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2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ) (House Roll Call 438)

Passed in the House (109 to 0) on September 30, 2007, to authorize a school aid “continuation” or interim budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2007, equivalent to approximately 1/11th of the current year appropriations. Passage of the bill occurred as part of an 11th hour deal to avoid reducing state spending in the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year by imposing $1.5 billion in tax increases, including an income tax hike (House Bill 5194) and a new 6 percent tax on many personal and business services (House Bill 5198). [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 109 in favor, 0 opposed, and 1 not voting
(House Roll Call 438 at House Journal 101)

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The following legislators supported 2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ):

Accavitti (D) Acciavatti (R) Amos (R) Angerer (D) Ball (R) Bauer (D)
Bennett (D) Bieda (D) Booher (R) Brandenburg (R) Brown (D) Byrnes (D)
Byrum (D) Calley (R) Casperson (R) Caswell (R) Caul (R) Cheeks (D)
Clack (D) Clemente (D) Condino (D) Constan (D) Corriveau (D) Coulouris (D)
Cushingberry (D) Dean (D) DeRoche (R) Dillon (D) Donigan (D) Ebli (D)
Elsenheimer (R) Emmons (R) Espinoza (D) Farrah (D) Gaffney (R) Garfield (R)
Gillard (D) Gonzales (D) Green (R) Griffin (D) Hammel (D) Hammon (D)
Hansen (R) Hildenbrand (R) Hood (D) Hoogendyk (R) Hopgood (D) Horn (R)
Huizenga (R) Hune (R) Jackson (D) Johnson (D) Jones, Rick (R) Jones, Robert (D)
Knollenberg (R) Lahti (D) LaJoy (R) Law, David (R) Law, Kathleen (D) LeBlanc (D)
Leland (D) Lemmons (D) Lindberg (D) Marleau (R) Mayes (D) McDowell (D)
Meadows (D) Meekhof (R) Meisner (D) Melton (D) Meltzer (R) Miller (D)
Moolenaar (R) Moore (R) Moss (R) Nitz (R) Nofs (R) Opsommer (R)
Palmer (R) Palsrok (R) Pastor (R) Pavlov (R) Pearce (R) Polidori (D)
Proos (R) Robertson (R) Rocca (R) Sak (D) Schuitmaker (R) Scott (D)
Shaffer (R) Sheen (R) Sheltrown (D) Simpson (D) Smith, Alma (D) Smith, Virgil (D)
Spade (D) Stahl (R) Stakoe (R) Steil (R) Tobocman (D) Vagnozzi (D)
Valentine (D) Walker (R) Ward (R) Warren (D) Wenke (R) Wojno (D)
Young (D)      

The following legislators opposed 2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ):

The following legislators did not vote on 2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ):

Agema (R)

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1) 2007 Senate Bill 773 (Authorize FY 2007-2008 “continuation budget” as contingency ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on September 12, 2007, to authorize a school aid “continuation” or interim budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2007, equivalent to approximately 1/11th of the current year appropriations. The measure was introduced as a contingency in the event that no agreement is in place by that day to close a gap of approximately $1.7 billion between desired spending and expected revenues in the current and upcoming fiscal years. When the bill was introduced no progress had been made in negotiations between the Democratic House, Republican Senate and Democratic Governor to close the gap between desired spending and expected revenue


The vote was 20 in favor, 17 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 330 at Senate Journal 87)

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