The following is a summary of legislation that passed the House 5.1.16-5.6.16. Feel free to contact my office (517-373-0826) with any questions or if you need additional information.

Modifying Veteran Definition Statues

HB 5341 (Bizon) RC 205, 5/3/16 Passed 107-0

HB 5342 (H-1) (Theis) RC 206, 5/3/16 Passed 107-0

HB 5343 (KOSOWSKI) RC 207, 5/3/16 Passed 107-0

HB 5344 (Sheppard) RC 208, 5/3/16 Passed 107-0

Next: Sent to the Senate

Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs
Description:
HB 5341 (Bizon) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1899 Public Act 214 (Veterans’ Relief Fund Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
HB 5342 (H-1) (Theis) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1974 Public Act 106 (Service Bonus for Vietnam Veterans Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190, and has completed at least 180 190 days of honorable service or died during the period of service and a resident of Michigan for at least 6 months before entering into the Armed Forces. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
HB 5343 (KOSOWSKI) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1946 Public Act 27 (Individuals seeking license or qualification for a trade, occupation, or apprenticeship) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

HB 5344 (Sheppard) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1897 Public Act 205 (Preference for Public Employment Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190, and was honorably discharged. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Modifying Veteran Definition Statues

HB 5345 (H-1) (Inman) RC 209, 5/4/16 Passed 105-0

HB 5346 (H-1) (Chatfield) RC 210, 5/4/16 Passed 105-0

HB 5347 (H-1) (Cole) RC 211, 5/4/16 Passed 105-0

HB 5348 (H-1) (Leutheuser) RC 212, 5/4/16 Passed 108-0

Next: Sent to the Senate

Committee: Military and Veterans Affairs
Description:

HB 5345 (H-1) (Inman) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1967 Public Act 281 (Income Tax Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190, served in the armed forces during a period of war, was discharged from service in the armed forces under honorable conditions or died while in service not as a result of his or her own misconduct. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

HB 5346 (H-1) (Chatfield) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1885 Public Act 152 (Veterans’ Facility Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190, and was honorably discharged. The bill also no longer requires that one of the 7 appointed members of the Michigan Veterans’ Facility board come from a Governor identified congressionally chartered veterans’ organization. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

HB 5347 (H-1) (Cole) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1921 Public Act 359 (License to Sell Goods Act) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190, was honorably discharged, is a resident of Michigan, and served at least 180 days of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or has a service-connected disability as a result of service in the armed forces of the United States. The bill amends Public Act 359 of 1921, which grants licenses to veterans without cost, good for one year, to sell their own goods. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

HB 5348 (H-1) (Leutheuser) The bill amends the definition of a veteran in the 1961 Public Act 236 (Revised Judicature Act of 1961) as an individual who meets the definition as it is defined in section 1 of the 1965 Public Act 190 and served at least 180 days of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. The act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Granting Medical Parole for Statutorily Defined Medically Frail Inmates

HB 5078 (H-1) (Pscholka) RC 213, 5/4/16 Passed 95-13

HB 5079 (Pagel) RC 214, 5/4/16 Passed 94-14

Next: Sent to the Senate

Committee: Appropriations

Description:

HB 5078 (H-1) (Pscholka) The bill would amend MCL 791.235 of the Corrections Code of 1953 to allow the Board to grant a medical parole for a prisoner determined to be medically frail.

HB 5079 (Pagel) The bill would amend the Corrections Code of 1953 to make every inmate including those who are sentenced to prison for life, eligible for the special medical parole to prior to being parole eligible.

Establishing Criminal Penalties for Assisting a Medically Frail Parolee Violate Parole Conditions

HB 5081 (H-1) (VerHeulen) RC 215, 5/4/16 Passed 76-32

Next: Sent to the Senate

Committee: Appropriations
Description:

HB 5081 (H-1) (VerHeulen) would criminally punish someone for helping a medically fragile parolee violate the conditions of his or her parolee. The penalty would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and/or up to a $1,000 fine.

Detroit Public Schools Package

HB 5384 (H-1) (Garcia) RC 216, 5/5/16 Passed 57-51

SB 822 (H-2) (Hansen) RC 217, 5/5/16 Passed 55-53

HB 5387 (H-2) (Garcia) RC 218, 5/5/16 Passed 59-49

HB 5383 (Price) RC 219, 5/5/16 Passed 55-53

SB 711 (H-1) (Hansen) RC 220, 5/5/16 Passed 61-47

SB 820 (H-1) (Hansen) RC 221, 5/5/16 Passed 59-49

Next:

Sent to the Senate (HB 5383, HB 5384, HB 5387);

Return to the Senate (SB 711, SB 820, SB 822)

Committee: Appropriations
Description:

HB 5384 (H-1) (Garcia) HB 5384 (H-1) would amend the Revised School Code to create a new “community district” to function as a school district in Detroit, while maintaining Detroit Public Schools as a financial shell until the current debt is paid off. The bill includes an appropriation of $250,000.

SB 822 (H-2) (Hansen) would amend the Emergency Municipal Loan Act to repeal the prohibition on loans to the Detroit Public Schools (DPS), and allow for a loan of up to $33 million to DPS on a term of not more than 10 years. The bill would also expand the revenue source for emergency municipal loans from just surplus funds to include repayment proceeds from other loans issued or sold under the Act, essentially turning the emergency loan fund into a revolving fund. Finally, the bill would add a claw back provision making revenue generated from the local community stabilization share tax available for delinquent loans along with the currently available revenue sharing funds from the Glenn Steil State Revenue Sharing Act. In addition to the added changes above, the bill would repeal the general $3 million loan cap and other additional requirements to obtain a loan other than the fiscal requirements which have become superfluous. Additionally, the bill strikes out language from the Act which specifically prohibits the state from making a loan to DPS. SB 822 is tie-barred to HB 5384

HB 5387 (H-2) (Garcia) would amend the Public Employees Relations Act to prohibit collective bargaining over work schedule or school calendar or the impact of those decisions on an individual employee within a community district (the new district in Detroit). The bill would add language establishing that a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) entered into after the addition of the amendatory section must include language severing possible relations between a transferring district and a community district, thus establishing that no successor employer relationship exists. The bill is tie-barred to HB 5384.

HB 5383 (Price) would create the Community District Education Trust fund to receive state funds and other assets which are to be passed to the newly created Community District.

SB 711 (H-1) (Hansen) would amend the Michigan Financial Review Commission Act to make clear that, in the event a qualified school district (the current DPS), transfers its functions and responsibilities to another school district (the expected community district), then DPS’s members would no longer be on the Financial Review Commission and would be replaced by the appropriate members of the community district. The bill establishes the FRC’s powers to approve the Community District’s superintendent.

SB 820 (H-1) (Hansen) would amend the Incompatible Public Offices Act to allow for superintendent and chairperson of the community school district to serve on the Financial Review Commission.