2023 Senate Bill 191

Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for.

A bill to make appropriations for the department of corrections for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

Introduced in the Senate

March 15, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Sue Shink (D-14)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2023

Reported with substitute S-3

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

May 9, 2023

Reported with substitute S-3

Substitute S-3 concurred in by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

1.

Amend page 46, following line 5, by inserting:

“Sec. 715. Pursuant to part F in policy directive 04.01.110, the 72 hour advance notice required by the department for any prison visit or tour shall not apply to a currently elected and serving member of the Michigan legislature. Legislators must inform the warden of the intended visit and must be allowed entrance to the correctional facility without the required 72 hour notice.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

1. Amend page 21, line 3, after “315.” by inserting “(1)”.

2. Amend page 21, following line 9, by inserting:

“(2) Additionally, the department shall submit a monthly report indicating each incident in which an employee was required to work mandatory overtime within the 32-hour period following the beginning of the last overtime shift of more than four hours the employee worked (two hours for employees assigned to 12-hour shifts).

(3) Unless an emergency has been declared by the director, each violation of the 32-hour mandatory overtime rule as set forth by the department shall result in the reduction in the director’s salary by $50 per violation.

(4) Funds appropriated in part 1 for employee travel to conferences and award-granting events must be reported by March 1 to report recipients as listed in section 205. Additionally, funds appropriated in part 1 for employee travel to conferences and award-granting events cannot be used if violations of the 32-hour mandatory overtime rule as described in subsection 2 exceed 1% of total shifts worked.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

1. Amend page 4, line 21, after “positions” by striking out “669.0” and inserting “677.0”.

2. Amend page 4, following line 21, by inserting:

“Body-worn cameras—FTEs

8.0

$

3,767,600”

3. Amend page 4, line 22, after “43.0” by striking out “$”.

4. Amend page 5, line 3, after “$” by striking out “124,724,800” and inserting “128,492,400”.

5. Amend page 5, following line 5, by inserting:

“Coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund

3,767,600”

6. Amend page 8, following line 15, by inserting:

“Body-worn cameras

$

3,300,000”

7. Amend page 8, line 16, after “Life” by striking out “$”.

8. Amend page 8, line 21, after “$” by striking out “4,000,000” and inserting “7,300,000”.

9. Amend page 8, following line 22, by inserting:

“Federal revenues:

Coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund

3,300,000”

and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Joseph Bellino (R-16)

1. Amend page 23, line 12, after “$” by striking out “65.00” and inserting “75.00”.

2. Amend page 23, line 14, after “$” by striking out “55.00” and inserting “65.00”.

3. Amend page 23, line 16, after “$” by striking out “40.00” and inserting “50.00”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

1. Amend page 2, line 22, after “7.0” by striking out “2,732,000” and inserting “3,732,000”.

2. Amend page 3, line 3, after “$” by striking out “119,306,700” and inserting “120,306,700”.

3. Amend page 3, line 11, after “$” by striking out “101,990,000” and inserting “102,990,000”.

4. Amend page 3, line 20, by striking out all of line 20.

5. Amend page 3, line 27, after “$” by striking out “126,349,600” and inserting “124,349,600”.

6. Amend page 4, line 4, after “$” by striking out “124,002,000” and inserting “122,002,000”.

7. Amend page 8, line 20, after “facilities” by striking out “1,500,000” and inserting “2,500,000”.

8. Amend page 8, line 21, after “$” by striking out “4,000,000” and inserting “5,000,000”.

9. Amend page 8, line 23, after “$” by striking out “4,000,000” and inserting “5,000,000”.

The amendment was withdrawn

Amendment offered by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

1.

Amend page 43, following line 15, by inserting:

“Sec. 709. If a female prisoner in a facility funded from appropriations in part 1 consents to a visitor being present, the department shall allow that 1 person to be present during the prisoner’s labor and delivery. The person allowed to accompany the prisoner must be an immediate family member, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner. The department is authorized to deny access to a visitor if the department has a safety concern with that visitor’s access. The department is authorized to conduct a criminal background check on a visitor.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

1. Amend page 12, line 20, after “211.” by striking out “(1)”.

2. Amend page 12, line 21, after “$” by striking out “10,000,000.00” and inserting “2,500,000.00”.

3. Amend page 12, line 26, by striking out the balance of the page through “18.1393.” on line 14 of page 13.

and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Rick Outman (R-33)

1.

Amend page 15, following line 23, by inserting:

“Sec. 219. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this part, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, inter-transfer funds within this part for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

1.

Amend page 10, following line 18, by inserting:

“Sec. 203a. The department must create, by December 15, 2023, a standard set of definitions for violence, riots, protests, abuse, harm, disorderly incidents, and other acts of inmates against officers and staff, along with a system for reporting such and aggregating and presenting the data publicly. The definitions and associated handling of the data must be created through the APA process.”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Jonathan Lindsey (R-17)

1.

Amend page 39, following line 24, by inserting:

“Sec. 608. The department shall not use any state funds provided in part 1 for any costs associated with gender reassignment treatments, including gender reassignment surgery.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Received in the House

May 10, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations