Public Act 147 of 2005

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• Introduced by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D) on March 2, 2005, the executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Family Independence Agency budget. This appropriates $4.427 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $4.291 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $1.138 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $1.106 billion. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 2, 2005.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 14, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 15, 2005, to replace the executive proposal for this budget with one that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. For much more detail see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency”>analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 15, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D) on June 15, 2005, to increase spending by approximately 15 percent on juvenile justice programs. The amendment failed in the Senate (17 to 20) on June 15, 2005. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R) on June 15, 2005, to require that representatives from faith-based organizations be included on a state task force directed to oversee government programs for "at risk" teenagers and recommend improvements. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 15, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on June 15, 2005, to add $5 million for welfare recipient child care subsidies. The amendment failed in the Senate (18 to 20) on June 15, 2005. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the Senate (24 to 14) on June 15, 2005, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Social Services budget (formerly the Family Independence Agency). This appropriates $4.373 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $4.291 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $1.076 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $1.106 billion. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 16, 2005.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 16, 2005.
    • Reported in the House on June 28, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 28, 2005, to replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with one that “strips” all actual appropriations. See House-passed version for explanation. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on June 28, 2005.
• Passed in the House (102 to 0) on June 28, 2005, to send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it in its original form as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budget. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 29, 2005.
• Failed in the Senate (0 to 36) on June 30, 2005, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on September 13, 2005.
• Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on September 20, 2005, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Social Services budget (welfare budget). This appropriates $4.425 billion in adjusted gross spending, compared to $4.291 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $1.081 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $1.106 billion. This final version of the budget does not include a House-passed provision to reduce the maximum lifetime welfare eligibility period to four years, which would have removed 10,600 from the state welfare rolls. It also prohibits the department from refusing to award certain contracts to the lowest bidder because the lowest bidder does not have a unionized work force. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on September 13, 2005.
• Passed in the House (105 to 1) on September 21, 2005, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006 Department of Social Services budget (welfare budget). This appropriates $4.425 billion in adjusted gross spending, compared to $4.291 billion, which was the FY 2004-2005 amount enrolled in 2004. Of this, $1.081 billion will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2004-2005 amount of $1.106 billion. This final version of the budget does not include a House-passed provision to reduce the maximum lifetime welfare eligibility period to four years, which would have removed 10,600 from the state welfare rolls. It also prohibits the department from refusing to award certain contracts to the lowest bidder because the lowest bidder does not have a unionized work force. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 28, 2005.