2011-2012 Session	House Committee on Commerce
Bill: HB 4003 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Labor; public service employment; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; prohibit in bargaining agreements and as a condition of employment. Meetings: 4/26/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors on 4/26/2011
Bill: HB 4024 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Agema Subject: Public employees and officers; state; state contractors; require to verify legal residency of employees. Meetings: 6/21/2011 6/22/2011 9/13/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4026 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Agema Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; use of e-verification system by employment agencies; require. Meetings: 6/21/2011 6/22/2011 9/13/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4054 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Knollenberg Subject: Local government; other; right-to-work zone; permit. Meetings: Status: Discharged from Committee on 12/6/2012
Bill: HB 4084 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Slavens Subject: Economic development; downtown development authorities; use of certain revenues for agriculture industry; allow. Meetings: 6/12/2012 Status:
Bill: HB 4114 referred 1/20/2011 Sponsor: Jenkins Subject: Food; other; sale of certain foods produced by a cottage food operation; increase threshold regarding gross sales. Meetings: 9/27/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4144 referred 1/26/2011 Sponsor: Rogers Subject: Economic development; renaissance zones; underdeveloped special assessment district zones; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4157 referred 1/26/2011 Sponsor: Franz Subject: Labor; public service employment; definition of public employee; clarify exclusion of private employees receiving subsidies. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4158 referred 1/27/2011 Sponsor: Lyons Subject: Trade; consumer goods and services; requirement for item pricing of consumer items; repeal. Meetings: 2/1/2011 2/8/2011 2/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 2/15/2011
Bill: HB 4166 referred 2/1/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Employment security; benefits; eligibility for part-time employees and training participants; revise. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4181 referred 2/1/2011 Sponsor: Brown Subject: Worker's compensation; disabilities; occupational cancer; provide presumption for certain firefighters regarding. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4193 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Dillon Subject: Economic development; obsolete property and rehabilitation; obsolete property rehabilitation act; modify eligibility requirements. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4194 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Brunner Subject: Economic development; other; industrial development revenue bond act; modify eligibility requirements. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4195 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Talabi Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; eligibility requirements; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4196 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Bledsoe Subject: Economic development; other; transportation economic development fund; modify eligibility requirements. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4197 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Lane Subject: State financing and management; funds; strategic fund; modify eligibility requirements. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4198 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Slavens Subject: Economic development; brownfield redevelopment authority; eligibility requirements; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4199 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Geiss Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; hiring requirement; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4200 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Stanley Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; requirement for prevailing wage compliance and for legal workers to perform labor on state contracts; establish. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4201 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Brown Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; reporting requirements; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4202 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Townsend Subject: Economic development; renaissance zones; eligibility requirements; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4203 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Lindberg Subject: Economic development; Michigan economic growth authority; eligibility requirements; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4204 referred 2/8/2011 Sponsor: Rutledge Subject: Michigan business tax; other; historic preservation tax credit preferences and penalties under certain circumstances; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4242 referred 2/10/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Higher education; research; exemption of certain intellectual property created for a state university or community college from freedom of information act; revise. Meetings: 5/24/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation to refer the bill to the Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics on 5/24/2011
Bill: HB 4248 referred 2/15/2011 Sponsor: Huuki Subject: Economic development; downtown development authorities; refinancing of certain qualified refunding obligations; allow. Meetings: 2/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 2/22/2011
