House on December 11, 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=698526
Senate Bill 983: Impose licensure mandate on security guards and businesses
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to impose a licensure mandate on security guards and security guard agencies, and revise many details of a comprehensive regulatory regime that already covers these individuals and companies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697906
Senate Bill 984: Revise regulation of security guard businesses
Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to revise many details of a comprehensive regulatory regime for security guards and agencies, and transfer the statutory authority for these regulations from a Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act to the state Occupational Code.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697907
Senate Bill 986: Revise security guard company licensure fees
Passed 22 to 15 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to establish license fees for security guard agencies or branch offices, and index these to inflation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697909
Senate Bill 993: Join multi-state Health Care Compact
Passed 27 to 10 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to authorize Michigan’s entry into a multi-state health care compact. If approved by congress all federal Medicaid and Medicare funds would be block-granted to member states, and member states would be exempt from health-related federal regulations and mandates. Member states would have primary responsibility for regulation of all nonmilitary health care goods and services in their state, plus health-related social welfare programs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698428
Senate Bill 994: Establish process to reinstate terminated parental rights
Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to allow the reinstatement of terminated parental rights if a court has determined that adoption or guardianship is no longer the child’s “permanency goal.” The bill would require that at least three years or more have passed from when parental rights were terminated; and that the child be at least 14 years of age, or the younger sibling of a 14 year old for whom this is sought. Among other things the parents would have to demonstrate whether they are fit and have remedied the grounds that supported termination of parental rights.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697901
Senate Bill 995: Require “reasonable efforts” to keep siblings together in foster care
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to require child welfare authorities to make “reasonable efforts” to keep siblings together in foster care placements, and if this can’t be done, to provide for frequent sibling visitation, unless these things would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697902
Senate Bill 996: Require “reasonable efforts” to keep siblings together in foster care
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to require child welfare authorities to make “reasonable efforts” to keep siblings together in foster care placements, and if this can’t be done, to provide for frequent sibling visitation, unless these things would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697903
Senate Bill 997: Define “frequent parenting time” for foster children
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on December 4, 2014, to require children in foster care to have “parenting time” at least once a week, unless a court determines that even supervised time with the child’s parent may be harmful to the child’s life, physical health, or mental well-being. Current law requires “frequent” parenting time but does not define this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697904
Senate Bill 1056: Clarify ownership for some Calhoun County landholders
Passed 104 to 2 in the House on December 11, 2014, to require the state to take actions that remove questions about the title to land held “under color of title” by a number of citizens of Clarence Township in Calhoun County, and convey clean titles to these owners.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698502
Senate Bill 1075: Mandate Holocaust instruction
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 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, and require state tests to have questions about it. The bill would also create a government commission to recommend ways to teach this.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697912
Senate Bill 1076: Authorize local oil and gas extraction restrictions
Failed 8 to 29 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to allow larger townships (more than 70,000 residents) to use zoning ordinances to impose restrictions and regulations on oil and gas extraction and exploration.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698417
Senate Bill 1134: Explicitly authorize health care worker car seat advice
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 4, 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.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697910
Senate Bill 1142: Mandate college fire drill standards
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to mandate minimum standards for college and university fire drills, and require institutions to certify to the state that they have adopted and practice them.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698432
Senate Bill 1156: Authorize enhanced penalties for abortion coercion
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to authorize enhanced penalties for threatening or committing a “stalking” or assaultive crime with the intent to coerce a pregnant female to have an abortion, or taking other coercive actions with that goal. The bill authorizes additional fines of $5,000 to $10,000 on top of penalties imposed for the underlying crimes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698434
Senate Bill 1157: Authorize enhanced penalties for abortion coercion
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to establish sentencing guidelines for the enhanced coerced abortion penalties proposed by Senate Bill 1156.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698435
Senate Bill 1159: Revise GOP presidential primary date
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to require the Republican presidential primary election to be conducted on the third Tuesday in March, rather than on the fourth Tuesday in February as currently required.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698441
Senate Bill 1167: Repeal ballot petition circulator Michigan voter mandate
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to repeal a requirement that nominating, initiative, recall and other ballot access petitions may only be circulated by a registered Michigan voter, and establish regulations requiring non-resident petition circulators to sign an irrevocable written stipulation agreeing to accept this state’s jurisdiction in any legal proceeding that concerns a petition sheet on which he or she collects signatures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698443
