2010 Senate Bill 1153 / Public Act 188

Appropriations: 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 24, 2010

Introduced by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R-33)

To provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 23, 2010

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 the bill that would require the state to open the operation of one prison to competitive bids, and privatize the prison if the cost would be less than one managed by the Department of Corrections. Although adopted, this version was subsequently replaced by another with no competitive bidding.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget does not contain the privatization provisions of the version previous adopted. For details of the entire budget see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2009-SFA-1153-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D-18)

To strip out a provision establishing as the "intent of the legislature" that the department investigate placing prisoners less than age 19 in the Maxey/Woodland center correctional facility.

The amendment failed 15 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $1.999 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.930 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009, and $1.967 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm. Only $7.8 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

March 23, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 2, 2010

Reported without amendment

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

June 9, 2010

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Democratic-majority in the House on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/House/pdf/2009-HLA-1153-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Alma Smith (D-54)

To expand a proposed review of health care costs and compensation rates to include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos (R-79)

To cut the "inmate housing" line-item by $320 million, and direct the department to figure out how to accomplish this by lowering annual per-prisoner spending by $7,111, which would reportedly lower the figure to the average cost per prisoner in "comparable" states.

The amendment failed 43 to 64 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos (R-79)

To cut $68 million, which reportedly equals increases for employee salaries and wages, insurance, and retirement benefits.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. John Proos (R-79)

To cut $49 million, which reportedly is the amount that the legislature's failure to stop a 3 percent state government employee <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2010-SCR-35">pay increase</a> will cost in the Department of Corrections.

The amendment failed by voice vote

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

To require the department to send to the legislature a monthly listing of all expenditures.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 44 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.082 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.930 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009, $1.967 billion proposed by Gov. Granholm, and $1.999 billion passed by the Senate. Only $7.8 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the Senate

June 10, 2010

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 13 to 22 (details)

Sept. 21, 2010

Received

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.007 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.930 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009. Only $7.8 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 22, 2010

Passed in the House 64 to 42 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Sept. 30, 2010