2017 House Bill 4323 / Public Act 107

Appropriations: 2017-2018 “Omnibus” budget

Introduced in the House

March 7, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Laura Cox (R-19)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2017-2018 “Omnibus” budget funding all state departments. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 27, 2017

Reported without amendment

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

May 2, 2017

Amendment offered by Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-21)

To mandate that any money spent on pregnancy and parenting support services goes to programs that provide counseling on the use of contraceptives as a method for family planning and birth control.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-21)

To authorize grants of up $50,000 to larger local governments to assist in training police recruits.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Christine Greig (D-37)

To revise the evaluation criteria for certain "behavioral health services" financed by the state in Kent County.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Henry Yanez (D-25)

To eliminate $34 million the bill would appropriate for government tourism ads (“Pure Michigan”).

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Phelps (D-49)

To add $150,000 for a Flint "surface water study".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Pam Faris (D-48)

To increase welfare spending and the number of state social workers.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To increase the amount spend on various water-related environmental programs, and authorize "green infrastructure" grants to local governments, with the amount to be determined later.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Henry Yanez (D-25)

To increase the number of probation officers and related spending in Wayne County; increase state revenue sharing to local governments and earmark the extra money for police and fire departments; and earmark money appropriated for extra conservation officers to hire 10 detectives for long term covert surveillance investigations.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David LaGrand (D-75)

To prohibit the state from hiring several named companies for information technology contracts, and revise the funding source for certain government job training programs.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kristy Pagan (D-21)

To authorize spending $37.5 million as "replacement funding" for possible cuts to a federal program that spends hundreds of millions on grants to scores of entities for various activities under a "Great Lakes Restoration" rubric.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Sylvia Santana (D-9)

To spend $1 million on "refugee assistance".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Fred Durhal (D-5)

To spend an additional $4.5 million on grants to hospitals that tend to have more patients on Medicaid.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Cochran (D-67)

To spend $1 million on a government "civilian conservation corps," spend more Medicaid money on raises for "behavioral health" staffers, increase spending on mental health treatment programs and more.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Fred Durhal (D-5)

To no longer privatize prison food services, hire 370 new government employees to do the work, and add $11 million to cover the additional cost.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Sam Singh (D-69)

To not deposit $266.5 million into the state "rainy day fund," grant an additional $52 million to local government road and bridge projects, spend an additional $25 million on subsidies to municipal bus operations, and make some additional smaller changes.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Laura Cox (R-19)

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rob VerHeulen (R-74)

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Daniela Garcia (R-90)

To spend an extra $1.5 million on a Michigan State University fruit and vegetable processing teaching laboratory.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-6)

To spend $468,200 on a Wayne County "port authority".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Bronna Kahle (R-57)

To spend $150,000 on Alzheimer's disease services.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Bronna Kahle (R-57)

To increase spending on certain assistance to the elderly programs.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Brandt Iden (R-61)

To spend $850,000 for an opioid response program in the Kalamazoo area.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Daniela Garcia (R-90)

To revise details of how Medicaid spending results are monitored.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Martin Howrylak (R-41)

To authorize a grant to a "Chaldean American Ladies of Charity" organization, with the amount to be determined later.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 60 to 47 (details)

The House version of the non-education portion of the state government budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2017. This would appropriate $39.458 billion, compared to $38.772 billion authorized the year before. The education portion of the budget (K-12, community colleges and state universities) is in House Bill 4313.<br> Altogether, when both "omnibus" budgets are combined, the House proposes to spend $55.9 billion on all of state government next year, vs. $54.9 billion last year, or a 1.6 percent increase. Of this, $22.9 billion is federal money and $32.9 billion is from state taxes and fees, the latter representing a 2.1 percent increase.

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2017

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 14, 2017

Passed in the Senate 26 to 11 (details)

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

Received in the House

June 15, 2017

Failed in the House 0 to 107 (details)

To concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to negotiate a final version.

June 20, 2017

Received

Passed in the House 64 to 43 (details)

The non-education portion of the state government budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2017. This would appropriate $39.9 billion, of which $21.2 billion is federal money. This compares to $38.7 billion authorized the year before. The education portion of the budget (K-12, community colleges and state universities) is in House Bill 4313 and authorizes spending of $16.6 billion.<br> Altogether, when both "omnibus" budgets are combined, the state will spend pend $56.5 billion next year, vs. $54.9 billion last year, or a 2.9 percent increase.

Received in the Senate

June 22, 2017

Passed in the Senate 26 to 11

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Rick Snyder

July 14, 2017

Received in the House

Sept. 6, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations