2013 Senate Bill 401

Senate Roll Call 246: Passed

To require “art institutes” in the state to adopt a code of ethics for museums published by the American Alliance of Museums. Reportedly this is a means of insulating the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection from being sold off should the city file for bankruptcy in federal court. Toward that same end, the bill would prohibit a municipal art museum from being sold, leased, pledged, mortgaged, or otherwise encumbered.

24 Yeas / 13 Nays
Republican (13 Yeas / 13 Nays)
Democrat (11 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (1)