General Government

2012 Senate Bill 1160 (Authorize mortgage fraud restitution, plus other spending )

Votes Admin — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:57:28 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on May 31, 2012, to create a state fund to make restitution payments to victims of fraudulent mortgage foreclosure relief scams, but which would be explicitly allowed to also pay for a broad range of unrelated state government spending. This relates to money Michigan will receive in a national mortgage foreclosure lawsuit settlement

The vote was 29 in favor, 8 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 471 at Senate Journal 0)

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2013 House Bill 4138 (Prohibit Michigan National Guard executing federal “indefinite detention” )

Votes Admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:11:03 GMT

Introduced in the House on January 30, 2013, to prohibit members of the Michigan National Guard or other state and local government employees from participating in the investigation, prosecution, or detention of any person under a recent federal law giving the current or a future President the power to order the indefinite detention of persons arrested on U.S. soil, without charge or trial (“section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Year 2012”)

The vote was 109 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting

(House Roll Call 86 at House Journal 0)

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2013 House Bill 4506 (Ban running for office with outstanding criminal fines )

Votes Admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:06:58 GMT

Introduced in the House on April 9, 2013

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2013 Senate Bill 291 (Elect U.S. presidents by a national popular vote )

Votes Admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:00:35 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2013

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2013 Senate Bill 291 (Elect U.S. presidents by a national popular vote )

Votes Admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:59:43 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2013

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2012 Senate Bill 1172 (Extend foreclosure restrictions sunset )

Votes Admin — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:22:56 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on June 6, 2012, to extend for another two years the Dec. 31, 2012 sunset on a 2009 law that forces mortgage lenders to attempt to negotiate revisions in the terms of delinquent loans before they can proceed to a “foreclosure by advertisement” (instead of the more costly judicial foreclosure process)

The vote was 37 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 685 at Senate Journal 0)

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2013 House Bill 4479 (Let candidates pay campaign finance fines with contributor money )

Votes Admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:58:03 GMT

Introduced in the House on March 19, 2013

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2013 House Bill 4435 (Democratic campaign finance regulation and ethics package )

Votes Admin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:36:00 GMT

Introduced in the House on March 12, 2013

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2013 House Bill 4435 (Democratic campaign finance regulation and ethics package )

Votes Admin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:21:08 GMT

Introduced in the House on March 12, 2013

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2013 Senate Bill 260 (Allow 16 and 17 year olds to "preregister" to vote )

Votes Admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:25:13 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on March 12, 2013

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2013 House Bill 4372 (Establish English as official state language )

Votes Admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:45:35 GMT

Introduced in the House on March 6, 2013

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2013 Senate Bill 94 (Prohibit Michigan National Guard executing federal “indefinite detention” )

Votes Admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:40:35 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on January 29, 2013

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2013 House Bill 4252 (Allow no-reason absentee voting )

Votes Admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:35:49 GMT

Introduced in the House on February 13, 2013

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2013 House Bill 4263 (Designate "Michigan Man" as official state song )

Votes Admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:29:33 GMT

Introduced in the House on February 14, 2013

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2011 Senate Bill 495 (Increase various vehicle registration taxes and more )

Votes Admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on June 16, 2011

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2013 House Bill 4058 (Allow no-reason absentee voting )

Votes Admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:26:24 GMT

Introduced in the House on January 22, 2013

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2012 House Bill 5790 (Earmark court money to new Detroit crime lab )

Votes Admin — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:45:34 GMT

Introduced in the House on July 18, 2012

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2012 House Bill 6060 (Give county officials power to halt recall as "non-factual")

Votes Admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:23:35 GMT

Introduced in the House on November 28, 2012, to require county election commissions to determine whether the reasons for a recall petition are stated both "factually and clearly." Under current law, they must simply determine whether the recall language is clear. Note: This may violate Article 8, Section 8 of Michigan's constitution, which asserts that recallers don't have to justify their reasons, but only make them clear

The vote was 65 in favor, 43 opposed and 2 not voting

(House Roll Call 685 at House Journal 0)

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2012 House Bill 6040 (Allow election day voter registration )

Votes Admin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:39:35 GMT

Introduced in the House on November 27, 2012

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2011 House Bill 4653 (Ban office-holder names on polling place materials )

Votes Admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:39:34 GMT

Introduced in the House on May 18, 2011, to prohibit the name of an elected or appointed official from being printed on any election-related material that is posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on Election Day, subject to fines of $100 to $250. House Bill 4656 would apply the prohibition to absentee ballot materials given or mailed to a voter, and passed by the same margin

The vote was 106 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 not voting

(House Roll Call 6 at House Journal 0)

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2012 House Bill 6020 (Ban paying ballot initiative petitioners by the signature )

Votes Admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:11:42 GMT

Introduced in the House on November 8, 2012

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2012 House Bill 5768 (Prohibit Michigan National Guard executing federal “indefinite detention” )

Votes Admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:29:56 GMT

Introduced in the House on June 14, 2012

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2012 House Bill 5764 (Respect adoption agency rights of conscience )

Votes Admin — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:23:24 GMT

Introduced in the House on June 14, 2012

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2012 House Bill 5973 (Allow election day voter registration )

Votes Admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:42:10 GMT

Introduced in the House on October 17, 2012

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2012 House Bill 5972 (Allow 16 and 17 year olds to "preregister" to vote )

Votes Admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:40:35 GMT

Introduced in the House on October 17, 2012

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