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  • July 6, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    The Michigan Legislature has entered a summer recess. Many bills were passed in the legislative sessions just before the break. Senate Bill 1041 : Subject legislator communications to FOIA Introduced by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D), to expand government...

  • June 22, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    The Michigan Legislature has entered a summer recess. Many bills were passed in the legislative sessions just before the break. Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 1129 , Authorize local “pension obligation bonds”: Passed 25 to 11...

  • June 15, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting House Bill 5699 , Cut state income tax: Passed 31 to 7 in the Senate To move forward to Oct. 1 2013 an income tax cut from 4.35 percent to 4.25 percent that under current law will happen on Jan, 1, 2013. Who Voted "Yes"...

  • June 8, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 1125 , Authorize more state government housing subsidy debt: Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate To increase from $3 billion to $4.2 billion the amount of debt the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA...

  • June 1, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting House Bill 5365 , 2012-2013 state budget (non-education part): Passed 20 to 16 in the Senate The non-education part of an "omnibus" state government budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2012. (House...

  • May 18, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 1040 , Adopt school employee pension reforms: Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate To close the current "defined benefit" public school pension system to new employees hired starting in 2013, and instead...

  • May 11, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 1069 , Cut tax imposed on manufacturers' tools and equipment: Passed 23 to 14 in the Senate To eliminate (starting in 2015) the so-called “personal property tax” on tools and equipment used by...

  • May 4, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Among other actions this week, the House and Senate in effect rejected all the budgets passed by the other body the previous week, which is a procedural means of getting these into conference committees to work out the differences. The goal is to complete...

  • April 27, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Senate Bill 961 , Senate version of next year's public school budget: Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate The Senate version of the public school budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $12.71 billion, compared to $12.66...

  • April 20, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    In both the House and Senate, this week was dominated by appropriations committee deliberation on the state budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1. There were only a few final-passage floor votes on noteworthy bills, or ones of general interest...

  • April 13, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    The House and Senate are in the midst of a two-week break, so rather than votes, this report instead contains several newly introduced bills of interest. Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 943 : Authorize extra punishment for threats to politicians...

  • March 30, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    Senate Bill 291 , Final vote on repeal motorcycle operation: Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate To repeal the mandatory helmet requirement for a motorcycle operator who is age 21 or older, has been riding for at least two years or passes a safety test, and...

  • March 23, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    MichiganVotes.org sends a weekly report to newspapers and TV stations around the state showing how state legislators in their service area voted on the most important or interesting bills of the past week. Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 1018...

  • March 16, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    MichiganVotes.org sends a weekly report to newspapers and TV stations around the state showing how state legislators in their service area voted on the most important or interesting bills of the past week. Y = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting Senate Bill 756...

  • March 9, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

    House Bill 4929 , Ban using public school resources to deduct union dues: Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate; Passed 56 to 54 in the House To prohibit school districts from using public resources (including their payroll processing systems) to deduct union...
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