2008 House Bill 6427 ↩

Senate Roll Call 888: Passed

To allow a full-time armed forces member’s spouse who quits a job due to military duty reassignment to still qualify for unemployment benefits. Ordinarily, if a person quits a job he or she is not eligible for unemployment benefits.

37 Yeas / 0 Nays

Republican (20 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) Hardiman (R-29) Jansen (R-28) Jelinek (R-21) Kahn (R-32) Kuipers (R-30) McManus (R-35) Pappageorge (R-13) Richardville (R-17) Sanborn (R-11) Stamas (R-36) Van Woerkom (R-34)

Democrat (17 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Anderson (D-6) Barcia (D-31) 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) Prusi (D-38) Schauer (D-19) Scott (D-2) Switalski (D-10) Thomas (D-4) Whitmer (D-23)

Excused or Not Voting (1)

Patterson (R-7)