STATE OF MICHIGAN
Journal of the Senate
101st Legislature
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
Senate Chamber, Lansing, Thursday, June 9, 2022.
10:00 a.m.
The Senate was called to order by the President, Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist II.
The roll was called by the Secretary of the Senate, who announced that a quorum was present.
Alexander—present Horn—present Polehanki—present
Ananich—present Huizenga—present Runestad—present
Barrett—present Irwin—present Santana—present
Bayer—present Johnson—present Schmidt—present
Bizon—present LaSata—present Shirkey—present
Brinks—present Lauwers—excused Stamas—present
Bullock—present MacDonald—present Theis—present
Bumstead—present McBroom—present VanderWall—present
Chang—present McCann—present Victory—excused
Daley—present McMorrow—present Wojno—present
Geiss—present Moss—present Wozniak—present
Hertel—present Nesbitt—present Zorn—present
Hollier—present Outman—present
Senator Michael D. MacDonald of the 10th District offered the following invocation:
Dear Lord, we gather in these chambers with passion and purpose in our hearts. We ask You to guide us today as we have made decisions and work together to encourage each other toward excellence. We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, led the members of the Senate in recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Motions and Communications
Senator LaSata moved that Senators Schmidt and Stamas be temporarily excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senator LaSata moved that Senators Lauwers and Victory be excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Stamas entered the Senate Chamber.
Senator Chang moved that Senators Ananich and Geiss be temporarily excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Ananich entered the Senate Chamber.
House Bill No. 5041
The motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Messages from the House
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” (MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 552.
The House of Representatives has substituted (H-2) the bill.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill as substituted (H-2), ordered that it be given immediate effect and pursuant to Joint Rule 20, inserted the full title.
Pursuant to rule 3.202, the bill was laid over one day.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Statements
The motion prevailed.
Senator McMorrow’s statement is as follows:
Today I’d like to read an excerpt from the congressional testimony of Dr. Roy Guerrero from Uvalde, Texas.
It was right around
lunchtime on a Tuesday that a gunman entered the school through the main door
without restriction, massacred 19 students and two teachers and changed the way
every student at Robb and their families will remember that school, forever. I doubt
they’ll remember the smell of the cafeteria or the laughter ringing in the
hallways. Instead they’ll be haunted by the memory of screams and bloodshed,
panic and chaos. Police shouting, parents wailing. I know I will never forget
what I saw that day.
I raced to the hospital to find parents outside yelling children’s names in desperation and sobbing as they begged for any news related to their child. Those mother’s cries I will never get out of my head. As I entered the chaos of the ER the first casualty I came across was Miah Cerrillo. She was sitting in the hallway. Her face was still, she was clearly in shock, but her whole body was shaking from the adrenaline coursing through it. The white Lilo and Stitch shirt she wore was covered in blood and her shoulder was bleeding from a shrapnel injury. Sweet Miah. I’ve known her her whole life. As a baby she survived major liver surgeries against all odds. And once again she’s here. As a survivor. Inspiring us with her bravery in telling her story. Thank you Miah.
I had heard from some nurses that there were “two dead children” who had been moved to the surgical area of the hospital. … What I did find was something no prayer will ever relieve.
Two children, whose bodies had been so pulverized by the bullets fired at them, over and over again, whose flesh had been so ripped apart, that the only clue as to their identities were the blood spattered cartoon clothes still clinging to them. Clinging for life and finding none. I could only hope these two bodies were the tragic exception to the list of survivors. But as I waited there with my fellow Uvalde doctors, nurses, first responders and hospital staff for the other casualties we hoped to save, they never arrived. All that remained was the bodies of 17 more children and the two teachers who cared so much for them, who dedicated their careers to nurturing and respecting the awesome potential of every single one.
Innocent children all over the country today are dead because laws and policy allows people to buy weapons before they’re legally even old enough to buy a pack of beer. They are dead because restrictions have been allowed to lapse. They’re dead because there are no rules about where guns are kept. Because no one is paying attention to who is buying them.
The thing I can’t figure out is whether our politicians are failing us out of stubbornness or passivity or both. I said before that as grown ups we have a convenient habit of remembering the good and forgetting the bad. Nevermore so than when it comes to our guns. Once the blood is rinsed away from the bodies of our loved ones, and scrubbed off the floors or the schools and supermarkets and churches, the carnage from each scene is erased from our collective conscience and we return once again to nostalgia.
