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2011 House Bill 4481: Repeal pension income tax exemption (Senate Roll Call 177)

Passed 19 to 19 in the Senate on May 12, 2011, to no longer exempt public school employee pension income from the state income tax, as proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder as part of a plan to reduce the state business tax. Under current law, government employee pensions are completely exempt, and private sector retiree pension is exempt up to $45,120 on a single return and $90,240 on joint returns.
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The vote was 19 in favor, 19 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 177)

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In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	0%
	100%
	0%

12 total votes

Republican

	73%
	26%
	0%

26 total votes

Voters

	0%
	100%
	0%

1 total vote

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Repeal pension income tax exemption

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Casperson (R)	Caswell (R)	Emmons (R)	Green (R)
Hansen (R)	Jansen (R)	Kahn (R)	Kowall (R)	Marleau (R)
Meekhof (R)	Moolenaar (R)	Nofs (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)	Richardville (R)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gleason (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)	Hunter (D)	Johnson (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)
Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)	Colbeck (R)	Hildenbrand (R)	Hune (R)	Jones (R)
Robertson (R)	Rocca (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

n Anderson (D)	n Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	n Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	n Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	n Gleason (D)	Y Green (R)
n Gregory (D)	Y Hansen (R)	n Hildenbrand (R)	n Hood (D)	n Hopgood (D)
n Hune (R)	n Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	n Johnson (D)	n Jones (R)
Y Kahn (R)	Y Kowall (R)	Y Marleau (R)	Y Meekhof (R)	Y Moolenaar (R)
Y Nofs (R)	Y Pappageorge (R)	Y Pavlov (R)	Y Proos (R)	Y Richardville (R)
n Robertson (R)	n Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	n Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)
n Warren (D)	n Whitmer (D)	n Young (D)

Senate Roll Call 177 on 2011 House Bill 4481

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Comments

1) 2011 House Bill 4481 (Repeal pension income tax exemption ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the House on March 23, 2011, to no longer exempt public school employee pension income from the state income tax, as proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder as part of a plan to reduce the state business tax. Under current law, government employee pensions are completely exempt, and private sector retiree pension is exempt up to $45,120 on a single return and $90,240 on joint returns

The vote was 56 in favor, 50 opposed and 4 not voting

(House Roll Call 92 at House Journal 0)

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