2009-2010 Session House Committee on Government Operations
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Bill/Resolution Sponsor Subject Meetings Status
HB 4043
referred
2/26/2009
Meltzer State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing all state expenditures; create.
HB 4110
referred
1/22/2009
LeBlanc State; symbol; official Scottish tartan of this state; establish. 12/15/2009 Reported with recommendation on 12/15/2009
HB 4121
referred
2/26/2009
McMillin State agencies (existing); management and budget; certain detailed requirements for budget expenditures to be posted on state website; implement, and provide penalty for noncompliance.
HB 4128
referred
2/4/2009
Hammel Property tax; assessments; limitation on taxable value based on change in SEV; implement. 2/17/2009 Reported with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Tax Policy on 2/17/2009
HB 4133
referred
2/4/2009
Calley Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; eliminate.
HB 4135
referred
2/4/2009
Calley Property tax; assessments; increase in taxable value of property if market value is decreasing; prohibit. 2/17/2009 Reported with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Tax Policy on 2/17/2009
HB 4150
referred
2/26/2009
Opsommer State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing state expenditures; create.
HB 4179
referred
2/5/2009
Opsommer State agencies (existing); other; report on recovery of federal reimbursement for costs associated with illegal immigrants; provide for.
HB 4181
referred
2/5/2009
Denby Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employee access to health plan that is available to state employees; provide for. Reassigned to the Committee on Health Policy on 2/5/2009
HB 4194
referred
2/5/2009
Slavens Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; eliminate. Discharged from Committee on 2/2/2010
HB 4217
referred
2/10/2009
Miller Energy; other; use of high-efficiency lightbulbs and electronic ballasts in public facilities; require. 3/3/2009 Reported with recommendation on 3/3/2009
HB 4228
referred
2/10/2009
McMillin Local government; public services; public entities competing against private competition; prohibit under certain circumstances.
HB 4229
referred
2/10/2009
Durhal Legislature; other; Michigan legislative funeral act; create.
HB 4275
referred
2/17/2009
McMillin Public employees and officers; state; health care benefits for state employees; limit.
HB 4363
referred
2/19/2009
Rocca State financing and management; purchasing; buy Michigan first directive; expand to include as a secondary option to then buy American.
HB 4612
referred
3/18/2009
Lund Civil rights; open meetings; open meetings act; increase penalties and eliminate intent requirement.
HB 4613
referred
3/18/2009
Lund Civil rights; public records; freedom of information act; revise exemptions.
HB 4722
referred
3/26/2009
Scripps State financing and management; purchasing; financial and employment information to be posted on state website; require. 3/31/2009 Reported with recommendation on 3/31/2009
HB 4816
referred
4/21/2009
Walsh State financing and management; purchasing; requirement for the state to determine true cost and to bid out the function of payroll processing in certain circumstances; provide for.
HB 4981
referred
5/21/2009
Ball Retirement; legislative; minimum age and years of service to receive health care benefits; establish, and establish percentage formula that legislators will pay for health care benefits.
HB 4988
referred
5/26/2009
Meekhof Administrative procedure; rules; review of existing and new rules; provide for on a periodic basis. 3/23/2010
HB 4995
referred
5/26/2009
Lahti State; publications; requirement to include the Upper Peninsula in any publication of a map or depiction of the state of Michigan; provide for. 7/14/2009 Reported with recommendation on 7/14/2009
HB 5019
referred
5/28/2009
Rick Jones Retirement; legislative; graduated system for health insurance benefits eligibility; implement.
HB 5030
referred
5/28/2009
Spade Retirement; state employees; early out retirement option for certain state employees; provide for.
HB 5224
referred
8/4/2009
Opsommer Legislature; legislative agencies; requirement for certain printed publications distributed to legislators; eliminate.
HB 5304
referred
9/2/2009
Miller Family law; marriage and divorce; specific appropriation of marriage licenses; modify.