My oath as a doctor means that I signed up to save lives. I do my job. I guess it turns out that I am here to plead. To beg. To please, please do yours.
Senator Runestad’s statement is as follows:
Well, in Education Committee this week, we voted out House Bill No. 5097. This bill would provide the core academic curriculum, developed by any school district, could not in any way include anything that could be understood as implicit race or gender stereotyping. This stereotyping would be defined by the bill as, “a set of statements, beliefs, or ideas that conform wholly or in part with the following general or particular statements.”
So in other words, if this bill passed—became law—this is what the teachers could not teach in school: “That all individuals comprising a racial or ethnic group or gender hold a collective quality or belief;” “That individuals act in certain ways or hold certain opinions because of their race or gender”—wow; “That individuals are born racist or sexist by accident of their race or gender”—that’s what the teachers are not going to be able to teach; “That individuals bear collective guilt for historical wrongs committed by their race or gender”—I remember the Nazis used that on the Jews; “That race or gender is a better predictor of outcome than your character, work ethic, or skills”—wow, we need to teach that; “That cultural norms or practices of a racial or ethnic group or gender are flawed and must be eliminated or changed to conform with those of another racial or ethnic group or gender;” “That racism is inherent in individuals from a particular race or ethnic group or that sexism is inherent in…a particular gender;” “That a racial or ethnic group or gender is in need of deconstruction, elimination, or criticism;” “That the actions of individuals serve as an indictment against the race or gender of those individuals”—one person does something, you indict all that entire race.
Now the Democrats understand perfectly well that it is absolutely permissible within this bill for the educators to talk candidly about historical wrongs such as slavery, or the Holocaust, or any other event that has components of racial or gender hatred. The main issue here is that many of the Democrat legislators want to advance these very horrific ideas that are prohibited in the bill. The kinds of precepts that have led to the mass murder of millions of people across the generations. They want to teach that.
So when this bill came up for a floor vote in the House chamber, the Democrats were faced with a real conundrum. On the one hand, if they voted “no” on the bill, they’d have to go back to their districts and explain to their enraged constituents why they support the teaching and advancing of the vilest form of despicable race and gender hatred in the classrooms. But, on the other hand, to vote “yes” meant that they’d have to enrage the educrats of the educational establishment that want to teach this garbage. Then suddenly, like a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky, the solution appeared. The Democrats caucused and then declared, Shazam, we have simply to sit on our hands and refuse to vote either way. And so that is what they did. The entire Democratic House Caucus refused to vote “yes” or “no” on a bill on the chamber floor. In questioning local political historians, none have ever heard of an entire caucus sitting on its hands and refusing to vote on a bill on the floor.
So, Tuesday in Education Committee, the two Democrats in an effort to save themselves, whipped out the same playbook and with their hair on fire, bolted high speed out of the committee door to avoid having to take a vote on this bill. As the political storm clouds created by Biden gather, it will be interesting to see if the Senate Democrats replicate their House colleagues’ strategy and simply refuse to vote on this bill when it is put on the floor in a desperate attempt to save their own political skins.
Senator Polehanki’s statement is as follows:
As one of the Democratic legislators who walked out in protest of House Bill No. 5097 yesterday, I feel the need to respond to the direct attack from the Senator from the 15th District. I am tired of white legislators like the Senator from the 15th District and the Senator from the 22nd District lecturing Black people that the United States is post-racial—we’re done with race—and that things like privilege or oppression based on race no longer exists, because that is the premise of the Senator from the 15th District’s diatribe just now.
House Bill No. 5097—the Beeler bill—is yet another in a long line of happy history bills introduced by Republicans across the country which are designed to terrify teachers into avoiding any meaningful discussion about racial discrimination on pain of losing their jobs or causing school funding to be withheld. We did this once, the Senator from the 6th District and I, with Senate Bill No. 460. We sat through that. That bill says 5 percent of a school’s funding could be withheld if a teacher says one race is fundamentally oppressed. Read the bill; it’s in the last line.
We could be talking about the teacher shortage; classroom sizes that are too large; or even something as mundane as fixing schools’ broken heating, cooling, and ventilation systems; but instead we have legislators trying to score political points in my opinion, Mr. President, during a primary by furthering a fake scandal called critical race theory, that it’s a scandal in Michigan schools. It was invented by a white guy who has actually been invited to speak in the Education and Career Readiness Committee in the Michigan Senate. He’s a circuit speaker; I’m not going to dignify this body by saying his name.
