2009 House Bill 5469 ↩

Senate Roll Call 729: Passed

To authorize a total of up to $120 million in subsidies for three electric car battery makers, Ford, GM and a German company called "Fortu." The maximum subsidy for any one of the firms would be $78 million, with the amount determined by certain specified production and investment benchmarks.

32 Yeas / 3 Nays

Republican (18 Yeas / 3 Nays)

Allen (R-37) Birkholz (R-24) Bishop (R-12) Brown (R-16) Cropsey (R-33) George (R-20) Hardiman (R-29) Jansen (R-28) Jelinek (R-21) Kahn (R-32) Kuipers (R-30) McManus (R-35) Nofs (R-19) Pappageorge (R-13) Patterson (R-7) Richardville (R-17) Stamas (R-36) Van Woerkom (R-34)	Cassis (R-15) Gilbert (R-25) Sanborn (R-11)

Democrat (14 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Anderson (D-6) Basham (D-8) Brater (D-18) Cherry (D-26) Clark-Coleman (D-3) Clarke (D-1) Gleason (D-27) Hunter (D-5) Jacobs (D-14) Olshove (D-9) Scott (D-2) Switalski (D-10) Thomas (D-4) Whitmer (D-23)

Excused or Not Voting (3)

Garcia (R-22) Barcia (D-31) Prusi (D-38)