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2006 Senate Bill 1079 (Define gasohol and biodiesel in statute ) (House Roll Call 727)

Passed in the House (103 to 1) on June 21, 2006, to extend to diesel and specified alternative fuels regulations concerning the quality, storage, manufacture, delivery, and sale of gasoline; require distributors and retail dealers of diesel and alternative fuels to obtain a license for each retail outlet; and require firms selling hydrogen in Michigan to register with and be approved by the Department of Agriculture. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 103 in favor, 1 opposed, and 3 not voting
(House Roll Call 727 at House Journal 63)

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49 total votes
Legislators (Republican)
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The following legislators supported 2006 Senate Bill 1079 (Define gasohol and biodiesel in statute ):

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

The following legislators opposed 2006 Senate Bill 1079 (Define gasohol and biodiesel in statute ):

Drolet (R)

The following legislators did not vote on 2006 Senate Bill 1079 (Define gasohol and biodiesel in statute ):

Acciavatti (R) DeRoche (R) Ward (R)

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1) Our school buses causing a lot of pollution--cleaner fuels/buses. [by Anonymous Citizen on May 17, 2006]
Canada would appreciate it. U.S. sends them terrible air due to weather patterns.
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2) Critical to success [by Anonymous Citizen on April 5, 2006]
Thank you we need parameters! I am so happy to see the state moving on this. E-85 can ehlp so many people locally. Not to mention all the humans and creatures and plants on the planet.
Keep up the great work!
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3) 2006 Senate Bill 1079 (Define gasohol and biodiesel in statute ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on February 23, 2006, to extend to diesel and specified alternative fuels regulations concerning the quality, storage, manufacture, delivery, and sale of gasoline; require distributors and retail dealers of diesel and alternative fuels to obtain a license for each retail outlet; and require firms selling hydrogen in Michigan to register with and be approved by the Department of Agriculture

The vote was 37 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 250 at Senate Journal 36)

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