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2005 Senate Bill 124 (Mercury regulation package ) (Senate Roll Call 741)

Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on November 30, 2006, to prohibit selling or distributing a thermostat for use in regulating room temperature if the thermostat contained mercury or a mercury compound, beginning January 1, 2009. The prohibition would not apply if the thermostat were a replacement for an existing thermostat containing mercury or a mercury compound that was a component of an appliance. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 36 in favor, 0 opposed, and 2 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 741 at Senate Journal 90)

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The following legislators supported 2005 Senate Bill 124 (Mercury regulation package ):

Allen (R) Barcia (D) Basham (D) Birkholz (R) Bishop (R) Brater (D)
Brown (R) Cassis (R) Cherry (D) Clark-Coleman (D) Clarke (D) Cropsey (R)
Emerson (D) Garcia (R) George (R) Gilbert (R) Goschka (R) Hardiman (R)
Jacobs (D) Jelinek (R) Johnson (R) Kuipers (R) Leland (D) McManus (R)
Olshove (D) Patterson (R) Prusi (D) Schauer (D) Scott (D) Sikkema (R)
Stamas (R) Switalski (D) Thomas (D) Toy (R) Van Woerkom (R) Whitmer (D)

The following legislators opposed 2005 Senate Bill 124 (Mercury regulation package ):

The following legislators did not vote on 2005 Senate Bill 124 (Mercury regulation package ):

Hammerstrom (R) Sanborn (R)

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1) 2005 Senate Bill 124 (Mercury regulation package ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2005, to prohibit selling or distributing a thermostat for use in regulating room temperature if the thermostat contained mercury or a mercury compound, beginning January 1, 2009. The prohibition would not apply if the thermostat were a replacement for an existing thermostat containing mercury or a mercury compound that was a component of an appliance

The vote was 36 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 741 at Senate Journal 90)

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