Senate Bill 403 (Require state to pay for all hearing aids)
Introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter (D) on March 25, 2009. Passed in the Senate (37
to 0) on September 28, 2010, to authorize a non-refundable income tax credit of
up to $1,500 paid by an individual taxpayer for hearing aids, if the buyer has
household income less than $100,000 and is older than 60 or is another
taxpayer's dependant. http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509780
Senate Bill 1077 (Facilitate for-credit fire-fighting
high school courses) Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on January 21, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (33 to 0) on July 21, 2010, to add various provisions to
current law that facilitate fire departments providing for-credit courses in
high schools leading to a student becoming qualified to become a volunteer fire
fighter. Among other things the bill would waive the "certified"
teacher mandate that restricts who can teach in Michigan schools.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=502905
Senate Bill 1177 (Restore certain "groundwater dispute
resolution program") Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on September 28,
2010, to ban the extraction of natural gas using "hydraulic
fracturing." This new technique has revolutionized gas extraction in the
United States, more than doubling the amount of known domestic reserves. The
amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 21) on September 28, 2010, to ban the
extraction of natural gas using "hydraulic fracturing." This new
technique has revolutionized gas extraction in the United States, more than
doubling the amount of known domestic reserves.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509827
Senate Bill 1177 (Restore certain "groundwater dispute
resolution program") Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on September 28,
2010, to prohibit the extraction of natural gas using "hydraulic
fracturing" unless a driller applies for permission and is granted a
permit by state environmental regulators. This new technique has revolutionized
gas extraction in the United States, more than doubling the amount of known
domestic reserves. The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 21) on September
28, 2010, to prohibit the extraction of natural gas using "hydraulic
fracturing" unless a driller applies for permission and is granted a
permit by state environmental regulators. This new technique has revolutionized
gas extraction in the United States, more than doubling the amount of known
domestic reserves.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509833
Senate Bill 1177 (Restore certain "groundwater dispute
resolution program") Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D) on September 28,
2010, to establish that if any of the chemicals used to extract natural gas
using "hydraulic fracturing" are found in nearby groundwater, there
is a rebuttable presumption that the gas driller is liable. The amendment
failed in the Senate (15 to 22) on September 28, 2010, to establish that if any
of the chemicals used to extract natural gas using "hydraulic
fracturing" are found in nearby groundwater, there is a rebuttable presumption
that the gas driller is liable.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509834
Senate Bill 1177 (Restore certain "groundwater dispute
resolution program") Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on February 25, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (28 to 9) on September 28, 2010, to restore the groundwater
dispute resolution program repealed by House Bill 5222 (now Public
Act 176 of 2009). This provision was originally legislated in 2003, which
authorized $1,000 per day fines and gave the Department of Environmental
Quality expanded powers in this area. A much more extensive groundwater use regulatory
regime authorized by legislation passed in 2008 remains in effect.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509835
Senate Bill 1302 (Allow welfare office consolidations)
Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D) on April 28, 2010. Passed in the
Senate (36 to 1) on September 28, 2010, to allow the state Department of Human
Services (welfare department) to consolidate more than two counties into a
single office as a cost saving measure. Current law limits consolidations to
just two counties.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509772
Senate Bill 1327 (Authorize "elder friendly community"
subsidies for developers) Introduced by Sen. Jason Allen (R) on May 12, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to give Downtown
Development Authorities the authority to give out "elder friendly community"
low interest loans and subsidies to developers of mixed use and residential
housing designed to be "desirable to senior citizens" in the opinion of the DDA
board. Presumably the loans and subsidies would come from debt incurred by the
DDA, with the money repaid out of the "captured" property tax increases it
collects.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509775
Senate Bill 1331 (Include "elder-friendly" criteria in
land use planning) Introduced by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on May 12, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to include criteria
regarding "elder-friendly communities" in the law
authorizing city, village, township and county land use planning or ordinances.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509778
Senate Bill 1332 (Include "elder-friendly" criteria in zoning)
Introduced by Sen. Jim Barcia (D) on May 12, 2010. Passed in the Senate (37 to
0) on September 28, 2010, to include criteria regarding "elder-friendly
communities" in the law
authorizing city, village, township and county zoning ordinances.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509779
Senate Bill 1455 (Establish limited liability company
conversion regulations) Introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter (D) on August 17, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to establish regulations
for the conversion of limited liability companies into other business forms,
and vice versa.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509821
Senate Bill 1464 (Revise noxious weed law details)
Introduced by Sen. Mike Nofs (R) on August 19, 2010. Passed in the Senate (37
to 0) on September 28, 2010, to add giant hogweed (heracleum mantegazzianum) to
the noxious weeds named in a law that allows local governments to impose a lien
against a property owner for the cost of eradication, and also to allow a
township (in addition to cities and counties) to place on the list any other
weed "regarded as a common nuisance".
