Senate Bill 89: Vehicle trade-in “sales tax on the difference” only
Passed 99 to 9 in the House on October 22, 2013, to exempt from sales tax the value of a trade-in when buying a new motor vehicle, titled watercraft or recreational vehicle, but phase this tax break in over 24 years. House Bill 4234 would halt the phase-in if the federal health care law (”Obamacare”) Medicaid expansion authorized by House Bill 4714 is rescinded, but legal experts are divided over whether this would be allowed.
The buyer would only pay sales tax on the difference between the value of the trade-in and the purchase price of the new car. Initially, the tax break would only apply to $2,000 of the price difference, and this would increase $500 per year. When fully implemented the tax break’s value would reach $226 million (in 2013 dollars).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673980
Senate Bill 221: Increase sex offender registry fees
Passed 103 to 5 in the House on October 22, 2013, to require individuals on the public sex offender registry to pay $50 each year, rather than just a one-time $50 fee.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673973
Senate Bill 435: Require financial institutions help enforce welfare benefit restrictions
Passed 35 to 3 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to require a credit union that operates automatic teller machines in a casino, liquor store, or “adult entertainment establishment” to ensure it does not allow a person to use a welfare benefits “bridge card” to withdraw cash from those ATMs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673935
Senate Bill 436: Require financial institutions help enforce welfare benefit restrictions
Passed 35 to 3 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to require a bank that operates automatic teller machines in a casino, liquor store, or “adult entertainment establishment” to ensure it does not allow a person to use a welfare benefits “bridge card” to withdraw cash from those ATMs.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673937
Senate Bill 554: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at race track
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to require horse racing tracks to “work with” state agencies to figure out a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash at the track. “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673938
Senate Bill 555: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at liquor stores
Passed 35 to 3 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to require liquor stores to “work with” state agencies to find a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash from an ATM on the store’s premises. This would not apply to grocery stores that also sell liquor. “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673940
Senate Bill 556: Ban welfare “bridge card” ATM cash at liquor or “adult” store
Passed 35 to 3 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to require state agencies to “work with” ATM cash machine suppliers to establish a way to stop a welfare recipient’s “bridge card” from being used to withdraw cash in a liquor store or “adult entertainment establishment.” “Bridge cards” are debit cards that have replaced food stamps and cash welfare.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673942
House Bill 4234: Vehicle trade-in “sales tax on the difference”
Passed 101 to 7 in the House on October 22, 2013, to exempt from sales tax the value of a trade-in when buying a new motor vehicle, titled watercraft or recreational vehicle, but phase this tax break in over 24 years, and halt the phase-in if the federal health care law’s Medicaid expansion authorized by House Bill 4714 is rescinded. (Note: Legal experts are divided over whether the state would be allowed to rescind the “Obamacare” Medicaid expansion.) Under this bill and Senate Bill 89, the buyer would only pay sales tax on the difference between the value of the trade-in and the purchase price of the new car. Initially, the tax break would only apply to $2,000 of the price difference, and this would increase $500 per year. When fully implemented the tax break’s value would reach $226 million (in 2013 dollars).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673976
House Bill 4234: Vehicle trade-in “sales tax on the difference”
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 22, 2013, to exempt from sales tax the value of a trade-in when buying a new motor vehicle, titled watercraft or recreational vehicle, but phase this tax break in over 24 years, and halt the phase-in if the federal health care law’s Medicaid expansion authorized by House Bill 4714 is rescinded. (Note: Legal experts are divided over whether the state would be allowed to rescind the “Obamacare” Medicaid expansion.) Under this bill and Senate Bill 89, the buyer would only pay sales tax on the difference between the value of the trade-in and the purchase price of the new car. Initially, the tax break would only apply to $2,000 of the price difference, and this would increase $500 per year. When fully implemented the tax break’s value would reach $226 million (in 2013 dollars).