Bill: HB 4260 referred 2/16/2011 Sponsor: Byrum Subject: Employment security; benefits; look-back period for extended benefits; revise. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4287 referred 2/22/2011 re-referred on 6/30/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; fair and open competition in governmental construction act; create. Meetings: 3/1/2011 3/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as amended on 3/15/2011
Bill: HB 4317 referred 2/23/2011 Sponsor: Callton Subject: Economic development; downtown development authorities; opt-out provision for tax capture; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4363 referred 3/2/2011 Sponsor: Switalski Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; use of credit history in the hiring process; prohibit. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4390 referred 3/8/2011 Sponsor: Stamas Subject: Employment security; other; payment method for unemployment tax; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4394 referred 3/8/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Employment security; benefits; computation and charging of unemployment benefits; modify for continuing employer. Meetings: 6/7/2011 6/14/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/14/2011
Bill: HB 4408 referred 3/9/2011 Sponsor: Stamas Subject: Employment security; administration; fraud control measures and benefit and extended benefit period adjustments; implement. Meetings: 3/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/15/2011
Bill: HB 4448 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Somerville Subject: Employment security; administration; bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation; establish fraud control fund. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4449 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Somerville Subject: Employment security; administration; disposition of interest collected on improper benefits; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4450 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Somerville Subject: Employment security; administration; sanctions for violators; revise disposition of proceeds. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4451 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Somerville Subject: Employment security; administration; disposition of certain interest; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4452 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Yonker Subject: Employment security; benefits; eligibility of educational contractor employees; revise. Meetings: 5/3/2011 5/10/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 5/10/2011
Bill: HB 4493 referred 3/24/2011 Sponsor: Oakes Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; definition of speculative building to include certain existing facilities and revoked certificates; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4494 referred 3/24/2011 Sponsor: Oakes Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; definition of facility to include certain existing facilities; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4516 referred 4/12/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Employment security; benefits; work-sharing program; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4531 referred 4/12/2011 Sponsor: Oakes Subject: Economic development; downtown development authorities; use of certain revenues for agriculture industry; allow. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4552 referred 4/13/2011 Sponsor: Kurtz Subject: Worker's compensation; benefits; certain volunteer registrants; allow to collect worker's compensation insurance through the state under certain circumstances and to make technical corrections concerning reports and application of certain provisions. Meetings: 9/20/2011 9/27/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 9/27/2011
Bill: HB 4563 referred 4/14/2011 Sponsor: Nesbitt Subject: State; escheats; certain business-to-business exemption; provide for. Meetings: 5/17/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 5/17/2011
Bill: HB 4584 referred 4/26/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Occupations; business licensing and regulation; regulatory act for professional employer organizations; revise license term and effective and implementation dates. Meetings: 5/10/2011 5/17/2011 5/24/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 5/24/11
Bill: HB 4611 referred 5/4/2011 Sponsor: Bauer Subject: Civil rights; employment discrimination; discrimination for failing to provide equal compensation for comparable work; prohibit under certain circumstances. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4612 referred 5/4/2011 Sponsor: Hovey-Wright Subject: Crimes; other; provision regarding wage discrimination based on sex; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4613 referred 5/4/2011 Sponsor: Slavens Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; commission on pay equity; establish, and specify duties. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4614 referred 5/4/2011 Sponsor: Brown Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; disclosure of certain wage information upon request; require of employer. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4619 referred 5/5/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Employment security; administration; maximum benefit period; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4620 referred 5/10/2011 Sponsor: Crawford Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; definition of industrial property; expand. Meetings: 6/7/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4637 referred 5/11/2011 Sponsor: Gilbert Subject: Economic development; other; small business and entrepreneurship services office; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4641 referred 5/12/2011 Sponsor: Womack Subject: Economic development; neighborhood enterprise zones; population requirements for eligibility; revise. Meetings: 9/27/2011 10/4/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as subsitute (H-1) on 10/4/2011
