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• Introduced by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on February 24, 2010, to provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 24, 2010.
    • Reported in the Senate on March 23, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 23, 2010, to adopt a version of the bill that would require the state to open the operation of one prison to competitive bids, and privatize the prison if the cost would be less than one managed by the Department of Corrections. Although adopted, this version was subsequently replaced by another with no competitive bidding. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 23, 2010.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 23, 2010, to adopt a version of this budget does not contain the privatization provisions of the version previous adopted. For details of the entire budget see analysis from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on March 23, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on March 23, 2010, to strip out a provision establishing as the "intent of the legislature" that the department investigate placing prisoners less than age 19 in the Maxey/Woodland center correctional facility. The amendment failed in the Senate (15 to 21) on March 23, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the Senate (22 to 15) on March 23, 2010, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $1.999 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.930 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009, and $1.967 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm. Only $7.8 million of this budget is federal money. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on March 23, 2010.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 23, 2010.
    • Reported in the House on June 2, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 9, 2010, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Democratic-majority in the House on various spending items and programs. For details see analysis from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on June 9, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Alma Smith (D) on June 9, 2010, to expand a proposed review of health care costs and compensation rates to include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on June 9, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos, IV (R) on June 9, 2010, to cut the "inmate housing" line-item by $320 million, and direct the department to figure out how to accomplish this by lowering annual per-prisoner spending by $7,111, which would reportedly lower the figure to the average cost per prisoner in "comparable" states. The amendment failed in the House (43 to 64) on June 9, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos, IV (R) on June 9, 2010, to cut $68 million, which reportedly equals increases for employee salaries and wages, insurance, and retirement benefits. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on June 9, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos, IV (R) on June 9, 2010, to cut $49 million, which reportedly is the amount that the legislature's failure to stop a 3 percent state government employee pay increase will cost in the Department of Corrections. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on June 9, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R) on June 9, 2010, to require the department to send to the legislature a monthly listing of all expenditures. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on June 9, 2010.
• Passed in the House (63 to 44) on June 9, 2010, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.082 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.930 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009, $1.967 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm, and $1.999 billion passed by the Senate. Only $7.8 million of this budget is federal money. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 10, 2010, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. Failed in the Senate (13 to 22) on June 10, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]