The United States is not post-racial. I’m white, and I know that, but why don’t you ask my colleague from the 6th District if the United States is post-racial and we should stop all talk about racial discrimination in schools. It’s painful to have to sit through that, so we walked out and I’d do it again.
Senator Geiss entered the Senate Chamber.
Senator Moss’ statement is as follows:
You know, there’s a theme here—listen to people who don’t share the experiences you have. We’re better off for it. We’re better off including diverse voices in policy-making, and to that end it is Pride Month.
Pride Month started in 1970 on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion and in these last 52 years of Pride, we’ve made a tremendous amount of progress as a community—especially during my adult life, with warp speed. In 2010, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; in 2015, the landmark marriage equality ruling; in 2020, affirming federal workplace discrimination protections. And even here in this Senate, a small but symbolic resolution with last year’s first-ever recognition of Pride Month in Michigan, and we have an opportunity to adopt that exact same resolution here again.
But while we’ve had past Pride
Months’ of celebration and progress, I have to admit this Pride Month feels
different, and must return us to our roots of activism. I often get asked—or,
rather, told in the comments section—no one cares about your private life, why
do you have to flaunt it around? Well, the reality is that obviously there are
people who do care and spend a lot of energy trying to pray or legislate us
away. If we aren’t visible, they will try to tell you who we are; if we aren’t
political, they will whip up the politics against us. And now the new flavor of
hate is suddenly coming after drag queens without knowing that the history of
our movement was propelled 53 years ago at Stonewall by drag queens. I wouldn’t
mess with them.
We’re not suddenly going to let up now. I can promise you that. We’re on guard. We’re on guard for our entire lives. We were made for this moment. And still, we are a community that extends grace to those who are willing to learn more, change their minds, and become new allies. We depend on support from the majority communities because there aren’t that many of us—despite the loud, angry voices who belligerently claim that we’re trying to make everyone gay and trans. We’re not. As much as you really wouldn’t want me to date your sister or your daughter, I don’t want any straight person or cisgender person to change who they are. We want everyone to comfortably live their own lives without government interference—especially the gay and trans kids who need to know there is a future for them too. That’s what Pride Month is about—displaying the vibrant community that we are for those who need to find us.
So this Pride Month resolution should be adopted again. My challenge to you is to do that and to be willing to turn it into action. There are Pride Month celebrations all throughout Michigan this month. I’ll be at the Motor City Pride Parade this weekend, which is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march in Detroit. I encourage my colleagues to join with our community. Come to the festival. Enjoy a drag performance. Learn about how you can help us advance equality. Let’s adopt this resolution. Happy Pride Month.
Senator Bumstead’s statement is as follows:
Today I rise and express my support for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians proposed casino in Muskegon County. Remember, Muskegon Matters; 3,000 jobs matter. I stand here today as the voice of Muskegon County to once again urge Governor Whitmer to do what is right and approve the Muskegon casino.
Twelve years ago, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians started working through the U.S. Department of Interior process to apply for the new casino. Finally, on December 16, 2020, the Department of Interior approved the proposal for the casino project in Muskegon County. In order for this project to move forward, our Governor must provide her approval.
Last December, the Governor asked the federal government for a six-month extension so that she could further review this project. The extension was granted and now the deadline for her to grant the approval of 3,000 jobs in my district is just days away. Unfortunately, Governor Whitmer has not communicated with me, tribal leadership, or community members from Muskegon County about what she will do. That is unacceptable.
The Governor continues to receive pressure from casinos in Detroit and others around our state who are worried that this new project will be competition for them. This should not be part of the debate. This project should be decided on its merits and its ability to provide an enormous economic impact on Muskegon County. So many times, here on the Senate floor, I hear my colleagues asking us to support legislation to provide incentives for job providers to expand their businesses or locate here in Michigan. These legislative incentives come with a price tag that is paid for by all of the taxpayers of Michigan.
