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• Introduced by Sen. Ron Jelinek (R) on February 23, 2006, to require the Michigan Strategic Fund to give gas stations $2,000 subsidies to install pumps that dispense 85 percent ethanol motor fuel ("E-85") and 5 percent biodiesel fuel, and subsidies of up to $20,000 per facility to construct a compatible fuel delivery system.
  • Referred to the Senate Technology and Energy Committee on February 23, 2006.
    • Reported in the Senate on March 30, 2006, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 19, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 19, 2006.
• Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on April 20, 2006.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on April 25, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on April 25, 2006.