2018 Senate Bill 848 / Public Act 207

Appropriations: “Omnibus” budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 27, 2018

Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R-29)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2018-2019 “Omnibus” budget funding all state departments. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 10, 2018

Passed in the Senate 25 to 10 (details)

Received in the House

May 10, 2018

May 15, 2018

Substitute offered by Rep. Laura Cox (R-19)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains no appropriations except a few $100 "placeholders" on some line items.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 105 to 3 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate without any actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The House has actually passed its version of the full budget in two "omnibus" bills, House Bills 5578 and 5579.

Received in the Senate

May 16, 2018

May 23, 2018

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

Received in the House

May 23, 2018

June 12, 2018

Passed in the House 66 to 43 (details)

The “omnibus” non-education state government budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2018. This authorizes $39.937 billion in spending, up from $38.786 billion authorized the year before. Of this amount, $20.847 billion is federal money, and $19.091 billion comes from state taxpayers. The education budget (including K-12, community colleges and state universities) is in House Bill 5579 and proposes spending another $16.843 billion. All told, the legislature authorizes $56.780 billion next year, vs. $53.667 billion originally approved for the current year.

Received in the Senate

June 12, 2018

Passed in the Senate 33 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

June 21, 2018