Governor, we have a project in Muskegon County that is the best scenario. It will provide 3,000 jobs to our local community and it costs taxpayers nothing. It’s a no-brainer. Let’s remove the politics and sign off on this project today. In addition to the creation of more than 3,000 jobs, the approval of this casino will attract more visitors to Muskegon, which will positively impact the local hospitality industry in Muskegon. It will positively impact the local hospitality, bring more tourism to our state, and have a positive fiscal impact for the state and local government.
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians have done everything asked of them by the federal and state government, for over a decade, to get this project approved and it is beyond past time to break ground on this casino. Thousands of West Michigan’s constituents have reached out to my office, as well as the Governor’s office, to voice their support for the casino and it feels like their voices have not been heard.
We have seven days left before this win for our state expires. Governor Whitmer, you have the power, with the stroke of your pen, to provide economic prosperity for Muskegon County and its residents. Without her support, we lose 3,000 good-paying jobs for my constituents and the people of West Michigan. The casino needs to be approved and it needs to happen now. In one week, the deadline for the approval expires and there is no going back. Governor, show Michiganders that Muskegon matters and approve this casino.
Senator Horn’s statement is as follows:
I just wanted to get up and talk to my colleagues about an op-ed column I penned this past weekend. I spent some time on Mackinac Island during the policy conference talking to stakeholders of all sorts, city mayors and managers, industry leaders, school leaders, college and university presidents, and it dawned on me, I don’t know why it took me this long, Mr. President, as chair of the Economic and Small Business Development Committee working the past seven and a half years on workforce development, that Michigan needs to grow by a million people. We can’t afford to wait so I created what I’m calling my Million People Project—Project 1MP.
If you look back at the Lost Decade, the years between 2005 and 2015, we lost a million people—talented people, skilled people—from the state of Michigan. We lost 340,000 manufacturing jobs. We know what it’s like to suffer a million people leaving the state of Michigan. In the meantime, we stayed flat in our population but other states grew. We lost a congressional district, lost clout in Washington, D.C., and we struggle for workforce. We’re on a treadmill with the population we have, Mr. President. Our population is smart, they’re talented, and they move from job to job. We spend tens and hundreds of millions of dollars on workforce training to train people from one position to another, but we’re not gaining anything. When Michigan loses population, we lose. When we stay stagnant in our population, we lose. There’s only one way for Michigan to win and that’s to grow.
The beauty of Project 1MP as I talk to leaders across the state is that they don’t have to do anything different than what they’re doing. All they have to do is what they do very well. When they do what they do very well, they run into obstacles, and it’s up to us partnering with our local communities, with our industries, as a state of Michigan, to overcome those obstacles. What are those obstacles? It’s an interesting question to ask. When I ask a city mayor—because we have to grow by ten percent to make that million as a state of Michigan—if a city is going to grow by ten percent, what’s it going to take? If a college is going to grow by ten percent, what’s it going to take? We’re going to have to fill up our schools. When we bring in a million people, Mr. President, we’ve just changed 60 by 30 because we’re bringing in skilled people, we’re bringing in people with degrees from around the country and from around the world—international students, international faculty, international engineers, engineers and skilled trades people from Tennessee, from the Texas tech corridor, from Silicon Valley, from the innovation centers in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Virginia because we’re doing all these innovative things.
The Governor made some really good proposals; I support many of them, to get innovation back in the state of Michigan to grow our entrepreneurship, to grow our businesses, to grow our industries, and I’ll bet you, Mr. President, that amongst those million people we’re going to find a few carpenters to help us build the homes we need. When we get those families bringing their kids to our schools, they’re going to be buying their cars to get to work right here and the sales tax on those cars is going to be going right back into those schools to make them better.
There’s only one way for Michigan to win, and that’s to grow. I hope my colleagues will join me in Project 1MP.
Recess
Senator LaSata moved that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair.
The motion prevailed, the time being 10:29 a.m.
The Senate was called to order by the President pro tempore, Senator Nesbitt.
During the recess, Senator Schmidt entered the Senate Chamber.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
General Orders
The motion prevailed, and the President pro tempore, Senator Nesbitt, designated Senator Barrett as Chairperson.
After some time spent therein, the Committee arose; and the President pro tempore, Senator Nesbitt, having resumed the Chair, the Committee reported back to the Senate, favorably and without amendment, the following bills:
House Bill No. 4799, entitled
A bill to enact the uniform assignment of rents act; to provide for the creation, perfection, and enforcement of security interests in rents; to provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236,
entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending section 3204 (MCL
600.3204), as amended by 2018 PA 15.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled “Probate code of 1939,” by amending section 16 of chapter XIIA (MCL 712A.16), as amended by 2019 PA 102.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20158.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 218, entitled “Adult foster care facility licensing act,” by amending section 11 (MCL 400.711), as amended by 2016 PA 525.