Bill: HB 4649 referred 5/17/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Labor; other; information for employees regarding earned income tax credit; require employers to provide. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4675 referred 5/24/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Labor; employment preference; sanctions for advertisements that discriminate in hiring unemployed individuals; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4694 referred 5/31/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Construction; public buildings; bid specifications for certain construction contracts with public agencies; require to indicate characteristics of materials. Meetings: 6/14/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4695 referred 5/31/2011 Sponsor: Shirkey Subject: Education; school districts; certain construction contract bid specifications; require. Meetings: 6/14/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4710 referred 6/7/2011 Sponsor: Kurtz Subject: Trade; vehicles; motor vehicle sales finance act; expand to include nonmotorized recreational vehicles. Meetings: 5/1/2012 5/24/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2012
Bill: HB 4711 referred 6/7/2011 Sponsor: Kurtz Subject: Trade; vehicles; application of retail installment sales act; exclude nonmotorized recreational vehicles. Meetings: 5/1/2012 5/24/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2012
Bill: HB 4726 referred 6/9/2011 Sponsor: Pscholka Subject: Employment security; benefits; volunteer firefighters compensation; exclude from unemployment benefit calculation. Meetings: 6/21/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/21/2011
Bill: HB 4727 referred 6/9/2011 Sponsor: Goike Subject: Labor; youth employment; waiver of work permit for minor performing work as unpaid volunteer for an agricultural fair or exhibition; provide for. Meetings: 6/14/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/14/2011
Bill: HB 4732 referred 6/9/2011 Sponsor: Stamas Subject: Labor; youth employment; youth employment standards; revise maximum number of hours a minor may work. Meetings: 6/21/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/21/2011
Bill: HB 4735 referred 6/14/2011 Sponsor: Hughes Subject: Economic development; economic development corporations; eligibility for property owned by a nonprofit foundation and located in a renaissance zone; extend. Meetings: 6/22/2011 Status:
Bill: HB 4737 referred 6/14/2011 Sponsor: Tlaib Subject: Economic development; renaissance zones; designation of a border crossing renaissance zone; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 4759 referred 6/15/2011 Sponsor: Tyler Subject: Economic development; other; commercial rehabilitation act; modify definition of qualified facility. Meetings: 6/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 6/22/2011
Bill: HB 4781 referred 6/16/2011 re-referred on 10/26/2011 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Employment security; benefits; formula for weekly benefit amounts and seasonal employment; modify. Meetings: 6/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/22/2011
Bill: HB 4782 referred 6/16/2011 re-referred on 10/26/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Employment security; benefits; suitable work requirements; modify. Meetings: 6/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/22/2011
Bill: HB 4788 referred 6/16/2011 Sponsor: Santana Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; definition of "industrial property"; expand to include certain federal reserve bank operations. Meetings: 6/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/22/2011
Bill: HB 4820 referred 6/28/2011 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Economic development; obsolete property and rehabilitation; issuance of an amended certificate for tax abatement on certain projects; allow. Meetings: 6/29/2011 10/25/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 10/25/2011
Bill: HB 4864 referred 3/13/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Crimes; other; obtaining service or property by fraud or deception; prohibit, and provide penalties. Meetings: 9/19/2012 Status:
Bill: HB 4865 referred 3/13/2012 Sponsor: Roy Schmidt Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for obtaining service or property by fraud or deception; enact. Meetings: 9/19/2012 Status:
Bill: HB 4898 referred 9/7/2011 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Labor; hours and wages; family education leave act; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5002 referred 9/22/2011 Sponsor: Jacobsen Subject: Worker's compensation; definitions; definition of disability and conditions on compensation for covered injuries; modify. Meetings: 9/27/2011 10/4/2011 10/19/2011 10/25/2011 10/26/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 10/26/2011
