2011 Senate Bill 871

House Roll Call 450: Passed

To appropriate additional funds for various state departments and programs, and revise previously approved Medicaid and welfare appropriations downward to reflect reduced caseloads. Among new spending authorized by the bill is $2 million for government jobs programs in Detroit and some other cities, $9 million for specific environmental cleanup projects, $3.5 million to fight recent U.P. fires and more. $15 million for the crop loss subsidies proposed by House Bill 5717 is authorized but not actually appropriated. The bill also allocates $97 million from a national mortgage foreclosure legal settlement to various spending.

79 Yeas / 31 Nays
Republican (62 Yeas / 2 Nays)
Democrat (17 Yeas / 29 Nays)