SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS
| 2011-2012 Session |
Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Status |
| HB 4005 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Heise | Elections; school; dates of school elections; require to be in November of even numbered years. | 10/4/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 4006 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Heise | Elections; school; technical amendments to revised school code concerning school board elections; provide for. | |
| SB 15 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Jansen | Public employees and officers; other; public employment of individuals convicted of certain offenses; implement prohibition. | |
| SB 40 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Hunter | Public employees and officers; other; candidates for elected public office; implement constitutional prohibition against placement on ballot if convicted of certain offenses. | |
| HB 4115 Referred 11/9/2011 |
Jenkins | Townships; employees and officers; administering oath of office; allow township supervisor to perform. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4121 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Hammel | Elections; other; metropolitan district elections; provide for under the Michigan election law. | 12/14/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| HB 4122 Referred 2/8/2012 |
Hammel | Elections; other; metropolitan district elections; revise. | 12/14/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| SB 49 Referred 1/20/2011 |
Bieda | Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; issue upon voter's request without requiring justification. | |
| SB 76 Referred 1/26/2011 |
Bieda | Elections; registration; electronic submission of voter registration application on secretary of state's website; allow. | |
| HB 4150 Referred 6/28/2011 |
Rogers | Property tax; payment and collection; interest rate on uncollected taxes returned to county for collection; provide option to adjust interest rate. | |
| SB 78 Referred 1/27/2011 |
Gregory | Local government; bonds; provision related to issuance of fiscal stabilization bonds; modify. | |
| SB 88 Referred 1/27/2011 |
Rocca | Elections; petitions; name of individual or organization providing compensation to a circulator of a ballot question petition; require to be printed on the front of the petition. | |
| SB 101 Referred 2/8/2011 |
Bieda | Elections; registration; preregistration to vote at age 16; provide for. | |
| SB 117 Referred 2/9/2011 |
Bieda | Public employees and officers; ethics; financial disclosure report; require certain candidates for elective office and state and local officials to file. | |
| SB 195 Referred 2/23/2011 |
Young | Local government; other; use of inclusionary zoning; allow. | |
| HB 4347 Referred 4/12/2011 |
Zorn | Property tax; other; use of county general funds raised from property taxes; allow transfer to county road fund for road improvements. | 6/16/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 204 Referred 3/1/2011 |
Kowall | Elections; special elections; requirement for a special election when a vacancy occurs in the office of county commissioner during an odd numbered year; eliminate. | 9/15/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 212 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Kahn | Fire; other; firefighter training programs in schools and organized fire departments; provide for. | 4/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 215 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Walker | Counties; boards and commissions; membership on the board of public works; modify. | 4/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 216 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Walker | Public employees and officers; ethics; incompatible offices; provide exception for township supervisor and county board of public works. | 4/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 224 Referred 3/3/2011 |
Kowall | Counties; boards and commissions; membership on the county apportionment commission; modify under certain circumstances. | |
| HB 4419 Referred 6/23/2011 |
Wayne Schmidt | Public employees and officers; ethics; incompatible offices; provide exception for township supervisor and county board of public works. | |
| HB 4436 Referred 5/19/2011 |
Johnson | Property tax; payment and collection; requirement that township offices remain open on certain days for tax payments; apply to payment of a summer tax levy. | 6/9/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 270 Referred 3/17/2011 |
Gleason | Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts. | |
| HB 4458 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Muxlow | Public employees and officers; ethics; dual positions in municipalities of 3,000 or less; permit for fire chief. | 9/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4653 Referred 1/26/2012 |
Forlini | Elections; polling places; displaying the name of any elected or appointed official on materials at public polling locations; prohibit. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4656 Referred 1/26/2012 |
Forlini | Elections; campaign practices; prohibition for politicians' names to be attached to certain election-related materials sent to voters; provide for. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 395 Referred 5/24/2011 |
Robertson | Counties; boards and commissions; act authorizing a county to levy a special tax or appropriate from the county general fund for the purpose of advertising agricultural advantages; repeal. | |
| SB 426 Referred 6/9/2011 |