Bill: HB 5038 referred 10/5/2011 Sponsor: Meadows Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; employee right to be free from certain employer-required programs; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5054 referred 10/11/2011 Sponsor: Townsend Subject: Economic development; other; Michigan business corps; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5121 referred 10/25/2011 Sponsor: Johnson Subject: Michigan business tax; credits; qualified film production tax credit; repeal. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5137 referred 11/1/2011 Sponsor: Switalski Subject: Economic development; other; center for microenterprise development; create. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5185 referred 11/29/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Employment security; general amendments; improved solvency of unemployment system; provide for. Meetings: 12/6/2011 12/8/2011 12/13/2011 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as an H-2 substitute
Bill: HB 5215 referred 12/13/2011 Sponsor: Santana Subject: Economic development; development incentives; neighborhood improvement districts; establish. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5245 referred 1/17/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Taxation; hotel-motel tax; collection of interest on delinquent assessment; modify. Meetings: 2/14/2012 3/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 3/6/2012
Bill: HB 5246 referred 1/17/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Economic development; local development financing; number of smart zones; increase. Meetings: 3/20/2012 3/27/2012 5/24/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2012
Bill: HB 5290 referred 1/26/2012 Sponsor: Hooker Subject: Businesses; business corporations; processing of certificate to renew assumed name and fee; revise. Meetings: 9/11/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation for referral to the Committee on Appropriations on 9/11/2012
Bill: HB 5332 referred 1/31/2012 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Income tax; returns; mandatory unitary filing for certain taxpayers with a certificated credit; eliminate. Meetings: 2/7/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 2/7/2012
Bill: HB 5345 referred 2/2/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Health; pharmaceuticals; nonprescription asthma inhalers manufactured in Michigan; provide for labeling of. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5371 referred 2/8/2012 Sponsor: Poleski Subject: Worker's compensation; definitions; employee; modify to create religious exemption. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5412 referred 2/16/2012 Sponsor: Goike Subject: Employment security; benefits; eligibility criteria; disqualify for failing or refusing a drug test. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5419 referred 2/21/2012 Sponsor: Oakes Subject: Labor; hours and wages; leave time for employees to vote on election days; provide for, and provide penalties for noncompliance. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5437 referred 2/23/2012 Sponsor: Zorn Subject: Gaming; lottery; deductions from lottery prize money; require deduction for unemployment compensation debts. Meetings: 6/5/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 6/5/2012
Bill: HB 5446 referred 2/29/2012 Sponsor: Hobbs Subject: Consumer credit; other; nonrecourse mortgage loans; clarify effect of certain mortgage provisions. Meetings: 3/13/2012 3/20/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/20/2012
Bill: HB 5458 referred 3/6/2012 Sponsor: Lyons Subject: Worker's compensation; definitions; wage earning capacity; include corrections officers in alternate definition. Meetings: 11/27/2012 Status:
Bill: HB 5461 referred 3/8/2012 Sponsor: Shaughnessy Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of unemployment compensation fraud involving a knowing false misrepresentation of $3,500.00 to $25,000.00; enact. Meetings: 6/5/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 6/5/2012
Bill: HB 5477 referred 3/15/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: State financing and management; funds; 21st century jobs trust fund; modify. Meetings: 3/20/2012 3/27/2012 5/1/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitue (H-1) on 5/1/2012
Bill: HB 5527 referred 3/29/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Economic development; other; drug testing requirement for certain business executives who receive certain economic development benefits; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5532 referred 4/17/2012 Sponsor: Stallworth Subject: Consumer protection; unfair trade practices; retail sale of goods; prohibit different prices for cash or credit purchases. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5545 referred 4/19/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Labor; hours and wages; compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation; modify provisions. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5554 referred 4/24/2012 Sponsor: LaFontaine Subject: Economic development; other; next Michigan development act; allow voters to petition for a referendum regarding certain interlocal agreements. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5577 referred 4/26/2012 Sponsor: Nesbitt Subject: State; escheats; uniform unclaimed property act; modify look-back period to 5 years. Meetings: 5/15/2012 5/22/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 5/22/2012
Bill: HB 5599 referred 5/8/2012 Sponsor: Brunner Subject: Economic development; other; green to gold revolving loan fund act; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5617 referred 5/10/2012 Sponsor: Zorn Subject: Housing; housing development authority; eligibility for certain residential loans; modify income requirement. Meetings: 5/15/2012 5/29/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/29/2012
Bill: HB 5618 referred 5/10/2012 Sponsor: Shaughnessy Subject: Housing; housing development authority; requirement that multifamily housing project be located in eligible distressed area; eliminate as condition for certain loans. Meetings: 5/15/2012 5/29/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/29/2012
