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• Introduced by Rep. Dian Slavens (D) on January 22, 2009, to prohibit granting brownfield business subsidies unless the recipient promises not to hire illegal aliens and to take other steps to hire only Michigan residents (or contract with firms that promise the same), with some exceptions to the Michigan resident provision.
  • Referred to the House Labor Committee on January 22, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on February 10, 2009, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 82 to 25 in the House on March 12, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on March 18, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on March 18, 2009.
  • Motion by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas, III (D) on April 1, 2009, to discharge the Committee on Commerce and Tourism from further consideration of House Bills 4083 to 4093, and move them directly to the Senate floor for immediate consideration and debate. The bills would impose citizenship and resident preferences on companies that benefit from subsidies or tax breaks, or that have contracts with the state. A single motion covered all 11 bill, and the roll call vote on that is here. The motion failed by voice vote in the Senate on April 1, 2009.