Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2011, to grant limited immunity to bowling alleys for the liability associated with a very narrow class of “slip-and-fall” lawsuits involving bowling shoes that have been worn outside facility, if the facility complies with certain public notice requirements the bill would establish. Reportedly bowling alleys are getting sued more since a state bar and restaurant smoking ban, because bowlers in bowling shoes step out for a smoke

The vote was 30 in favor, 8 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 276 at Senate Journal 0)

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Yet one more "unintended" consequences of a bad law.

 I'm not surprised by Senator Marleau voting for this because he also voted for the smoking ban, but what the devil is wrong with the rest of them? It seems like we have far too many in the Lansing Senate that want very much to micro-manage every nuance of our lives!
What next - assign a policeman to every adult when they get ready to cross the street?

SENATE REPUBLICANS who voted in favor --
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)