Senate Roll Call 759 - Michigan Votes

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2011 House Bill 5002: Revise workers comp benefits (Senate Roll Call 759)

Passed 20 to 16 in the Senate on December 7, 2011, to modify the definitions and requirements in the law that mandates employers obtain insurance covering injured workers compensation benefits. Among other things the bill would revise the formula by which compensation levels are set, require workers still able to work to make a "good faith effort" to find work, and more. The most controversial provision bases an injured workers compensation on "reasonably available" job pay levels, rather than the person's previous job, even if the person can't find one of those "reasonably available" jobs. A number of these proposed changes reflect what courts have already ruled in some controversial cases. The bill would not apply to police and firefighters.
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The vote was 20 in favor, 16 against, and 2 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 759)

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Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	0%
	83%
	16%

12 total votes

Republican

	76%
	23%
	0%

26 total votes

Voters

	0%
	100%
	0%

1 total vote

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Revise workers comp benefits

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Brandenburg (R)	Casperson (R)	Colbeck (R)	Emmons (R)	Hansen (R)
Hildenbrand (R)	Hune (R)	Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Kowall (R)
Marleau (R)	Meekhof (R)	Moolenaar (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)	Richardville (R)	Robertson (R)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

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

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Caswell (R)	Green (R)	Kahn (R)	Nofs (R)
Rocca (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Hood (D)

Smith (D)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

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

Senate Roll Call 759 on 2011 House Bill 5002

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 House Bill 5002 (Revise workers comp definitions ) by TaterSalad on September 8, 2012
If people hadn't gamed the system provided for them by companies, corporations and present law, this would all be a mute issue.

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2) Re: 2011 House Bill 5002 (Revise workers comp definitions ) by gajandave on September 8, 2012
Appreciate the updates.
Gajan Dave
NCCI Codes

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3) Re: 2011 House Bill 5002 (Revise workers comp definitions ) by gajandave on February 29, 2012
Hey there, thank you for the updates on this, kind of appreciate it.
Chris Harris
Workers Compensation Board

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