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673944
House Bill 4259: Extend “Obsolete Property” tax break for particular developer
Passed 97 to 11 in the House on October 22, 2013, to revise the criteria in the law that authorizes tax breaks for the rehabilitation and reuse of “obsolete structures” in a way that will allow granting these tax breaks to a particular Detroit developer.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673990
House Bill 4889: Increase drug trafficking penalties
Passed 100 to 8 in the House on October 22, 2013, to authorize more rigorous sentencing guidelines for illegal drug convictions involving travel from another state with the intent to deliver.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=673974
Senate Bill 235: Revise state-approved fire safety system inspector detail
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674028
Senate Bill 471: Restrict releasing juvenile criminal history record information
Passed 106 to 1 in the House on October 23, 2013, to restrict law enforcement agencies from disseminating juvenile criminal history record information, except in response to a fingerprint-based search. This would make the information available to employers subject to government-mandated criminal background checks on employees, but not to journalists reporting on subsequent crimes a juvenile may later commit as an adult.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674065
Senate Bill 479: Repeal interior designer registration
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to repeal a law that establishes a government interior designer registry and makes it available to state or local government agencies, and rescind related administrative regulations. To be included on the registry a designer must have passed a test created by a national organization of incumbent interior designers. This organization has sought repeatedly in this state to impose a full licensure and regulatory regime on interior designers, with several bills introduced in previous legislatures.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674035
Senate Bill 480: Repeal “proprietary school solicitor” regulations
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to repeal state regulations on “proprietary school solicitors.” This refers to private trade schools, business schools and correspondence schools.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674037
House Bill 4327: Allow “tax increment finance” scheme reset to make up for property value declines
Passed 86 to 21 in the House on October 23, 2013, to allow “corridor improvement authorities” to “reset” their tax increment financing schemes (TIF) to reflect declining property assessments, which undermine the ability of these schemes to divert property tax revenue from local government and other taxing units to pay for the authority’s debt-funded spending projects. A TIF “captures” the “increment” of extra local property tax revenue that supposedly will result from its spending on various projects or subsidies; this money is then used to repay debt incurred to accommodate that spending.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674071
House Bill 4344: Revise special Detroit powers population threshold
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on September 26, 2013, to establish that the Detroit Chief of Police is automatically deemed to be a state certified peace officer, and extend certification to an person employed as a police officer in another state within the past year if that state has certification standards substantially the same as Michigan’s.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=155949
House Bill 4352: Mandate schools have “epi-pens”
Passed 106 to 0 in the House on October 23, 2013, to allow physicians to prescribe epinephrine auto injectors for schools to have in their facilities under a mandate proposed by House Bill 4353, and except for gross negligence, waive the legal liability of the physician and pharmacist in the event that use of these “epi-pens” causes an injury.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674059
House Bill 4353: Mandate schools have “epi-pens”
Passed 96 to 10 in the House on October 23, 2013, to require public schools to have at least two staffers who are trained in the administration of an epinephrine auto injector, and to have at least two of these “epi-pens” on site. This is a syringe prefilled with epinephrine which is used to treat anaphylactic reactions. This bill and House Bill 4352 extend legal immunity to school districts, boards, officials, staff and pharmacists for harm arising from use of the devices, except for gross negligence.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674062
House Bill 4382: Allow guardians to execute do-not-resuscitate orders
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to revise various court procedures and definitions to reflect the guardian-signed do-not-resuscitate orders proposed by House Bill 4384.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674032
House Bill 4383: Allow guardians to execute do-not-resuscitate orders
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to revise statutory references to reflect the guardian-signed do-not-resuscitate orders proposed by House Bill 4384.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674033
House Bill 4384: Allow guardians to execute do-not-resuscitate orders
Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to essentially grant the court-appointed guardian of an incapacitated person the authority to sign a do-not-resuscitate order, subject to various restrictions and procedures, including expanded provisions allowing any interested person who objects to petition for a court review. When appointing a guardian for a individual who does not have a lawyer he or she has selected, a court-appointed “guardian ad litem” would have to inform the individual that the actual guardian would have this power.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674034
House Bill 4930: Repeal club emblem vehicle display ban
Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on October 23, 2013, to repeal a law that bans displaying the emblem or insignia of any organization, association, fraternity, lodge or club on a vehicle unless the vehicle owner belongs to the organization.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=674031