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2005 House Bill 4617 (Establish dioxin cleanup determination standards ) (House Roll Call 271)

Passed in the House (77 to 29) on June 29, 2005, to prohibit the Department of Environmental Quality from labeling a property as a toxic waste "facility" in the absence of actual testing. If the property is a person's residential homestead, the DEQ would be prohibited from entering the property for testing without the owner’s permission. Also, to require the DEQ to determine what types of cleanup are needed on the basis of independent, peer reviewed risk assessment studies. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 77 in favor, 29 against, and 4 not voting.
(House Roll Call 271 at House Journal 61)

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Democrat
386238%
554555%
5955%
52 total votes
Republican
98298%
1000%
1991%
58 total votes

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Establish dioxin cleanup determination standards

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Accavitti (D)Brown (D)Clemente (D)Cushingberry (D)Dillon (D)
Espinoza (D)Farrah (D)Gleason (D)Hunter (D)Leland (D)
Mayes (D)McConico (D)Murphy (D)Plakas (D)Sak (D)
Sheltrown (D)Smith, Virgil (D)Spade (D)Vagnozzi (D)Wojno (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Acciavatti (R)Amos (R)Ball (R)Baxter (R)Booher (R)
Casperson (R)Caswell (R)Caul (R)DeRoche (R)Drolet (R)
Elsenheimer (R)Emmons (R)Farhat (R)Gaffney (R)Garfield (R)
Gosselin (R)Green (R)Hansen (R)Hildenbrand (R)Hoogendyk (R)
Huizenga (R)Hummel (R)Hune (R)Jones, Rick (R)Kahn (R)
Kooiman (R)LaJoy (R)Law, David (R)Marleau (R)Meyer (R)
Moolenaar (R)Moore (R)Mortimer (R)Newell (R)Nitz (R)
Nofs (R)Palmer (R)Palsrok (R)Pastor (R)Pavlov (R)
Pearce (R)Proos (R)Robertson (R)Rocca (R)Schuitmaker (R)
Shaffer (R)Sheen (R)Stahl (R)Stakoe (R)Steil (R)
Stewart (R)Taub (R)Van Regenmorter (R)Vander Veen (R)Walker (R)
Ward (R)Wenke (R)   

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Adamini (D)Anderson (D)Angerer (D)Bennett (D)Bieda (D)
Byrnes (D)Byrum (D)Clack (D)Condino (D)Donigan (D)
Gillard (D)Gonzales (D)Hopgood (D)Kehrl (D)Kolb (D)
Law, Kathleen (D)Lemmons, Jr. (D)Lipsey (D)McDowell (D)Meisner (D)
Miller (D)Phillips (D)Polidori (D)Smith, Alma (D)Tobocman (D)
Waters (D)Whitmer (D)Williams (D)Zelenko (D) 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
none

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Brandenburg (R)Cheeks (D)Hood (D)Lemmons, III (D)

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Accavitti (D)Y    Acciavatti (R)  n  Adamini (D)Y    Amos (R)  n  Anderson (D)
  n  Angerer (D)Y    Ball (R)Y    Baxter (R)  n  Bennett (D)  n  Bieda (D)
Y    Booher (R)  -  Brandenburg (R)Y    Brown (D)  n  Byrnes (D)  n  Byrum (D)
Y    Casperson (R)Y    Caswell (R)Y    Caul (R)  -  Cheeks (D)  n  Clack (D)
Y    Clemente (D)  n  Condino (D)Y    Cushingberry (D)Y    DeRoche (R)Y    Dillon (D)
  n  Donigan (D)Y    Drolet (R)Y    Elsenheimer (R)Y    Emmons (R)Y    Espinoza (D)
Y    Farhat (R)Y    Farrah (D)Y    Gaffney (R)Y    Garfield (R)  n  Gillard (D)
Y    Gleason (D)  n  Gonzales (D)Y    Gosselin (R)Y    Green (R)Y    Hansen (R)
Y    Hildenbrand (R)  -  Hood (D)Y    Hoogendyk (R)  n  Hopgood (D)Y    Huizenga (R)
Y    Hummel (R)Y    Hune (R)Y    Hunter (D)Y    Jones, Rick (R)Y    Kahn (R)
  n  Kehrl (D)  n  Kolb (D)Y    Kooiman (R)Y    LaJoy (R)Y    Law, David (R)
  n  Law, Kathleen (D)Y    Leland (D)  -  Lemmons, III (D)  n  Lemmons, Jr. (D)  n  Lipsey (D)
Y    Marleau (R)Y    Mayes (D)Y    McConico (D)  n  McDowell (D)  n  Meisner (D)
Y    Meyer (R)  n  Miller (D)Y    Moolenaar (R)Y    Moore (R)Y    Mortimer (R)
Y    Murphy (D)Y    Newell (R)Y    Nitz (R)Y    Nofs (R)Y    Palmer (R)
Y    Palsrok (R)Y    Pastor (R)Y    Pavlov (R)Y    Pearce (R)  n  Phillips (D)
Y    Plakas (D)  n  Polidori (D)Y    Proos (R)Y    Robertson (R)Y    Rocca (R)
Y    Sak (D)Y    Schuitmaker (R)Y    Shaffer (R)Y    Sheen (R)Y    Sheltrown (D)
  n  Smith, Alma (D)Y    Smith, Virgil (D)Y    Spade (D)Y    Stahl (R)Y    Stakoe (R)
Y    Steil (R)Y    Stewart (R)Y    Taub (R)  n  Tobocman (D)Y    Vagnozzi (D)
Y    Van Regenmorter (R)Y    Vander Veen (R)Y    Walker (R)Y    Ward (R)  n  Waters (D)
Y    Wenke (R)  n  Whitmer (D)  n  Williams (D)Y    Wojno (D)  n  Zelenko (D)

House Roll Call 271 on 2005 House Bill 4617

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1) Where does protecting the PEOPLE fit in? [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2006]
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2) Blood testing would get to the heart of dioxin problem, now wouldn't it. [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2006]
The health of residents near a dry cleaning place that poured its solvent into the water table said it all. Dying of cancer. Wish more people knew about that! We need manufacturing, but...at what cost! There must be a better way!
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3) Sen. Schauer's "no vote explanation" [by Admin003 on December 8, 2005]
Senator Schauer, under his constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of House Bill No.4617 and moved that the statement he made during the discussion of the bill be printed as his reasons for voting "no."

The motion prevailed.

Senator Schauer's statement is as follows:

I rise to strongly oppose this bill before us. It's unfortunate that it is being run all the way and there are such extreme differences of opinion as to whether this bill would actually accomplish the goal of protecting our environment and protecting property values. In fact, the sad irony to this is this bill would do quite the opposite of what proponents suggested it would do. This bill would make it much more difficult to assure the environmental remediation and environmental protection for property owners that the bill states that it would. It would also be detrimental to economic development efforts that are obviously critical to all of our communities. So I would strongly urge my colleagues oppose this bill.

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