Introduced by Rep. Timothy Beson R-Bay City on January 27, 2021
To appropriate $393.5 million state dollars to give property tax and other relief to “afflicted businesses” impacted by state coronavirus lockdowns including restaurants and bars, “exercise facilities, “recreation facilities or places of public amusement,” and “entertainment venues." Also, to appropriate $150 million to the state unemployment insurance system “for offsetting expected exposure to state fraud and improper payments" during the epidemic. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 27, 2021
Reported in the House on February 3, 2021
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered by Rep. Rachel Hood D-Grand Rapids on February 4, 2021
To withhold the proposed assistance to Michigan businesses that suffered due to state lockdowns unless lawmakers agree to extend the limit on Michigan unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 26 weeks.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 4, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Tyrone Carter D-Detroit on February 4, 2021
To appropriate $5 million for the legilslature.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 4, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Shri Thanedar D-Detroit on February 4, 2021
To appropriate $241 million for certain corporate and developer subsidies, and for various social welfare type benefits to individuals involved in certain government job training programs.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 4, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Amos O'Neal D-Saginaw on February 4, 2021
To spend $5 million to hire a particular nonprofit to provide "pre-apprenticeship program for energy" for "residents from underrepresented groups and economically distressed communities, providing them with the skills needed for entry into federally registered apprenticeships in the energy sector".
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 4, 2021
To appropriate $2.309 billion in state and federal epidemic relief dollars, with $1.677 federal money and $632 million coming from state taxpayers. Of this, $600 million would go for food stamps, $150 million for unemployment benefits, $150 million to temporary raises for front-line social welfare direct care workers, $110 million for vaccines, $547 million for more coronavirus testing and lab grants, $282 million in rental housing subsidies of which $62 million is for administration, $300 million state dollars for property tax relief and much more. Of the testing and lab grant dollars, $347.3 million can only be spent if a bill passes limiting state health department emergency orders to 28 days without legislative approval (see Senate Bill 1).
Received in the House on March 3, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Samantha Steckloff D-Farmington Hills on March 3, 2021
To strip out a provision requiring COVID vaccine recipients to be informed if the vaccine's development used aborted fetal tissue or human embryonic stem cells.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 3, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Felicia Brabec D-Ann Arbor on March 3, 2021
To delete $207.5 million federal dollars coronavirus testing and lab grants.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 3, 2021
Substitute offered by Rep. Joe Tate D-Detroit on March 3, 2021
To adopt a version of the bill that reflects the preferences of the Democratic caucus.
The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on March 3, 2021
To override Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's line-item veto of $150 million in state aid for businesses afflicted by coronavirus epidemic lockdowns, and another $150 million for deposit in the state's unemployment insurance account to "offset expected exposure to state fraud and improper payments" during the epidemic.