Bill: HB 5619 referred 5/10/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Property tax; exemptions; waiver of specific tax; allow for land sold or conveyed by land bank fast track authority. Meetings: 5/15/2012 Status:
Bill: HB 5620 referred 5/10/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Housing; housing development authority; mortgage credit certificate program; revise eligibility. Meetings: 5/15/2012 5/29/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/29/2012
Bill: HB 5624 referred 5/15/2012 Sponsor: Tlaib Subject: Labor; hours and wages; minimum wage; increase, and index to consumer price index. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5625 referred 5/15/2012 Sponsor: Ananich Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; paid sick leave; require certain employers to provide. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5646 referred 5/16/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Economic development; other; exemption of certain parcels from the eligible tax reverted property specific tax; provide for. Meetings: 5/29/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/29/2012
Bill: HB 5648 referred 5/17/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Housing; housing development authority; expenditures for commercial development; limit. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5649 referred 5/17/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Housing; housing development authority; contracts; prohibit conflicts of interest and require competitive bidding. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5668 referred 5/23/2012 Sponsor: Jacobsen Subject: Vehicles; title; requirement for possession by dealer acquiring vehicle for resale; modify, and make general revisions to title transfer provision. Meetings: 6/5/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 6/5/2012
Bill: HB 5715 referred 5/31/2012 Sponsor: Price Subject: Employment security; contribution rate; computation and charging upon transfer of business; modify for certain employers. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5720 referred 6/1/2012 Sponsor: Horn Subject: Economic development; renaissance zones; extension of certain existing renaissance zones; provide for. Meetings: 6/5/2012 12/4/2012 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation
Bill: HB 5723 referred 6/1/2012 Sponsor: Nesbitt Subject: Worker's compensation; insurers; appointments by the board of governors of the workers' compensation placement facility; authorize inclusion of direct assignment carriers. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5735 referred 6/13/2012 Sponsor: Kurtz Subject: Economic development; plant rehabilitation; exception for tax abatements for certain local governmental units; provide for. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5748 referred 6/14/2012 Sponsor: Olumba Subject: Worker's compensation; exclusive remedy; option to bring civil action; allow worker choice. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5843 referred 9/11/2012 Sponsor: Graves Subject: Crimes; other; organized retail crime act; create. Meetings: 9/19/2012 9/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 9/27/2012
Bill: HB 5892 referred 9/12/2012 Sponsor: Wayne Schmidt Subject: Consumer protection; consumer leases; fee to reinstate after missing a payment; limit and clarify reinstatement rights. Meetings: 9/19/2012 9/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 9/27/2012
Bill: HB 5902 referred 9/13/2012 Sponsor: Graves Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for organized retail crime act violations; enact. Meetings: 9/19/2012 9/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 9/27/2012
Bill: HB 5905 referred 9/13/2012 Sponsor: Pettalia Subject: Liens; other; self-service storage facility liens; revise liability of storage facility, allow for late fees, and allow for additional means of disposing of certain property. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HB 5926 referred 9/19/2012 Sponsor: Jacobsen Subject: Economic development; Michigan strategic fund; community revitalization program; clarify eligible investment definition, allow multiple applicants, and revise disbursement schedule. Meetings: 9/27/2012 11/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 11/27/2012
Bill: HB 6038 referred 11/27/2012 Sponsor: Zorn Subject: Local government; other; resort district board members; revise residency requirement. Meetings: 12/4/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/4/2012
Bill: HB 6067 referred 11/29/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: State; escheats; period of years after which unclaimed property escheats to the state; modify. Meetings: Status:
Bill: SB 12 referred 5/3/2011 re-referred on 2/9/2012 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Employment security; employers; certain practices in the calculation of contribution rate; prohibit. Meetings: 5/24/2011 6/7/2011 6/14/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as amended on 6/14/2011
Bill: SB 116 referred 12/6/2012 Sponsor: Meekhof Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; prohibit in bargaining agreements and as a condition of employment in the private sector. Meetings: Status: Discharged from the comittee on 12/11/2012
Bill: SB 144 referred 3/2/2011 Sponsor: Green Subject: State financing and management; funds; Michigan strategic fund 21st century investments; clarify certain definitions. Meetings: 3/8/2011 3/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/15/2011
Bill: SB 165 referred 6/16/2011 Sponsor: Moolenaar Subject: Construction; contracts; fair and open competition in governmental construction act; create. Meetings: 6/21/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/21/2011