Colbeck | Elections; school; dates of school elections; require to be in November of even numbered years. | |
| SB 427 Referred 6/9/2011 |
Colbeck | Elections; school; technical amendments to revised school code concerning school board elections; provide for. | 10/4/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 4716 Referred 6/28/2011 |
Olumba | Cities; home rule; provision regarding financial recovery bonds; modify. | 6/30/2011-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| SB 474 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Warren | Elections; registration; resident address on driver license or personal identification card different than resident address on qualified voter file; permit. | |
| SB 475 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Warren | Traffic control; driver license; resident address on driver license different than resident address on qualified voter file; permit. | |
| SB 476 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Warren | Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; allow first-time voters to utilize. | |
| SB 485 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Pappageorge | Cities; home rule; minimum staffing requirements for city employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 486 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Meekhof | Counties; boards and commissions; minimum staffing requirements for county employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 487 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Brandenburg | Counties; charter; minimum staffing requirements for county employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 488 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Robertson | Counties; other; minimum staffing requirements for employees of an optional unified form of county government; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 489 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Hildenbrand | Townships; charter; minimum staffing requirements for charter township employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 490 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Caswell | Townships; general law; minimum staffing requirements for township employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 491 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Robertson | Villages; home rule; minimum staffing requirements for village employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 492 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Booher | Villages; general law; minimum staffing requirements for village employees; prohibit. | 6/22/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 4800 Referred 11/29/2012 |
Walsh | Education; intermediate school districts; timing and manner for submitting regional enhancement property tax question to the intermediate school electors in certain large intermediate school districts; modify. | |
| HB 4838 Referred 1/31/2012 |
Tyler | State; interstate compacts and agreements; mutual aid agreements for certain emergencies; allow. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 584 Referred 8/24/2011 |
Richardville | Elections; primary; presidential primary election date; revise. | 9/15/2011-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| SB 585 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Gleason | Counties; boards and commissions; county apportionment commission establishing single-member county road commission districts; permit. | |
| SB 586 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Gleason | Elections; other; option to elect county road commissioners by geographic districts of equal population; provide for in Michigan election law. | |
| SB 587 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Gleason | Counties; boards and commissions; option to elect county road commissioners by geographic districts of equal population; provide for. | |
| SB 592 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Bieda | Cities; home rule; collection remedies of unpaid blight violations; modify. | |
| HB 4907 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Tyler | Elections; other; filing deadline for local ballot question; modify. |
8/15/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED 9/11/2012-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON Local Government and Elections |
| HB 4909 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Tyler | Townships; other; filing deadline for local ballot question; modify. | |
| HB 4910 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Denby | Local government; authorities; filing deadline for local ballot question involving community swimming pool authority; modify. | |
| HB 4911 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Horn | Local government; authorities; filing deadline for local ballot question involving building authority; modify. | |
| HB 4912 Referred 12/1/2011 |
Knollenberg | Local government; intergovernmental affairs; filing deadline for local ballot question involving a metropolitan council; modify. | |
| SB 629 Referred 9/8/2011 |
Gleason | Elections; recall; criteria for recall petition; amend. | |
| SB 639 Referred 9/13/2011 |
Kahn | Elections; ballots; proof of citizenship for certain candidates to be placed on ballot; require. | |
| SB 684 Referred 9/20/2011 |
Emmons | Property; other; affidavits to correct errors or omissions relating to previously recorded documents; allow. | |
| HB 4992 Referred 12/8/2011 |
Kowall | Elections; ballots; ballot instructions; revise to require placement in voting booth and include with absentee ballots, and make other miscellaneous changes to the Michigan election law. | 5/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 692 Referred 9/22/2011 |
