2006 House Bill 5818 ↩

Senate Roll Call 541: Passed

To allow a court to award attorney and expert witness fees to a low income person who brings an unsuccessful challenge to a government taking of his or her property under eminent domain. This would not apply to challenges of road projects. The bill has a one-year sunset, making it an "experiment" unless renewed.

37 Yeas / 0 Nays

Republican (22 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Allen (R-37) Birkholz (R-24) Bishop (R-12) Brown (R-16) Cassis (R-15) Cropsey (R-33) Garcia (R-22) George (R-20) Gilbert (R-25) Goschka (R-32) Hammerstrom (R-17) Hardiman (R-29) Jelinek (R-21) Johnson (R-13) Kuipers (R-30) McManus (R-35) Patterson (R-7) Sanborn (R-11) Sikkema (R-28) Stamas (R-36) Toy (R-6) Van Woerkom (R-34)

Democrat (15 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Barcia (D-31) Basham (D-8) Brater (D-18) Cherry (D-26) Clark-Coleman (D-3) Clarke (D-1) Emerson (D-27) Jacobs (D-14) Olshove (D-9) Prusi (D-38) Schauer (D-19) Scott (D-2) Switalski (D-10) Thomas (D-4) Whitmer (D-23)

Excused or Not Voting (1)

Leland (D-5)