2011 Senate Bill 177

Appropriations: 2011-2012 General Government

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 22, 2011

Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 General Government 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-0177-U.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency. This was amended to require the department to report on potential savings from enrolling government employees in Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) rather than their current health insurance fringe benefits.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 24 to 14 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-2012 General Government budget, which funds a number of state departments. This would appropriate $3.355 billion in gross spending, compared to $3.321 billion the previous year. Of this, $674.5 million will come from the general fund, $1.734 billion from "restricted funds," or earmarked tax and fee revenue, and $273.0 million from the federal government. $958.9 million of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments, compared to $1.05 billion million the previous year, but $200 million of this is contingent on individual local governments adopting more transparency, service consolidation, employee pension reforms and increased employee health benefit cost-sharing.

Received in the House

April 27, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 12, 2011

Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 62 to 46 (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

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.

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

May 25, 2011

Received

Passed in the Senate 23 to 14 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the 2011-2012 General Government budget, which funds a number of state departments, including some recently transferred to this budget with the creation of a new Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. This would appropriate $3.897 billion in gross spending. Of this, $724.7 million will come from the general fund, $1.726 billion from "restricted funds," or earmarked tax and fee revenue, and $768.0 million from the federal government. $958.9 million of this budget is paid out in revenue sharing to local governments, compared to $1.05 billion million the previous year, but $200 million of this is contingent on individual local governments adopting more transparency, service consolidation, employee pension reforms and increased employee health benefit cost-sharing.

Motion

To give the bill immediate effect.

The motion failed 25 to 11 (details)

Motion by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

The bill be given immediate effect.

The motion passed 26 to 11 (details)

Received in the House

May 26, 2011