Caswell | Townships; charter; requirement to publish notice of right to referendum; eliminate. | |
| HB 5046 Referred 1/24/2012 |
Haveman | Housing; condominium; date that undeveloped property becomes ownership of association; revise date. | |
| SB 741 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Caswell | Local government; financing; eligibility to issue municipal securities; modify. | |
| HB 5047 Referred 12/14/2011 |
Haugh | Property tax; assessments; use of computerized database as tax roll; allow for county treasurers. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 750 Referred 10/12/2011 |
Robertson | Campaign finance; statements and reports; failure to file certain campaign finance statements; modify penalties. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 751 Referred 10/12/2011 |
Robertson | Elections; qualified voter file; active and inactive qualified voter files; create, require ballot tracker program to be used by local governments, and require the secretary of state to send notice to an elector when receiving a surrendered state driver license of that elector. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 752 Referred 10/12/2011 |
Hansen | Elections; other; absent voting counting board; revise procedure, and require minor political parties to provide notice of county caucus or state convention to nominate candidates. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 753 Referred 10/12/2011 |
Brandenburg | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain campaign finance crimes; create. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 754 Referred 10/12/2011 |
Jansen | Elections; registration; photograph identification for in-person voter registration applicants; require, and provide registration and training of third-party voter registration organizations. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| HB 5058 Referred 3/15/2012 |
Knollenberg | Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; expenditures by candidate committees to defend certain officials in criminal or civil actions; limit. | 5/31/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5059 Referred 3/15/2012 |
Tyler | Campaign finance; statements and reports; ballot question and political party committee filing requirements; modify. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5061 Referred 4/17/2012 |
Jacobsen | Elections; absent voters; photograph identification; require when obtaining an absentee ballot, require certain reporting by local clerks concerning registration affidavits, and require secretary of state to develop information displays indicating that ballot coaching in residential care facilities is prohibited. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| HB 5062 Referred 4/17/2012 |
Forlini | Elections; other; postelection audits and continuing election education programs; add to the Michigan election law and make other miscellaneous changes to the Michigan election law. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| HB 5063 Referred 3/20/2012 |
Tyler | Elections; canvassing; approval by board of canvassers prior to circulating a petition; mandate. | |
| HB 5085 Referred 12/13/2011 |
Shirkey | Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; certain payroll deduction plans used to collect a contribution; prohibit. | 2/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| HB 5086 Referred 12/13/2011 |
Opsommer | Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; prohibition on using public resources to establish or administer certain payroll deduction plans; provide for. | 2/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH AMENDMENT(S) |
| SB 773 Referred 10/20/2011 |
Hune | Education; board members; ineligibility for membership on school board if immediate family member is employed by school district; provide for. | |
| HB 5119 Referred 2/7/2012 |
Outman | Elections; election officials; jurisdiction in which a precinct election inspector may serve; expand. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5127 Referred 2/7/2012 |
McBroom | Elections; ballots; order of nonpartisan offices on an election ballot; modify. | |
| SB 784 Referred 11/1/2011 |
Gleason | Counties; boards and commissions; transfer of functions of an appointed county road commission to the county board of commissioners; provide for. | |
| SB 785 Referred 11/1/2011 |
Gleason | Counties; boards and commissions; powers and duties of appointed county road commissioners to be exercised by the county board of commissioners; provide for. | |
| HB 5142 Referred 2/7/2012 |
Ouimet | Economic development; corridor improvement; certain joint authorities; provide for. | 5/31/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 803 Referred 11/8/2011 |
Booher | Elections; voters; declaration of United States citizenship when voting or applying for an absent voter ballot; require. | 12/6/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 810 Referred 11/10/2011 |
Hansen | Elections; local; village elections to be held in November; require, and permit cities to hold elections in even years. | 11/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 811 Referred 11/10/2011 |
Hansen | Villages; general law; references to September primary election; remove. | 11/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 823 Referred 11/10/2011 |
Robertson | Elections; other; general amendments; provide for. | 2/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 824 Referred 11/10/2011 |