Bill: SB 223 referred 3/17/2011 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Economic development; commercial redevelopment; definition of qualified facility; modify. Meetings: 4/12/2011 4/26/2011 5/3/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/3/2011
Bill: SB 334 referred 5/18/2011 Sponsor: Hildenbrand Subject: Economic development; other; business improvement districts; expand to include townships. Meetings: 9/20/2011 10/4/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 10/4/2011
Bill: SB 483 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Employment security; funds; Michigan employment security financing act to provide for the issuance of bonds; create. Meetings: 12/6/2011 12/8/2011 12/13/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/13/2011
Bill: SB 484 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Employment security; funds; means of financing employment security deficits; modify. Meetings: 12/6/2011 12/8/2011 12/13/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/13/2011
Bill: SB 556 referred 10/6/2011 Sponsor: Proos Subject: State financing and management; funds; Michigan business development program; create. Meetings: 10/18/2011 10/25/2011 11/2/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 11/2/2011
Bill: SB 566 referred 9/20/2011 Sponsor: Pappageorge Subject: State financing and management; funds; community revitalization program; provide for. Meetings: 10/5/2011 10/18/2011 10/25/2011 11/2/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 11/2/2011
Bill: SB 567 referred 9/20/2011 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: State financing and management; funds; community revitalization program; provide for. Meetings: 10/5/2011 10/18/2011 10/25/2011 11/2/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 11/2/2011
Bill: SB 568 referred 9/20/2011 Sponsor: Hansen Subject: State financing and management; funds; community revitalization program; provide for. Meetings: 10/5/2011 10/18/2011 10/25/2011 11/2/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 11/2/2011
Bill: SB 569 referred 11/3/2011 Sponsor: Richardville Subject: Economic development; Michigan strategic fund; film production assistance program; provide for. Meetings: 11/10/2011 11/29/2011 12/1/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/1/2011
Bill: SB 644 referred 10/6/2011 Sponsor: Schuitmaker Subject: State financing and management; funds; use of 21st century jobs trust fund for new brownfield replacement program; allow. Meetings: 10/18/2011 10/25/2011 11/2/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 11/2/2011
Bill: SB 721 referred 1/26/2012 Sponsor: Jones Subject: Occupations; business licensing and regulation; purchases of plastic bulk merchandise containers; regulate dealers and transactions. Meetings: 3/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/27/2012
Bill: SB 722 referred 1/26/2012 Sponsor: Marleau Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of purchasing or selling stolen plastic bulk merchandise containers; provide for. Meetings: 3/27/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/27/2012
Bill: SB 768 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Pappageorge Subject: Crimes; business crimes; possession, manufacturing, installation, transfer, or sale of an automated sales suppression device; prohibit. Meetings: 2/21/2012 4/17/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/16/2012
Bill: SB 769 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Pappageorge Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of selling, manufacturing, installing, transferring, or possessing an automated sales suppression device; enact. Meetings: 2/21/2012 4/17/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 4/16/2012
Bill: SB 806 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Brandenburg Subject: Employment security; general amendments; improved solvency of unemployment system; provide for. Meetings: 12/6/2011 12/8/2011 12/13/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/13/2011
Bill: SB 855 re-referred on 12/13/2011 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Michigan business tax; credits; credit for certain high-powered energy batteries; modify. Meetings: 12/13/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/13/2011
Bill: SB 929 referred 2/23/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: State financing and management; funds; 21st century jobs trust fund; modify. Meetings: 3/27/2012 4/17/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 4/17/2012
Bill: SB 992 referred 3/8/2012 Sponsor: Meekhof Subject: Consumer credit; lending practices; nonrecourse commercial mortgage loans; clarify effect of certain mortgage provisions. Meetings: 3/13/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 3/13/2012
Bill: SB 1004 referred 6/14/2012 Sponsor: Meekhof Subject: Taxation; tobacco; cap on cigar tax and certain notices; provide for. Meetings: 7/18/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 7/18/2012
Bill: SB 1085 referred 5/17/2012 Sponsor: Moolenaar Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; fair and open competition in government contracts act; clarify that the state is acting as a market participant in restricting certain contract requirements. Meetings: 5/22/2012 5/24/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2012
Bill: SB 1094 referred 5/23/2012 Sponsor: Caswell Subject: Employment security; benefits; eligibility when receiving reduced wages under a shared-work plan; allow. Meetings: 5/29/2012 6/5/2012 6/12/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 6/12/2012
