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2007 House Bill 4580: End post-retirement health coverage for future legislators
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- Introduced by Rep. Robert Dean (D) on April 5, 2007, to end the post-retirement health care insurance coverage provided to legislators, but only for those elected in the future, not any current legislators. Under current law, former legislators who have served six years get full health coverage beginning at age 55. See also also House Bill 4558, which would apply this to current legislators also.
- Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on April 5, 2007.
- Reported in the House on April 17, 2007, with the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Amendment offered in the House on May 23, 2007, to correct a drafting error. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 23, 2007.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Marty Knollenberg (R) on May 23, 2007, to apply the post-retirement health benefits ban to current legislators, not just future ones. The amendment would have done this by tie-barring the bill to House Bill 4558. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 23, 2007.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Marty Knollenberg (R) on May 23, 2007, to apply the post-retirement health benefits ban to current legislators, not just future ones. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 23, 2007.
- Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on April 5, 2007.
- Passed 107 to 2 in the House on May 23, 2007.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on May 24, 2007.
- Referred to the Senate Government Operations and Reform Committee on May 24, 2007.
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1) Rep. Sheen's "no vote explanation" by Admin003 on May 25, 2007Rep. Sheen, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:
"Mr. Speaker and members of the House:
This bill is purely political and will only serve to further diminish the qualified candidates who will run for the legislature in the future. First of all legislatures do not have lifetime healthcare benefits, their benefits last for only ten years. If a legislator wants the benefit which lasts between age 55 and 65, they will have to pay a premium which is approximately 10% of the benefit. At age 65 the healthcare plan becomes a supplemental Medicare benefit, which doesn't supplement much.
Many legislators have given up jobs and careers for a potential 2 to 6 years in the legislator with no promise of returning to their former job or position. This by no means is a excessive benefit, but this bill is a bill that accomplishes little, saves little, and deals with perception not reality."
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What a pathetic pack of Jackals we have in Lansing, on both sides of the aisle. They are not bothered by the red ink the state is wallowing in. They continue to waste more taxpayer money trying to come up with legislation to destroy township government, limit salaries, other than their own of course and continue to try stealth tax increases such as tipping fees. Pathetic, really Pathetic!
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I think they should start with the current crop.
Also look at SB 25 and the comments. Do these legislators think anything out before they present or pass a bill?
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