Senate Bill 712: Revise liquor license rationing detail
Introduced by Sen. Jim Marleau (R) on January 20, 2016, to revise one of the distance-from-competitors regulatory devices used to ration the number of liquor licenses in communities.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171766
Senate Bill 713: Give force to illegal teacher strike sanctions
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on January 21, 2016, to accelerate, streamline and make more certain the procedures for imposing fines of $5,000 per day against a teachers union that orchestrates an illegal strike, and a fine on each striker equal to a day’s pay for each day of the strike. Sanctions also apply to a school district that imposes an illegal lockout. The timetable for hearings would be changed from 60 days to two days; hearings on all striking employees could be consolidated into one, rather than individual hearings for each required under current law (though still subject to individual appeals). Senate Bill’s 713 to 715 were introduced following a series of “sick-outs†by Detroit teachers.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171844
Senate Bill 714: Suspend or revoke teaching certificate of illegally striking teacher
Introduced by Sen. David Robertson (R) on January 21, 2016, to suspend for two years the teaching certificate of a public school teacher who engages in an illegal strike. If the teacher did not show up at a hearing on the suspension, the license could be revoked permanently.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171845
Senate Bill 715: Require school districts sanction illegal strikers
Introduced by Sen. Joe Hune (R) on January 21, 2016, to penalize public school districts that fail to sanction teachers who participated in an illegal strike by forfeiting 5 percent of their state school aid revenue. The proposed teacher sanctions are in Senate Bills 713 and 714.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171846
Senate Bill 716: Extend FOIA to governor and legislators
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young, II (D) on January 21, 2016, to repeal the exemptions from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act for records in the possession of legislators and their staff, the governor, lieutenant governor, their executive offices and employees. This would include communications from constituents.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171847
Senate Bill 717: Revise underground fuel tank cleanup detail
Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R) on January 21, 2016, to revise the “alternative mechanisms†used in underground fuel tank cleanup plans.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171848
House Bill 5221: Repeal restriction on local tax hike electioneering
Introduced by Rep. Andy Schor (D) on January 20, 2016, to repeal a provision of a law passed in 2015 that prohibits taxpayer-funded communications from local governments and school districts that reference a property tax hike or other measure they have placed on the ballot during the 60 days before the election.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171768
House Bill 5222: Add a judgeship to Detroit district court
Introduced by Rep. Brian Banks (D) on January 20, 2016, to authorize an additional judge for the 36th district court (Detroit).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171769
House Bill 5223: Terminate state receivership of failed Detroit schools
Introduced by Rep. Brian Banks (D) on January 20, 2016, to end a form of state receivership of academically failed Detroit schools under an entity called the “Educational Achievement Authority,†and return management of these schools to the regular Detroit school district.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171770
House Bill 5224: Authorize a “prostate awareness†plate, give profits to group
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on January 20, 2016, to authorize a “prostrate cancer awareness†specialty license plate, and give the profits to a particular foundation named in the bill (“PCUPS Foundationâ€).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171771
House Bill 5225: Give income tax checkoff donations to prostate awareness group
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on January 20, 2016, to allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund, which the state would give to a particular foundation named in the bill that does various things related to prostate cancer (“PCUPS Foundationâ€). A person not receiving a refund could use his or her tax return to contribute to the fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171772
House Bill 5226: Give income tax checkoff donations to prostate awareness group
Introduced by Rep. Paul Muxlow (R) on January 20, 2016, to allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund, which the state would give to a particular foundation named in the bill that does various things related to prostate cancer (“PCUPS Foundationâ€). A person not receiving a refund could use his or her tax return to contribute to the fund.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171773
House Bill 5227: Restrict disclosure of nonpublic personal information
Introduced by Rep. Jeremy Moss (D) on January 21, 2016, to prohibit credit unions from disclosing or sharing nonpublic personal financial information about an individual without his or her prior and specific informed consent, in writing. The bill also establishes a number of regulations and disclosure requirements regarding the release, use or sharing of such information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171851
House Bill 5228: Restrict disclosure of nonpublic personal information
Introduced by Rep. Peter Lucido (R) on January 21, 2016, to prohibit savings banks from disclosing or sharing nonpublic personal financial information about an individual without his or her prior and specific informed consent, in writing. The bill also establishes a number of regulations and disclosure requirements regarding the release, use or sharing of such information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171852
House Bill 5229: Restrict disclosure of nonpublic personal information
Introduced by Rep. Jim Runestad (R) on January 21, 2016, to prohibit banks from disclosing or sharing nonpublic personal financial information about an individual without his or her prior and specific informed consent, in writing. The bill also establishes a number of regulations and disclosure requirements regarding the release, use or sharing of such information.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171853
House Bill 5230: Ban snowplow service contract indemnity clauses
Introduced by Rep. Ken Yonker (R) on January 21, 2016, to prohibit indemnity promises in snowplow and deicing service contracts, which require the party making the promise to indemnify or hold harmless the other party from liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or omissions.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=171854
Senate Bill 539: Expand “promise zone†tax increment financing authorities
Passed 98 to 9 in the House on January 27, 2016, to impose additional reporting requirements on “promise zone†tax increment financing authorities located in low income and “low educational attainment†areas, and provide a means for dissolving them. These entities were authorized by a 2008 law to “capture” a portion of any increases in the state portion of school property tax revenue in the area, and use the money to partially subsidize college tuition for local students.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=722872
Senate Bill 540: Expand allowable uses of state education tax
Passed 100 to 7 in the House on January 27, 2016, to revise the law that authorizes a 6 mill state property tax for school funding, to authorize using some of this money for other purposes. This is related to changes to the proposal in Senate Bill 539 to revise some details of “promise zone†tax increment financing schemes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=722873
Senate Bill 680: Rename a state facility
Passed 34 to 3 in the Senate on January 27, 2016, to rename a state facility after a former state department director.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=722850
House Bill 4792: Let out of state team phycisians practice while in Michigan
Passed 107 to 0 in the House on January 27, 2016, to establish that a physician licensed in another state can provide medical care to a member of an athletic team under an agreement with that team while the team is in Michigan, subject to various restrictions.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=722871