Bill: SB 1106 referred 5/23/2012 Sponsor: Caswell Subject: Employment security; benefits; eligibility restrictions that apply to family members of certain business owners; remove. Meetings: 6/5/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/5/2012
Bill: SB 1107 referred 5/23/2012 Sponsor: Brandenburg Subject: Employment security; reports; look-back period in reporting for professional employer organization; modify. Meetings: 6/5/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 6/5/2012
Bill: SB 1119 referred 5/17/2012 re-referred on 7/18/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Housing; housing development authority; oversight for the administration of state and federal housing programs; clarify. Meetings: 5/22/2012 5/24/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/24/2012
Bill: SB 1123 referred 6/7/2012 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Housing; housing development authority; authority to make, purchase, or participate in certain loans; grant. Meetings: 6/12/2012 9/11/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 9/11/2012
Bill: SB 1124 referred 6/7/2012 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Housing; housing development authority; escrow accounts in which authority funds are held; define. Meetings: 6/12/2012 9/11/2012 9/19/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 9/19/2012
Bill: SB 1125 referred 6/7/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Housing; housing development authority; limit on principal amount of bonds and notes; increase. Meetings: 6/12/2012 9/11/2012 9/19/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 9/19/2012
Bill: SB 1210 referred 9/27/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Economic development; brownfield redevelopment authority; community revitalization program and historic resources; include and provide other general amendments. Meetings: 11/27/2012 12/4/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) on 12/4/2012
Bill: SB 1267 referred 9/20/2012 Sponsor: Caswell Subject: Employment security; benefits; sunset for shared-work plan; remove. Meetings: 11/27/2012 12/4/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/4/2012
Bill: SB 1272 referred 9/20/2012 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Employment security; contribution rate; distribution of contributions; modify. Meetings: 11/27/2012 12/4/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/4/2012
Bill: SB 1316 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Businesses; professional corporations; citation to professional service corporation act in public health code; revise. Meetings: 12/05/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as an H-1 substitute
Bill: SB 1317 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Businesses; professional corporations; citation to professional service corporation act in occupational code; revise. Meetings: 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation
Bill: SB 1318 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Schuitmaker Subject: Businesses; professional corporations; citation to professional service corporation act in assumed name statute; revise. Meetings: 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation
Bill: SB 1319 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Jones Subject: Businesses; professional corporations; citation to professional service corporation act in limited liability company act; revise. Meetings: 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation
Bill: SB 1320 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: Businesses; professional corporations; regulation of professional corporations; recodify in business corporation act and make general revisions. Meetings: 12/6/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as an H-1 substitute
Bill: HR 27 referred 2/15/2011 Sponsor: Townsend Subject: A resolution to urge Congress to extend the waiver on interest accrued on advances received by the state for unemployment benefits. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HR 52 referred 3/24/2011 Sponsor: Oakes Subject: A resolution to declare April 12, 2011, as Pay Equity Day in the state of Michigan. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HR 172 referred 12/14/2011 Sponsor: Tlaib Subject: A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact an extension of federal unemployment benefits. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HR 189 referred 2/22/2012 Sponsor: Geiss Subject: A resolution of gratitude to the people of the state of Michigan, the people of the United States of America, the President and Congress for their continued support of the domestic automobile industry. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HR 195 referred 3/1/2012 Sponsor: Pscholka Subject: A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used solely for the dredging, infrastructure, operation, and maintenance of federally authorized ports. Meetings: 5/22/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 5/22/2012
Bill: HR 229 referred 4/17/2012 Sponsor: Brown Subject: A resolution to declare April 17, 2012, as Pay Equity Day in the state of Michigan. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HCR 5 referred 2/15/2011 Sponsor: Townsend Subject: A concurrent resolution to urge Congress to extend the waiver on interest accrued on advances received by the state for unemployment benefits. Meetings: Status:
Bill: HCR 40 referred 12/6/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: A concurrent resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to exercise its oversight responsibilities with regard to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other agreements, compacts, or associations between itself, Canada, and Mexico that may compromise the sovereignty of the United States. Meetings: Status: