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2011 Senate Bill 269: Raise small claims cap (Senate Roll Call 582)
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Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D) on October 19, 2011, to change the proposed dollar amount cap to $5,000. The amendment failed 12 to 26 in the Senate on October 19, 2011.
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The vote was 12 in favor, 26 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 582)

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Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Democrat
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1000%
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12 total votes
Republican
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26 total votes

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The amendment

IN FAVOR

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
none

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)Brandenburg (R)Casperson (R)Caswell (R)Colbeck (R)
Emmons (R)Green (R)Hansen (R)Hildenbrand (R)Hune (R)
Jansen (R)Jones (R)Kahn (R)Kowall (R)Marleau (R)
Meekhof (R)Moolenaar (R)Nofs (R)Pappageorge (R)Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)Richardville (R)Robertson (R)Rocca (R)Schuitmaker (R)
Walker (R)    

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

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

Senate Roll Call 582 on The amendment

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 )  by victor88 on September 15, 2012 
I think this small clams cap definitely needs to be raised. The cap has been so low for a long time. It was never enough money to sue for in a lot of cases. pubs in London

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2) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 )  by StopThe Crap on October 20, 2011 

This is a good bill. Thanks for doing something that was indeed necessary, but $10,000 would have been much more practical.


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3) 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 )  by admin on January 1, 2001 
Introduced in the Senate on March 16, 2011, to increase the maximum amount that may be recovered in small claims court from $3,000 to $8,000

The vote was 31 in favor, 7 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 583 at Senate Journal 0)

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