Senate Bill 151: Repeal deadline on prisoner DNA evidence appeals
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to repeal a Jan. 1, 2016 deadline for a prisoner to appeal his or her conviction on the basis evidence generated by new DNA testing technology.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717905
Senate Bill 303: Authorize putting municipal cemetery reserves in stocks
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to permit municipalities that own a cemetery to invest up money in their “perpetual care and maintenance” reserve funds in high rated mutual funds that hold stocks and bonds, if the stock portion of the fund is limited to 60 percent of its holdings.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717903
Senate Bill 372: Revise firefighter certification detail
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to waive a state firefighter certification testing requirement for a person from another state where this certification is based on the same national standards.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717904
Senate Bill 374: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717906
Senate Bill 375: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717907
Senate Bill 376: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717908
Senate Bill 377: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717909
Senate Bill 378: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717910
Senate Bill 379: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717911
Senate Bill 380: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717912
Senate Bill 381: Change “venereal disease” references to “sexually transmitted infection”
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 14, 2015, to change references to “venereal disease” in the state Health Code to “sexually transmitted infection.” The code has separate references to viral diseases like AIDS.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717913
House Bill 4102: Appropriations: “Omnibus” state budget
Passed 105 to 0 in the House on October 14, 2015, to appropriate $9.35 million to change Flint’s municipal water supplier back to the Detroit system (which serves most communities in the metropolitan region). The bill also appropriates $7.725 million to settle a lawsuit over injuries sustained in a crash caused by a State Police car chase, and smaller amounts for other purposes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717963
House Bill 4758: Revise drain commission debt detail
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 14, 2015, to revise details of the types of debt drain commissions are allowed to incur to provide for term bonds with mandatory redemption (”term bonds”).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717961
House Bill 4843: Give overdosing minors immunity if they turn themselves in
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 14, 2015, to extend immunity from illegal drug laws for an overdosed minor who shows up at a health facility for observation or treatment. This would also apply to a friend who accompanies or assists the overdosed individual.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717960
Senate Bill 103: Reduce “student growth” portion of teacher rating criteria
Passed 97 to 8 in the House on October 15, 2015, To base just 20 percent of a teacher’s “effectiveness” rating on actual progress of students in the teacher’s classroom as measured by state assessments, instead of as much as 50 percent suggested by a 2011 teacher tenure reform law. Also, to let school districts develop their own evaluation tools for other parts of the rating rather than ones prescribed by the state. A school would be prohibited from assigning students to a class in the same subject for two years in a row taught by a teacher rated “ineffective” in that subject, but new students could still be assigned to that teacher..
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718018
Senate Bill 309: Revise condominium subdivision details
Passed 104 to 1 in the House on October 15, 2015, to revise details of the signatures and cover sheet contents that are required for a condominium subdivision survey plan, so that among other things they reflect mandates imposed by the state licensure law that covers architects and engineers.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718026
Senate Bill 334: Revise child abuse reporting mandate
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to revise the law that requires certain health care professionals, social workers and other designated professionals to report suspected child abuse, so that a report filed via an online reporting system the bill would authorize would complete the duty to report.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717977
Senate Bill 446: Extend authority to ban deer feeding
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to extend until 2020 the sunset on Department of Natural Resources authority to prohibit feeding deer and elk.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717976
Senate Bill 531: Authorize electronic court records system and fees
Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to authorize an electronic system for filing documents in civil cases in state courts, and fees to use and pay for it.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717978
Senate Bill 532: Authorize electronic court records system
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to create a state fund to hold the court case filing fee money authorized by Senate Bill 531.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717979
Senate Bill 533: Authorize electronic court records system
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to prohibit a court or court funding unit from charging a fee to retrieve and inspect a case document including those kept in the electronic filing system proposed by Senate Bill 531, but allow fees to copy a document.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717980
House Bill 4263: Revise training detail for licensed athletic trainers
Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on October 15, 2015, to mandate that licensed athletic trainers must successfully complete training that includes lessons on automated external defibrillator use, in addition to the current requirements for first aid and CPR lessons. The bill would also cut the license fee for trainers, and revise other details of this regulatory regime.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717975
House Bill 4476: Restrict imposing mediation in domestic relations disputes
Passed 104 to 1 in the House on October 15, 2015, to prohibit a court from ordering the parties in a domestic relations dispute to enter mediation against either’s will if there is a personal protection or “no contact” order restraining one of them, or if either is involved in a child abuse or neglect proceeding.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718020
House Bill 4477: Establish confidential “service of process” procedure
Passed 104 to 1 in the House on October 15, 2015, to establish alternative “service of process” procedures for appeals cases. This would provide a means for delivering legal notices to an individual whose address the court has prohibited from being disclosed. See also Senate Bill 257.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718023
House Bill 4478: Authorize PPOs for threats against pets
Passed 96 to 9 in the House on October 15, 2015, to authorize courts to issue a personal protection order against an individual who threatens, harms or tries to take an animal in which the petitioner has an ownership interest, or who interferes with the petitioner’s efforts to remove the animal from premises the premises of individual to be restrained.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718021
House Bill 4479: Create new crime of assaulting pregnant woman
Passed 103 to 2 in the House on October 15, 2015, to make assault and battery against a pregnant women a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to 93 days and a $500 fine, with higher penalties (up to five years) for those with prior convictions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718022
House Bill 4481: Revise rapist father parental rights detail
Passed 101 to 4 in the House on October 15, 2015, to revise a law that prohibits granting custody of a child to a person convicted of rape, by expanding the criteria to include sexual assault convictions in other states.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718024
House Bill 4822: Ban “social promotions” for third graders who can’t read
Passed 57 to 48 in the House on October 15, 2015, to prohibit “social promotions” of third graders who have not reached minimum reading benchmarks, subject to many conditions and exceptions, and with requirements that additional “intervention” programs be created (including summer school) and individual tutoring provided before a student is actually held back. This would not take effect until the 2019-2020 school year.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=718015