House Bill 4539: Stop imposing sales tax on fuel sales
Passed 22 to 13 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to adopt a empty “shell” version of the bill as a means of sending the measure to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698422
House Bill 4703: Revise unclaimed property law details
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to establish an administrative appeals process for holders of unclaimed property who are deemed (under an administrative process) to have under-reported the amount of unclaimed or abandoned property that should be turned over to the state. Under current law. Under current law the only recourse is to challenge the determination in court.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698427
House Bill 4788: Authorize fund-raising veterans license plate
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to authorize a fund raising “collector” license plate recognizing Michigan veterans, with the proceeds going to various state veterans programs and tuition subsidies.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698426
House Bill 5380: Call for “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention
Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on December 11, 2014, to provide a process for the legislature appointing delegates to a potential “Article V” U.S. balanced budget amendment convention of the states (as opposed to electing delegates), and prescribe the powers and duties of those delegates. Senate Joint Resolution V calls for such a convention.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698429
House Bill 5454: Revise ambulance licensure detail
Passed 95 to 11 in the House on December 11, 2014, to revise the law imposing licensure and detailed state regulations on ambulance operations, so as to exempt advanced life support operations in small rural counties and communities from certain staffing and related requirements.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698529
House Bill 5472: Create delinquent child support “alternative contempt track docket”
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 10, 2014, to create an “alternative contempt track docket” for delinquent child support payers who are subject to one of several hardship conditions specified in the bill. This would allow the delinquent payer to avoid jail (be on probation) for 12 months if he enters and abides by an alternative payment plan.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698248
House Bill 5667: Let clerks choose electronic voting system
Passed 99 to 8 in the House on December 11, 2014, to allow county clerks in cooperation with and local clerks to determine which electronic voting system to adopt, subject to certain requirements specified in the bill.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698496
House Bill 5781: Modify legislator oath of office detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 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=698430
House Bill 6079: Revise securities law detail
Passed 105 to 1 in the House on December 11, 2014, to delay until May 1, 2015 the effect of a “Uniform Securities Act” enacted in 2008 on an intrastate “Michigan investment market” (essentially a stock exchange).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698527
Senate Bill 891: Revise hazardous waste cleanup regulations, procedures and definitions
Failed 56 to 52 in the House on December 16, 2014, to revise a number of procedures and definitions in the state’s law on hazardous waste cleanups, which would generally streamline operation of the law and make it more accommodating to various types of properties, situations and circumstances. Among other things, the bill would recognize that when contaminated property (a “facility”) is split or subdivided, new parcels created by the split that are not contaminated would no longer be subject to restrictions that applied to the original parcel.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698662
Senate Bill 910: Ban enforcement of new woodstove emissions limits
Passed 68 to 41 in the House on December 16, 2014, to prohibit Department of Environmental Quality from imposing new state regulations limiting emissions from woodstoves and heaters, or enforcing federal regulations that do this. The bill was introduced as news reports indicate that proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency rules would impose restrictive new limits on wood burning heaters.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698660
Senate Bill 1087: Exempt delinquent mortgage “work-out” advisors from licensure
Passed 107 to 1 in the House on December 16, 2014, to exempt from licensure as a mortgage originator an individual who helps delinquent home loan borrowers to renegotiate their loans.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698664
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 helps delinquent home loan borrowers to renegotiate their loans.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=697110
House Bill 4411: Rename a highway
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a non-motorized lane of a bridge over the Grand River on M-231 in Ottawa County as the “Sgt. Henry E. Plant non-Motorized Trail”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698600
House Bill 4441: Revise drunken boat, snowmobile & ORV operator thresholds
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to prohibit operating a vessel with “any amount” of a controlled substance in the operator’s body, or if under age 21, “any amount” of alcohol. The bill also revises penalties and other details of this law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698623
House Bill 4442: Revise drunken boat, snowmobile & ORV operator thresholds
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to revise the criminal sentencing guidelines to reflect the controlled substance vessel operating prohibition proposed by House Bill 4441.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698624
House Bill 4443: Revise drunken boat, snowmobile & ORV operator thresholds
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to prohibit operating a snowmobile with “any amount” of a controlled substance in the operator’s body, or if under age 21, “any amount” of alcohol. The bill also revises penalties and other details of this law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698625
House Bill 4445: Revise drunken boat, snowmobile & ORV operator thresholds
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to prohibit operating an off road vehicle with “any amount” of a controlled substance in the operator’s body, or if under age 21, “any amount” of alcohol. The bill also revises penalties and other details of this law.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698626
House Bill 4601: Name a highway
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of US-10 in Lake County as the “Sheriff Robert Radden Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698605
House Bill 4649: Create foster care parents “bill of rights”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to create a foster care parents “bill of rights” that among other things would require state authorities to provide “timely financial reimbursement for foster children in the foster parent’s care,” a “fair, timely, and impartial investigation of complaints concerning the foster parent’s licensure,” due process during any investigation, and more.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698615
House Bill 4814: Rename bridge in Monroe County
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to rename a bridge on US-24 in Monroe County as the “Matt Urban Memorial Bridge”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698601
House Bill 4923: Name a highway after a fallen police officer
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of I-94 in Van Buren county as the “Trooper Rick Johnson Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698606
House Bill 4936: Redesignate a highway
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of U.S. 127 in Clinton County as the “Tim Sanborn Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698602
House Bill 4957: Rename Cut River gorge bridge
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate the bridge on U.S. 2 over the Cut River gorge west of the Straits of Mackinac as the “Heath Michael Robinson Memorial Bridge”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698607
House Bill 4985: Redesignate a road
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of portion M-153 in Wayne County as the “Firefighter Brian Woehlke Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698608
House Bill 5064: Name I-75 after Tuskegee airmen
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate Interstate I-75 in Michigan as “Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698599
House Bill 5072: Change scenic road PR label
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to change the label applied to roads deemed by a 1993 law to be “heritage routes” because of their scenic, recreational, or historic associations, instead calling them “Pure Michigan Byways”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698603
House Bill 5091: Establish that open firearms carry is not “brandishing”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to revise the definition of illegally “brandishing” a firearm to state that it applies only to a person who acts in a “willful” manner. The bill would also establish that pointing a gun at someone to defend oneself or another is not “brandishing.” House Bill 5092 establishes a statutory definition of brandishing that requires an “intent” to threaten.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698613
House Bill 5192: Revise life insurance regulation detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to allow life insurance companies to use “preferred class structure mortality tables” to determine future-claim reserve levels, subject to specified limitations and restrictions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698614
House Bill 5247: Exempt hospital pools from lifeguard mandate
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to exempt small hospital-owned health and wellness center pools from a state law that mandates lifeguards at swimming pools that are open to the public (with various exceptions).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698618
House Bill 5397: Authorize local government energy efficiency homeowner loans
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to allow local governments in communities with a municipal utility to provide an energy efficiency loan program for homeowners. Loan payments could be made with utility bills.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698622
House Bill 5447: Designate road after murdered corrections officer
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of U.S. 41 in Marquette County as the “Earl DeMarse Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698610
House Bill 5510: Revise paternity law and unwed father child support details
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to specify procedures for a father and mother signing an “acknowledgment of parentage” form. See also House Bills 5463 to 5473.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698617
House Bill 5543: Redesignate a road
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to designate a portion of highway M-57 in Montcalm county as the “Joseph Prentler Memorial Highway”.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698611
House Bill 5715: Redesignate a bridge
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 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=698612
House Bill 5794: Correct error in foreclosure law revision
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 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=698627
House Bill 5795: Revise mortgage foreclosure detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 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=698628
House Bill 5839: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to add a definition of “permanent revocation” of an occupational license in the law that mandates licensure for many professions. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5839 to 5842 that provide 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; expands the types of violations that could result in license revocation; and makes certain assaultive crimes, including 1st- and 2nd degree murder, grounds for permanent revocation.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698619
House Bill 5840: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to allow for the permanent revocation of a health profession license or registration if the person committed serious assault crimes while acting within his or her profession. This is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 5839 to 5842.
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House Bill 5841: Establish standard for permanent revocation of health provider licenses
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on December 16, 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.
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House Bill 6074: Exempt college athletes from unionization
Passed 25 to 11 in the Senate on December 16, 2014, to establish that college students who participate in intercollegiate athletics on behalf of a state university are not considered “public employees” subject to unionization under the law that mandates schools and local governments must engage in collective bargaining with government employee unions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=698629