HB 5305
referred
9/2/2009
Meadows Family law; marriage and divorce; marriage license fee; increase.
HB 5306
referred
9/2/2009
Kowall State financing and management; purchasing; competitive bidding process for certain lease agreements; provide for.
HB 5324
referred
9/9/2009
Constan State; historic sites; placement of plaques honoring various amendments to the United States constitution on the capitol grounds; provide for.
HB 5511
referred
10/13/2009
Knollenberg Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; documentation for expense allowance of constitutional offices; require.
HB 5615
referred
12/1/2009
LeBlanc Legislature; reports; distribution of official house and senate journals to legislators; modify.
HB 5646
referred
12/3/2009
Constan Human services; medical services; certain notice requirements when filing a complaint or settling a claim without filing a complaint; clarify.
HB 5647
referred
12/3/2009
Tyler Agriculture; associations and commissions; powers and duties of the commission of agriculture; restore.
HB 5648
referred
12/3/2009
Byrum Agriculture; associations and commissions; ability of the commission of agriculture to appoint director; restore.
HB 5673
referred
12/9/2009
Rick Jones Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; state-funded office and staff for spouse of the governor; prohibit.
HB 5686
referred
12/10/2009
Angerer Vehicles; other; requirement for location of secretary of state branch offices; modify. 12/15/2009 Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 12/15/2009
HB 5714
referred
12/17/2009
Opsommer State; other; timely payments to local governments; require.
HB 5720
referred
12/18/2009
Walsh State agencies (existing); generally; consolidation of state agencies' human resources departments; provide for.
HB 5722
referred
12/18/2009
Hansen Vehicles; other; requirement for location of secretary of state branch offices; modify.
HB 5723
referred
12/18/2009
Amash State financing and management; purchasing; software purchases; require consideration of suitability of open-source software prior to software purchase.
HB 5766
referred
1/26/2010
Haines Legislature; reports; fiscal impact analysis on proposed legislation; require.
HB 5767
referred
1/27/2010
Valentine Vehicles; other; requirement for location of secretary of state branch offices; modify under certain circumstances.
HB 5780
referred
2/4/2010
Hildenbrand Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; repeal for legislators elected after February 2003.
HB 5781
referred
2/4/2010
Meltzer Retirement; legislative; graduated system for health insurance benefits eligibility; implement.
HB 5782
referred
2/4/2010
Slavens Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; eliminate. Discharged from Committee on 12/1/2010
HB 5807
referred
2/11/2010
Hansen Agriculture; animals; transfer of regulatory responsibility from department of natural resources and environment to department of agriculture; provide for.
HB 5820
referred
2/16/2010
Pearce Legislature; other; legislator's office account; transfer balance at end of fiscal year to general fund.
HB 5898
referred
2/25/2010
Rogers Recreation; fairs; Michigan state fair; authorize the department of management and budget to designate a fair as the Michigan state fair.
HB 5919
referred
3/3/2010
McMillin Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; health savings accounts; establish.
HB 5993
referred
3/24/2010
McMillin Retirement; investments; posting of certain pension board expenditures; require.
HB 6074
referred
4/27/2010
McDowell State; symbol; "Great Lakes State"; designate as official state nickname.
HB 6102
referred
5/4/2010
Mayes State financing and management; other; procedure for the sale of surplus, salvage, and scrap material; revise.
HB 6138
referred
5/5/2010
Liss Holidays; other; "Filipino American Heritage Month"; establish as the month of October.
HB 6193
referred
5/19/2010
Slavens State; symbol; tart cherry; designate as the official state fruit.
HB 6207
referred
5/25/2010
Mayes Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; repeal for legislators elected after November 2004.
HB 6231
referred
6/1/2010
Constan Insurance; health; data sharing between auto insurers and department of community health for medicaid purposes; require.
