2013 House Joint Resolution R

Dock pay of missing legislators

Introduced in the House

April 9, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Adam Zemke (D-55)

To place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to give the state House and Senate the authority to dock the pay of members who miss 10 or more session days (unless their colleagues vote to give them an “excused absence”). Note: This web site contains a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/MissedVotes.aspx">Missed Votes Report</a> that shows the number of roll call votes missed by each current legislator, and a link to a list of the particular votes. The missed votes for past legislators can be looked up on the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/Search.aspx">advanced searches</a> page.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations