2009 House Bill 5352

Suspend income tax personal exemption COLA increase

Introduced in the House

Sept. 10, 2009

Introduced by Rep. George Cushingberry (D-8)

To make non-substantive wording changes to the income tax act. The bill is a parliamentary devise for quickly adopting an income tax increase in the event the votes are found for this as part of closing a gap between the amount of state spending desired by the administration and many legislators, and the amount of revenue expected without a tax hike.

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

Oct. 6, 2009

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Substitute offered by Rep. George Cushingberry (D-8)

To use the blank slate of this legislative "vehicle" to impose a specific tax increase over the amount authorized by current statute. See House-passed bill for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Pavlov (R-81)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4090, 4151, 4979 and 4980, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills would require citizenship and resident preferences in subsidies & tax breaks, repeal restrictions on local government service consolidations, and authorize “education mandate rollback contracts” with school districts.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5208, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5208 would create an unemployment insurance fraud control fund to buy software that can detect and collect benefit overpayments.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Gail Haines (R-43)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4898, 4151, 4902, 4909, 4988 and 4908, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. They would establish expedited environmental permit application processes, eenchmark state environmental regulation administration, regulate certain environmental-related plant inspections, limit state regulation promulgation authority, and require periodic review of state regulations.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kimberly Meltzer (R-33)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4043, 4121, and 4150, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. They would all place the state’s “check register” on-line.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Marty Knollenberg (R-41)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4080, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4080 would end post-retirement health coverage for legislators.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5480, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5480 would eliminate a scheduled increase in the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2006-SB-453">earned income tax credit</a>.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)

To suspend the annual inflation-indexed increase in the personal exemption allowed under state income tax for the 2009 tax year. This is projected to result in a $55 million increase in the amount of income tax paid by citizens.

Received in the Senate

Oct. 8, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Finance