2011 Senate Bill 169

Appropriations: 2011-2012 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 22, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R-31)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 26, 2011

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2011-SFA-0169-U.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 28 to 10 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2012 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This would appropriate $71.8 million in gross spending, compared to $76.4 million the previous year. Of this, $14.1 million will come from the federal government, $28.0 million from the state general fund, and most of the rest from certain earmarked taxes and fees.

Received in the House

April 26, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 12, 2011

Substitute offered

To replace the House-passed version of the bill with one that replaces all the appropriations with $100 "placeholders," which is a means of advancing the budget to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 62 to 45 (details)

To "adopt" a version of this budget, but in fact replace all the appropriations with $100 "placeholders." This is essentially a means for sending the budget to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

Received in the Senate

May 12, 2011

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

To concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

May 24, 2011

Received

Passed in the Senate 33 to 4 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the 2011-2012 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This would appropriate $72.2 million in gross spending, compared to $76.4 million the previous year. Of this, $14.1 million will come from the federal government, $28.7 million from the state general fund, and most of the rest from certain earmarked taxes and fees.

Received in the House

May 24, 2011