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May 17, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Senate Bill 198 , Amendment to accept federal health care law Medicaid expansion: Failed 13 to 25 in the Senate To accept $1.53 billion in federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility under the terms of the federal health care law ("Obamacare"...

Published Fri, May 05 2013 1:35 PM by admin5

May 3, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

House Bill 4118 , Require drug testing of welfare applicants: Passed 77 to 33 in the House To require drug testing of state welfare benefit recipients or applicants if an "empirical screening tool" indicates a reasonable suspicion, and prohibit...

Published Fri, May 05 2013 12:11 PM by admin5

April 26, 2013, Weekly Roll Call

Senate Bill 182 , Senate K-12 school aid budget: Passed 21 to 15 in the Senate The Senate version of the K-12 school aid budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct 1, 2013. It would appropriate $13.225 billion for K-12 public schools, compared to $12...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2013 5:28 PM by VotingMan

April 19, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Senate Bill 35 , Authorize criminal penalties for nonpayment of “administrative hearing bureau” fines: Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate To authorize additional penalties for failing to pay fines imposed by “administrative hearing bureaus”...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2013 6:07 PM by admin5

April 12, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 257 , Expand “Business Improvement Zone” tax-and-spend entities: Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate To expand the items that a “Business Improvement Zone” can spend money on, reduce the number...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2013 4:00 PM by admin5

March 22, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting House Bill 4369 , Codify “education achievement authority” for failed schools: Passed 57 to 53 in the House To codify in statute the powers and structure of a state “education achievement authority”...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2013 2:24 PM by admin5

March 15, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 96 , Do NOT vote on right-to-work repeal "discharge motion": Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on March 14 To NOT hold a vote on a motion to discharge from committee a bill repealing the Michigan right...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2013 3:30 PM by admin5

March 8, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 94 , Prohibit Michigan National Guard executing federal “indefinite detention”: Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate To prohibit members of the Michigan National Guard or other state and local government...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2013 3:16 PM by admin5

February 22, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 97 , Repeal child car seat penalty waiver provision: Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate To repeal a provision of the law mandating car seats for children under age four that waives penalties for a violation if the...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2013 12:51 PM by admin5

February 15, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 51 , Expand forest property tax breaks: Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate To expand the eligibility for certain forest property tax breaks, increase their value, double the number of acres eligible for the tax breaks...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2013 8:32 AM by admin5

February 1, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 61 , Convert Blue Cross to non-profit "regular" insurance company: Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate To convert Blue Cross Blue Shield into a “mutual insurance company” and make it subject to...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2013 3:50 PM by admin5

January 25, 2013 Weekly Roll Call Report

The state House and Senate finalized their organizational details for the new session this week. There was just one final-passage floor vote on a substantive measure, a gun bill, see roll call information below. This report therefore includes several...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2013 12:24 PM by admin5

January 18, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

The Michigan House and Senate are still getting organized for the 2013-2014 legislative session, which among other things requires giving committee assignments to 110 state representatives and 38 state senators. Each legislator serves on three or four...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2013 2:24 PM by admin5

December 14, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

Note: Due to lengthy House and Senate sessions, some votes from this week will be included in the next Roll Call Report. Senate Bill 116 , Make Michigan a "right-to-work" state: Passed 58 to 52 in the House To prohibit employers from enforcing...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2012 10:40 AM by admin5

December 7, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

House Bill 4054 , Make Michigan a "right-to-work" state: Passed 58 to 52 in the House To prohibit employers from enforcing a union contract provision that compels employees to join or financially support a union as a condition of employment...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2012 1:21 PM by admin5

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