Nov. 9 Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report

To require drivers to slow to 10 mph below the posted speed limit when passing police or emergency vehicles on the side of the road, and also require this when passing roadside tow trucks, garbage trucks, maintenance and utility vehicles that have amber lights flashing. Violations would be a civil offense subject to a $400 fine. The bill does not define which posted limit on freeways would apply (the one for cars, for trucks, for work-zones, etc.). Senate Bill 477.

To permit some “retired” individuals formerly employed by the legislature to return to work as a legal counsel and collect both a paycheck and a state pension check. House Bill 6379.

To extend for another five years the sunset on a program authorized by a 2008 law that allows community colleges to borrow up to $50 million to provide job training subsidies for particular employers, and which earmarks future state income tax withheld by those firms from these employees to repay the debt. House Bill 5697.