HB 6253
referred
6/10/2010
Melton Local government; other; local government fiscal responsibility act; revise certain procedures for fiscal oversight of local governments. 6/15/2010 Reported with recommendation on 6/15/2010
HB 6254
referred
6/10/2010
Womack Local government; other; local government fiscal responsibility act; revise certain procedures for fiscal oversight of local governments. 6/15/2010 Reported with recommendation on 6/15/2010
HB 6255
referred
6/10/2010
Johnson Local government; other; local government fiscal responsibility act; revise certain procedures for fiscal oversight of local governments. 6/15/2010 Reported with recommendation on 6/15/2010
HB 6368
referred
8/11/2010
Corriveau State; symbol; green darner dragonfly; designate as official state insect.
HB 6448
referred
9/15/2010
LeBlanc Civil rights; public records; requests for public records; require state agencies to report to governor.
HB 6497
referred
9/29/2010
Nathan Retirement; judges; final compensation; require to use highest rate of compensation for a period of 3 consecutive years.
HB 6512
referred
9/29/2010
Cushingberry Retirement; state employees; early retirement option for certain legislative, judicial, executive branch, and unclassified civil service employees; provide for.
HB 6556
referred
11/10/2010
Miller State; symbol; monarch butterfly; establish as official state insect.
SB 48
referred
7/15/2009
Kahn State; buildings; flags flown at state buildings; require to be made in the United States.
SB 132
referred
2/24/2010
Kuipers Retirement; elected or appointed public officials; graded premium for the governor and lieutenant governor; provide for. 3/23/2010 Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 3/23/2010
SB 215
referred
8/19/2009
Garcia State agencies (existing); boards and commissions; name and duties of the commission on Spanish-speaking affairs (COSSA); revise. 4/20/2010 Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 4/20/2010
SB 374
referred
5/6/2009
Jelinek Land use; other; remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan state line; provide for. 5/12/2009 Reported with recommendation on 5/12/2009
SB 375
referred
5/6/2009
Jelinek State financing and management; funds; state survey and remonumentation fund; revise to allow expenditures for monumentation of state border. 5/12/2009 Reported with recommendation on 5/12/2009
SB 807
referred
11/12/2009
McManus State agencies (proposed); other; merger of department of environmental quality and the department of natural resources; provide for.
SB 808
referred
12/2/2009
Cassis State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under food law; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 809
referred
12/2/2009
Richardville State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under land bank fast track act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 810
referred
12/2/2009
Jelinek State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under general property tax act; transfer to the department of natural resources. Discharged from Committee on 12/15/2010
SB 811
referred
12/2/2009
Kuipers State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under agricultural processing act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 812
referred
12/2/2009
George State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under supply chain act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 813
referred
12/2/2009
Gilbert State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under Michigan vehicle code; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 814
referred
12/2/2009
Stamas State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under property rights prevention act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 815
referred
12/2/2009
Sanborn State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under home rule village act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 816
referred
12/2/2009
Van Woerkom State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under drain code; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 817
referred
12/2/2009
Patterson State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality water resource improvement tax increment finance authority act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 818
referred
12/2/2009
Hardiman Michigan business tax; credit; sunset and number of new brownfield credits; revise. Discharged from Committee on 12/17/2009
SB 819
referred
12/2/2009
Birkholz State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under mobile home commission act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 820
referred
12/2/2009
Pappageorge State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under urban cooperation act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 821
referred
12/2/2009
Allen State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under Julian-Stille value-added act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 822
referred
12/2/2009
Cropsey State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under aeronautics code; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 823
referred
12/2/2009
Kahn State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under act regulating investment of state funds; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 824
referred
12/2/2009
Barcia State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under safe drinking water act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 908
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under safe drinking water financial assistance act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 909
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under grade A milk law; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 910
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under penal code; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 912
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under clean, renewable, and efficient energy act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 913
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under condominium act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 914
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under state plumbing act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 915
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under animal industry act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 916
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under privately owned cervidae producers marketing act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 917
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under Michigan aquaculture development act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 918
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under Michigan right to farm act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 919
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under land division act; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 924
referred
12/2/2009
McManus State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality under act regulating liquefied petroleum carbonic gas storage; transfer to the department of natural resources.
