Public Act 73 of 2010

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• Introduced by Rep. Dudley Spade (D) on December 9, 2009, to deposit licensure fees paid by interpreters for the deaf into an existing “Division on Deafness Fund,” where it would be used to cover costs incurred by the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing within the Commission on Disability Concerns within the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on December 9, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on February 10, 2010, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 104 to 1 in the House on February 16, 2010.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on February 24, 2010.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee on February 24, 2010.
    • Reported in the Senate on March 23, 2010, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 14, 2010, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 14, 2010.
• Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on April 15, 2010, to deposit licensure fees paid by interpreters for the deaf into an existing “Division on Deafness Fund,” where it would be used to cover costs incurred by the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing within the Commission on Disability Concerns within the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on April 15, 2010.
• Passed 108 to 0 in the House on May 4, 2010, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on May 19, 2010.