A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled “Skilled trades regulation act,” (MCL 339.5101 to 339.6133) by adding section 218.
Senate Bill No. 1035, entitled
A bill to amend 1969 PA 242, entitled “An act to provide for the registration of trademarks and service marks; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officers and agencies; to prescribe remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1 (MCL 429.31), as amended by 1984 PA 203.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” by amending section 707 (MCL 436.1707), as amended by 2008 PA 11.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” by amending section 502 (MCL 436.1502), as amended by 2020 PA 112.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled “Youth employment standards act,” by amending section 15 (MCL 409.115).
A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “Occupational code,” (MCL 339.101 to 339.2677) by adding section 218.
The bills were placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.
House Bill No. 5686, entitled
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “The state school aid act of 1979,” by amending section 18 (MCL 388.1618), as amended by 2021 PA 48.
Substitute (S-1).
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Introduction and Referral of Bills
Senate Joint Resolution P, entitled
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 1 of article II, to provide that at a primary election a citizen who will be 18 years of age on or before the date of the next November election and who is otherwise qualified to vote may vote at that primary election.
The joint resolution was read a first and second time by
title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Johnson, Runestad, Bizon, Victory, Lauwers and Wozniak introduced
Senate Bill No. 1069, entitled
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 932b.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Johnson introduced
Senate Bill No. 1070, entitled
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 11d of chapter XVII (MCL 777.11d), as amended by 2018 PA 661.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senator Schmidt introduced
Senate Bill No. 1071, entitled
A bill to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled “General sales tax act,” by amending section 25 (MCL 205.75), as amended by 2021 PA 108.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senators Ananich and Nesbitt introduced
Senate Bill No. 1072, entitled
A bill to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled “General sales tax act,” by amending section 1 (MCL 205.51), as amended by 2018 PA 2.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Ananich introduced
Senate Bill No. 1073, entitled
A bill to amend 2003 PA 258, entitled “Land bank fast track act,” by amending sections 4, 13, and 14 (MCL 124.754, 124.763, and 124.764).
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Ananich introduced
Senate Bill No. 1074, entitled
A bill to amend 1933 PA 94, entitled “The revenue bond act of 1933,” by amending section 18 (MCL 141.118), as amended by 1987 PA 229.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator McBroom introduced
Senate Bill No. 1075, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 186, entitled “Tax tribunal act,” by amending sections 31 and 35a (MCL 205.731 and 205.735a), as amended by 2008 PA 125.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator McBroom introduced
Senate Bill No. 1076, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 186, entitled “Tax tribunal act,” by amending section 3 (MCL 205.703), as amended by 2008 PA 125, and by adding section 38.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator McBroom introduced
Senate Bill No. 1077, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 186, entitled “Tax tribunal act,” by amending section 3 (MCL 205.703), as amended by 2008 PA 125, and by adding section 38.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator McBroom introduced
Senate Bill No. 1078, entitled
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending sections 627 and 679a (MCL 257.627 and 257.679a), section 627 as amended by 2019 PA 31.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Senators Runestad, Wojno, Chang and Wozniak introduced
Senate Bill No. 1079, entitled
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending sections 1168, 1278, and 1279g (MCL 380.1168, 380.1278, and 380.1279g), section 1168 as added and sections 1278 and 1279g as amended by 2016 PA 170.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 316, entitled “Michigan education trust act,” by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1424).