SB 955
referred
11/5/2009
Brown Gaming; horse racing; racing commissioner; abolish, and transfer duties to director of the department of agriculture.
SB 956
referred
11/5/2009
Van Woerkom Gaming; horse racing; racing commissioner; transfer duties relating to unclaimed winning tickets.
SB 957
referred
11/5/2009
Olshove Gaming; horse racing; racing commissioner; transfer duties under compulsive gaming prevention act.
HJR A
referred
1/22/2009
Opsommer Legislature; legislators; legislative salaries; modify.
HJR D
referred
1/22/2009
Knollenberg Legislature; legislators; reduction of pay for legislators who miss session without a valid excuse; provide for.
HJR E
referred
1/22/2009
LeBlanc Property tax; assessments; limitation on taxable value based on change in SEV; amend constitution to provide for. 2/24/2009 Reported with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Tax Policy 2/24/2009
HJR F
referred
1/27/2009
Rogers Legislature; legislators; reduction in pay for legislators who miss session without an excused absence; provide for.
HJR G
referred
2/4/2009
Lund Property tax; assessments; taxable value; limit increase when market value increases by less than 5% or the rate of inflation. 2/24/2009 Reported with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Tax Policy on 2/24/2009
HJR K
referred
2/17/2009
McMillin Legislature; legislators; reduction of legislators' salary if state unemployment rate exceeds certain amount; provide for.
HJR M
referred
2/18/2009
Meltzer Retirement; forfeiture; public employee pension forfeiture for certain offenses; allow.
HJR HH
referred
10/6/2009
Rogers Legislature; other; budget process; require legislature to present all general appropriation bills to the governor by July 1 and require forfeiture of legislator's salaries for failure to present those bills by that date.
HJR LL
referred
10/20/2009
DeShazor Legislature; legislators; budget process; require legislature to present budget by certain date and impose penalties if not presented by that date.
HJR VV
referred
2/18/2010
Knollenberg Legislature; other; budget process; provide for presentation of two fiscal period budgets, modify fiscal year date, revise amount appropriated in a fiscal year, and establish certain policies for revenue estimating conferences.
HJR LLL
referred
9/15/2010
Agema Transportation; other; definition of "instrumentality of government"; provide for in regard to public-private partnerships.
HR 42
referred
3/10/2009
Ball A resolution to express the sense of the legislature that the legislative retirement system needs to be changed to reduce health benefits.
HR 45
referred
3/12/2009
Agema A resolution to urge the Civil Service Commission to negotiate and implement a 5 percent reduction of pay and benefits for state employees.
HR 112
referred
6/25/2009
Polidori A resolution to urge the U.S. Department of State to work with Italian authorities to do all they can to maintain the Italian Consulate in Detroit. 12/15/2009 Reported with recommendation on 12/15/2009
HR 140
referred
8/19/2009
Rick Jones A resolution to urge the Governor to devise a plan to assure that the Library of Michigan collection remains intact and accessible in Lansing.
HR 179
referred
11/5/2009
re-referred on 1/21/2010
Tyler A resolution to support the Governor's efforts to streamline and consolidate state government through the combination of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality into one single department. Discharged from Committee on 11/10/2009
HR 203
referred
1/26/2010
Johnson A resolution to urge the President of the United States to grant temporary protected status to Haitian earthquake victims.
HR 233
referred
3/23/2010
Tlaib A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to fix our broken immigration system.
HR 291
referred
5/26/2010
Tlaib A resolution to urge Michigan businesses and public and private organizations to refrain from doing business with or in the state of Arizona as an expression of protest over recently enacted Senate Bill 1070, to urge repeal of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070, to call on the United States Department of Justice to vigorously investigate potential civil rights violations related to the implementation of the law, and to investigate the possibility and impacts of cutting the state of Michigan's economic ties with Arizona.
