FINAL PASSAGE

HB 4458 (Miller)

House Bill 4458 would add trauma scene clean-ups under the Medical Waste Act, impose new regulations on medical waste disposal procedures and require new medical waste treatment technology to be reviewed and approved by the state.

• HB 4458 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4458 was passed [RC 197: 72 yes, 36 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4459 (Miller)

House Bill 4459 would amend the public health code to require state registration and regulation of trauma scene waste management practitioners, who engage in the cleanup, handling, and transport of waste from a trauma scene.

• Miller substitute H-2 adopted
• HB 4459 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4459 was passed [RC 198: 72 yes, 36 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4694 (Sheltrown)

House Bill 4694 amends PA 451 of 1994, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. The bill would simply update references in this act to refer to the new Uniform Securities Act that passed last session.

• HB 4694 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4694 was passed [RC 199: 108 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4695 (Clemente)

House Bill 4695 amends PA 314 of 1965, the Public Employee Retirement System Investment Act. The bill would simply update references in this act to refer to the new Uniform Securities Act that passed last session.

• Melton-1 withdrawn
• HB 4695 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4695 was passed [RC 203: 109 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4696 (Coulouris)

House Bill 4696 amends PA 270 of 1984, the Michigan Strategic Fund Act. The bill would simply update references in this act to refer to the new Uniform Securities Act that passed last session.

• HB 4696 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4696 was passed [RC 200: 107 yes, 1 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4367 (Stanley)

House Bill 4367 would permit a qualified Michigan voter to vote by absentee ballot without providing a reason.

• Committee substitute H-1 adopted
• McMillin 1A not adopted
• McMillin 1B not adopted
• Paul Scott 1C not adopted
• HB 4367 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4367 was passed [RC 201: 79 yes, 30 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4700 (Segal)

House Bill 4700 amends the recreational authorities act by adding school districts to the definition of municipalities, allowing them to establish a recreational authority with one or more municipalities.

• Melton substitute H-2 adopted
• Bolger 1A adopted
• HB 4700 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4700 was passed [RC 202: 68 yes, 41 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 145 (Barcia)

Senate Bill 145 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the fair market value of property to be ordered as part of a defendant's restitution to a victim.

Barcia is sponsor.

• Amendment adopted
• SB 145 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 145 was passed [RC 204: 109 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 146 (Cropsey)

Senate Bill 146 amends the William Van Regenmorter Crime Victims Rights Act to allow the fair market value of property to be ordered as part of a defendant's restitution to a victim.

Cropsey is sponsor.

• Schuitmaker-1 adopted
• SB 146 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 146 was passed [RC 205: 109 yes, 0 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4070 (Rocca)

The bill would amend the Insurance Code to prohibit insurance companies from increasing the premium for an automobile or home insurance policy during the term of the policy. The only exception to this would be if the premium had been based on materially incorrect information provided by the applicant or insured.

• Committee substitute S-1 adopted
• HB 4070 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4070 was passed [RC 206: 63 yes, 46 no]
• IE was ordered

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

HR 74 (Warren)

The resolution urges Congress to fundamentally reform the federal Toxic Substances Control Act by: strengthening requirements to generate and disclose information used in hazard assessments; requiring hazard assessments to identify chemicals that may be safer substitutes for other chemicals and to identify chemicals with the greatest potential or actual risks to public health and the environment; including mechanisms to motivate investment in industrial and commercial application of green chemistry, including technology development and transfer, education, and technical assistance.

• HR 74 was adopted

HCR 20 (Kennedy)

A concurrent resolution calling on Governor Granholm to divest all state money from certain hedge funds refusing to accept a settlement on the Chrysler bonds they hold and urging other states to divest their holdings in these hedge funds, should these hedge funds fail to agree on a bond settlement before today's deadline on concluding an agreement.

• HCR 20 was adopted [RC 207: 75 yes, 34 no]

HR 90 (Melton)

A resolution calling on Governor Granholm to divest all state money from certain hedge funds refusing to accept a settlement on the Chrysler bonds they hold and urging other states to divest their holdings in these hedge funds, should these hedge funds fail to agree on a bond settlement before today's deadline on concluding an agreement.

• HR 90 was adopted [RC 208: 76 yes, 33 no]

HR 89 (Scripps)

A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act.

• HR 89 was adopted [RC 209: 102 yes, 6 no]