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• Introduced by Rep. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D) on February 20, 2008, to revise the “21st Century Jobs Fund” business subsidy program to require the Michigan Strategic Fund board to manage its university technology transfer aspect “with a specific focus on technologies that will accelerate and solidify the bioeconomy,” including “bundling” inventions from individual universities into “packages of interest to private sector firms,” and expanding “business formation efforts in university transfer offices”.
  • Referred to the House New Economy And Quality Of Life Committee on February 20, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on March 6, 2008, with the recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on March 6, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on June 25, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 27, 2008, 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 House on June 27, 2008.
• Passed 106 to 0 in the House on June 27, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on July 17, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Bioeconomy Committee on July 17, 2008.