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509781
Senate Bill 1486 (Increase tattoo parlor fees and regulations)
Introduced by Sen. John Gleason (D) on September 14, 2010. Passed in the Senate
(34 to 3) on September 28, 2010, to increase the tattoo parlor license fee from
$100 per year to $500 per year. The bill would also require parlors to maintain
a bloodborne infectious disease exposure control plan with employee training,
increase health department enforcement authority and penalties for license violations,
and require parental consent for a minor to obtain a tattoo or piercing.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509825
Senate Bill 1491 (Revise criminal presentencing report detail)
Introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R) on September 14, 2010. Passed in the
Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to revise the confidentiality
requirements for presentencing report prepared by the probation officer in a
criminal trial to accommodate the minor revision of the distribution timing of
these reports proposed by Senate Bill 1492.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509816
Senate Bill 1492 (Revise criminal presentencing report detail)
Introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R) on September 14, 2010. Passed in the
Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to require the presentencing report
prepared by the probation officer in a criminal trial to be distributed to the
prosecutor, the defendant's attorney, and the defendant at least two days
before the sentencing. Also, to prohibit the report from including a victim's
or witness's address or telephone number, except under certain circumstances.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509818
Senate Bill 1502 (Exempt certain energy improvements from
utility fees) Introduced by Sen. Gerald Van Woerkom (R) on September 21, 2010.
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to exempt a (commercial
or industrial) electric customer from certain annual peak demand requirements
that must be met to be eligible to implement a self-directed energy
optimization (EO) program if the customer installs or modifies an electric
energy efficiency improvement under a "property assessed clean energy" loan
program proposed by House Bill 5640.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509823
House Bill 5835 (Abolish homeowner construction lien
recovery fund) Introduced by Rep. Richard Hammel (D) on February 17, 2010.
Passed in the House (97 to 6) on June 16, 2010, to revise references in the
state criminal sentencing guidelines law to the state homeowner construction
lien recovery fund, which would be eliminated by House Bill 5830.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=499594
House Bill 6023 (Expand public official honoraria ban)
Introduced by Rep. Kate Segal (D) on March 25, 2010. Passed in the House (104
to 0) on September 28, 2010, to prohibit state elected officials from accepting
an honorarium. Currently, only legislators are prohibited.
"Honorariums" are payments for an appearance, speech, article, or any
activity related to or associated with the performance of duties as an
official. The ban does not extend to accepting money for transportation,
accommodations, or meals for the official at an event.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509715
House Bill 6462 (Revise Detroit "2 million population"
reference in road law) Introduced by Rep. Fred Miller (D) on September 21,
2010. Passed in the House (103 to 0) on September 28, 2010, to revise the state
road funding distribution law to change references to Wayne County as a county
that contains a city with a population "greater than 2 million." The bill would
change this to 750,000. In recent years Detroit has seen its population fall
from over one-million to less than 900,000.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=509714
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