HR 296
referred
6/10/2010
Lisa Brown A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to pass and the President of the United States to sign legislation to limit the total value of Chinese goods that may be procured by the United States government during a calendar year to not more than the total value of United States goods procured by the Chinese government, if any, during the preceding calendar year. Discharged from Committee on 9/28/2010
HR 307
referred
6/23/2010
Robert Jones A resolution to decry the atrocities taking place in Darfur and to urge the President and Congress to take all steps possible to alleviate the suffering and bring about a lasting political settlement in the region.
HR 367
referred
12/1/2010
Oakes A resolution to urge the United States Postal Service to keep open the Saginaw, Michigan, mail processing and distribution center. Discharged from Committee on 12/3/2010
HCR 3
referred
1/22/2009
Haase A concurrent resolution to request the State Officers' Compensation Commission to recommend a 10 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State the next time the commission meets and to urge the commission to ensure that none of its future recommendations exceed the average increase in state employee pay. Discharged from Committee on 2/4/2009
HCR 4
referred
1/22/2009
Opsommer A concurrent resolution to affirm Michigan's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to urge the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States.
HCR 5
referred
1/22/2009
Opsommer A concurrent resolution to request the State Officers Compensation Commission to recommend a 10 percent legislative salary reduction and to endorse and follow certain performance-based pay structures.
HCR 7
referred
2/11/2009
Miller A concurrent resolution to express the wish of the people of Michigan to erect a statue of Walter P. Reuther in place of the Zachariah Chandler statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection and to urge the Governor to establish a commission to carry out this replacement.
HCR 10
referred
2/25/2009
LeBlanc A concurrent resolution to express the intent of the legislature to tie changes in the salaries of executive department directors to the average rate of the changes determined by the State Officers' Compensation Commission for the state's principal elected officials.
HCR 16
referred
4/1/2009
Moss A concurrent resolution to reject the proposed increase in rates of compensation recommended by the Civil Service Commission and contained in the Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010.
HCR 25
referred
7/16/2009
Haines A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to correct the inequities that exist in federal spending among the states.
HCR 31
referred
10/15/2009
Hansen A concurrent resolution to disapprove Section V, Department of Agriculture, of Executive Order No. 2009-45, setting forth changes in the organization of the executive branch.
HCR 32
referred
10/20/2009
re-referred on 1/21/2010
Mayes A concurrent resolution to disapprove Executive Order No. 2009-45, setting forth changes in the organization of the executive branch. Discharged from Committee on 11/10/2009
HCR 42
referred
2/23/2010
Moss A concurrent resolution to reject the proposed increase in rates of compensation recommended by the Civil Service Commission and contained in the Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
HCR 48
referred
3/24/2010
Elsenheimer A concurrent resolution to reject the 3 percent compensation increase authorized for civil service employees by the Civil Service Commission for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
HCR 51
referred
3/25/2010
Robert Jones A concurrent resolution to decry the atrocities taking place in Darfur and to urge the President and Congress to take all steps possible to alleviate the suffering and bring about a lasting political settlement in the region. 4/20/2010 Reported with recommendation on 4/20/2010
SCR 6
referred
3/24/2009
Pappageorge A concurrent resolution to urge the government of Turkey to cease all discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 3/24/2009 Reported with recommendation on 3/24/2009
SCR 13
referred
6/17/2009
Bishop A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to provide for waivers from requirements attached to stimulus funding that would hamper the state's efforts to meet its constitutional obligation to balance future budgets.
SCR 23
referred
12/1/2009
McManus A concurrent resolution to disapprove Executive Order No. 2009-45, setting forth changes in the organization of the executive branch.
SCR 59
referred
12/3/2010
Cropsey A concurrent resolution prescribing the legislative schedule.
SCR 60
referred
12/3/2010
Cropsey A concurrent resolution providing for the final adjournment of the Legislature. Discharged from Committee on 12/15/2010