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending section 20a (MCL 257.20a), as amended by 2012 PA 239.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Announcements of Printing and Enrollment
The Secretary announced that the following bills and resolution were printed and filed on Wednesday, June 8, and are available on the Michigan Legislature website:
Senate Resolution No. 150
House Bill Nos. 6169 6170
Committee Reports
The Committee on Natural Resources reported
Senate Bill No. 563, entitled
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending section 80198b (MCL 324.80198b), as amended by 2007 PA 8.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Ed McBroom
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators McBroom, Bumstead, Outman, Schmidt and McCann
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the
committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Natural Resources submitted the following:
Meeting held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators McBroom (C), Bumstead, Outman, Schmidt and McCann
The Committee on Agriculture reported
Senate Bill No. 802, entitled
A bill to designate the official native grain of this state.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Kevin Daley
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Daley, Victory, Lauwers, Polehanki and Brinks
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Agriculture reported
Senate Bill No. 1058, entitled
A bill to amend 1931 PA 189, entitled “The insect pest and plant disease act,” (MCL 286.201 to 286.228) by adding section 17a.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Kevin Daley
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Daley, Victory, Lauwers, Polehanki and Brinks
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Agriculture reported
House Bill No. 5588, entitled
A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled “Dog law of 1919,” by amending section 14a (MCL 287.274a), as added by 2006 PA 551.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Kevin Daley
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Daley, Victory, Lauwers, Polehanki and Brinks
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Agriculture reported
House Bill No. 5589, entitled
A bill to amend 1988 PA 426, entitled “An act to regulate dangerous animals; to provide for the confinement, tattooing, or destruction of dangerous animals; and to provide penalties for the owners or keepers of dangerous animals that attack human beings,” by amending the title and section 2 (MCL 287.322).
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Kevin Daley
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Daley, Victory, Lauwers, Polehanki and Brinks
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Agriculture submitted the following:
Meeting held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Daley (C), Victory, Lauwers, Polehanki and Brinks
The Committee on Finance reported
House Bill No. 4534, entitled
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled “The general property tax act,” by amending sections 7cc and 53b (MCL 211.7cc and 211.53b), section 7cc as amended by 2020 PA 96 and section 53b as amended by 2020 PA 206.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Runestad
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Runestad, Nesbitt, Daley, Bumstead, VanderWall and Chang
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Finance submitted the following:
Meeting held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., Room 1200, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Runestad (C), Nesbitt, Daley, Bumstead, VanderWall and Chang
Excused: Senator Alexander
The Committee on Appropriations reported
Senate Bill No. 78, entitled
A bill to provide for a capital outlay program and for certain state departments; to implement the program in the budgetary process; to make appropriations for planning and construction at state institutions and the acquisition of land; to provide for the elimination of fire hazards at the institutions; to provide for special maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or demolition of structures and additions to projects at state institutions; to provide for elimination of occupational safety and health hazards at state agencies and institutions; to provide for the awarding of contracts; and to provide for the expenditure of appropriations under the supervision of the director of the department of technology, management, and budget and the state administrative board.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Stamas
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Stamas, Bumstead, Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Schmidt, Victory, Daley, Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier, Irwin, McCann and Santana
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
House Bill No. 5569, entitled
A bill to amend 1846 RS 14, entitled “Of county officers,” by amending section 77 (MCL 51.77), as amended by 1982 PA 313.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Stamas
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Stamas, Bumstead, Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Runestad, Schmidt, Victory, Daley, Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier, McCann and Santana
Nays: Senator Irwin
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
House Bill No. 5732, entitled
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” by amending section 1201 (MCL 436.2201).
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Stamas
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Stamas, Bumstead, Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Runestad, Schmidt, Victory, Daley, Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier, McCann and Santana
Nays: Senator Irwin
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
House Bill No. 5772, entitled
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending section 181 (MCL 600.181), as amended by 2016 PA 292.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Stamas
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Stamas, Bumstead, Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Runestad, Schmidt, Victory, Daley, Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier, McCann and Santana
Nays: Senator Irwin
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
House Bill No. 5773, entitled
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Jim Stamas
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Stamas, Bumstead, Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Runestad, Schmidt, Victory, Daley, Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier and McCann
Nays: Senators Irwin and Santana
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Appropriations submitted the following:
Meeting held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
Present: Senators Stamas (C), Bumstead,
Barrett, Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Outman, Runestad, Schmidt, Victory, Daley,
Huizenga, Hertel, Bayer, Hollier, Irwin, McCann and Santana
Health Policy and Human Services – Wednesday, June 15, 8:30 a.m., Room 1200, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-5323
Judiciary and Public Safety – Tuesday, June 14, 8:30 a.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-5312
Senator LaSata moved that the Senate adjourn.
The motion prevailed, the time being 11:21 a.m.
The President pro tempore, Senator Nesbitt, declared the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
MARGARET O’BRIEN
Secretary of the Senate