Robertson | Campaign finance; campaign practices; multisection revisions; provide for. | 2/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 825 Referred 11/10/2011 |
Robertson | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations; enact. | 2/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 826 Referred 11/29/2011 |
Colbeck | Animals; dogs; transport of unlicensed dogs to animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; require. | |
| SB 866 Referred 12/6/2011 |
Robertson | Transportation; other; submission of transit authorities' ballot language; require by twelfth Tuesday before election. | |
| SB 896 Referred 1/19/2012 |
Schuitmaker | Campaign finance; campaign practices; automated campaign telephone calls; require to identify who paid for call. | |
| HB 5269 Referred 3/14/2012 |
Hughes | Occupations; notaries public; crimes requiring revocation of notary's commission; revise. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5296 Referred 5/8/2012 |
Jackson | Cities; home rule; population threshold; revise reference to 600,000 or more. | |
| HB 5297 Referred 3/20/2012 |
Outman | Elections; absent voters; federal write-in absentee ballot; expand to include state and local candidates and ballot questions, and include certain reporting requirements for local clerks. | 6/13/2012-DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED |
| HB 5335 Referred 2/29/2012 |
LeBlanc | Civil rights; open meetings; physical presence required for vote; clarify. | |
| HB 5404 Referred 5/23/2012 |
Zorn | Land use; land division; landlocked cemeteries; prohibit in land division and platting processes. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1073 Referred 5/2/2012 |
Robertson | Civil procedure; evictions; eviction procedures and personal property disposal act; enact. | 6/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5573 Referred 5/15/2012 |
Forlini | Townships; charter; establishment and maintenance of a free public library; revise population threshold. | 6/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1105 Referred 5/1/2012 |
Brandenburg | Townships; charter; establishment and maintenance of a free public library; revise population threshold. | |
| SB 1167 Referred 6/5/2012 |
Meekhof | Villages; home rule; procedure for disincorporation; provide for. | 6/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1168 Referred 6/6/2012 |
Robertson | Housing; inspection; inspection fees, inspection intervals, registration fees, and local units subject to housing law; modify. | |
| SB 1169 Referred 6/6/2012 |
Hunter | Elections; offenses; penalty imposed for perjury; increase. | |
| SB 1170 Referred 6/6/2012 |
Hunter | Elections; offenses; provision relating to penalty of perjury; expand to include a person who assists another person in committing perjury. | |
| SB 1197 Referred 6/14/2012 |
Johnson | Elections; registration; automatic voter registration when receiving driver license or identification card; provide for. | |
| SB 1219 Referred 7/18/2012 |
Booher | Elections; voters; declaration of United States citizenship when voting or applying for an absent voter ballot; require. | |
| SB 1220 Referred 7/18/2012 |
Schuitmaker | Torts; governmental immunity; liability for sewer system backups; require amount of economic damages to be determined by a hearing officer. | |
| SB 1228 Referred 8/15/2012 |
Jones | Campaign finance; campaign practices; do-not-call list for automated political telephone calls; provide for. | |
| HB 5801 Referred 11/29/2012 |
Franz | State; interstate compacts and agreements; state and province emergency management assistance agreement; establish. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5839 Referred 11/29/2012 |
Knollenberg | Property tax; delinquent taxes; county treasurer's collection of a commission on delinquent property taxes; eliminate. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1244 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Jones | Communications; broadcasting; local zoning restrictions for amateur radio; require to conform to federal regulations. | 12/11/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1254 Referred 9/11/2012 |
Young | Elections; absent voters; electronic return of absentee ballots for overseas and military voters; allow. | |
| SB 1270 Referred 9/12/2012 |
Whitmer | Elections; absent voters; overseas and military voters; allow absentee ballots postmarked by the close of the polls on election day to be counted and tabulated. | |
| SB 1271 Referred 9/12/2012 |
Whitmer | Elections; registration; electronic registration for voting and address revisions; allow, and clarify secretary of state's powers and duties. | |
| SB 1299 Referred 9/20/2012 |
Meekhof | Counties; financing; retention of certain recording fees, otherwise deposited in state survey and remonumentation fund; allow for certain counties as reimbursement for cost of expediting survey and remonumentation plan. | 11/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1300 Referred 9/20/2012 |
Meekhof | State financing and management; funds; eligibility for grants from state survey and remonumentation fund; eliminate for counties retaining certain recording fees as reimbursement for costs of expediting survey and remonumentation plan. | 11/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1368 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Caswell | Local government; intergovernmental affairs; interlocal agreements under the urban cooperation act of 1967; provide for additional requirements. | |
| SB 1385 Referred 11/27/2012 |
Johnson | Counties; charter; filling a vacancy in the office of elected county executive; provide for. |