CONFERENCE REPORTS

SB 250 (Garcia)

Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs appropriations for fiscal year 2009-2010.

• Conference report returned to the conference committee because language included in conference report not agreed to by the committee.

THIRD READING

SB 634 (Cassis)

The bill would amend the Revised School Code to require the Michigan Department of Education, by January 1, 2010, to develop or adopt a model early intervention program for kindergarten to third grade.

• Anderson-1 (School Bullying) not adopted [RC 465: 16 yes, 21 no]
• SB 634 was passed [RC 466: 37 yes, 0 no]

GENERAL ORDERS

SB 641 (Jansen)

The bill would change the State Housing Development Authority Act, to delete an enacting section that tie-bars Public Act 456 to House Bills 5437 and 5438 of the 2007-2008 legislative session. (House Bill 5437 was enacted as Public Act 454 of 2008, which amended the General Property Tax Act to exempt supportive housing property from the tax levied by a local school district for school operating purposes. House Bill 5438 was not enacted.)

• SB 641 advanced to 3rd Reading

SB 671 (Cassis)

The bill amends MBT to allow GMAC to carry forward its favorable apportionment treatment with regards to how it calculates its sales factor.

• SB 671 advanced to 3rd Reading