2012 Senate Bill 954

Appropriations: General Government

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2012

Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 General Government budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 24, 2012

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

April 26, 2012

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To require the Attorney General to post online data about all contracts and subcontracts with outside vendors, including the type and amount of the transaction, its purpose, financial records, invoices, and more.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To require the creation of an executive office "ethics officer" position, which would be responsible for creating and enforcing ethics rules and conflict of interest laws.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To increase proposed state corporate subsidies for "economic development" from $66 million to $100 million.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To require the "citizens guide" local governments are required to produce as a condition for getting extra revenue sharing money to include the number of full-time police and fire fighters for each of the past 10 years.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To increase distributions from a from a county revenue sharing from fund created by extra tax revenue collected in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2004-SB-1111">2004 tax collection date shift</a>.

The amendment failed 14 to 24 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To prohibit the Attorney General from spending any money to pursue a lawsuit against the mandate contained in the federal "Obamacare" law that ever American must obtain health insurance.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To prohibit the Attorney General from spending any money related to ballot initiative campaigns (including the three or four such campaigns currently being pursued by government employee unions to roll-back various reforms enacted by tghe legislature in 2011).

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To prohibit the Attorney General from spending any money on staff effort, contracts, fees, consultants, or any other activity that involves a presidential election.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To require the Attorney General to submit a report on its efforts to stop bullies throughout the state.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Bert Johnson (D-2)

To give Detroit $220 million in state tax revenue.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Passed in the Senate 19 to 19 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2012 General Government budget, which funds legislature, the executive office, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasury, Department of Civil Rights, and the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. This would appropriate $4.236 billion in gross spending, of which $722.2 million is federal money. $1.048 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments.

Received in the House

April 26, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2012

Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

To strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, which is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 47 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2012

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the budget. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

May 30, 2012

Received

Failed in the Senate 18 to 18 (details)

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

The vote by which the conference report was not adopted.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Passed in the Senate 21 to 15 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2012 General Government budget, which funds legislature, the executive office, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasury, Department of Civil Rights, and the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. This would appropriate $4.309 billion in gross spending, of which $722.2 million is federal money. $1.076 billion of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments. Note: <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5365">House Bill 5365</a> contains an identical version of this conference report.

Received in the House

May 30, 2012