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2011 House Bill 4792: Spend-down underfunded retired legislator health benefits fund (Senate Roll Call)

Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on June 30, 2011, to repeal a provision that prohibits spending money in a retired legislator health benefit prefunding account until its unfunded liabilities are covered. In other words, they could start using the money right now to pay current retired legislator health care costs. According to the Senate Fiscal Agency, $15 million in a reserve account does not cover the liabilities (which still increase with each new class of lawmakers). Also, many new legislator retirees (they can collect starting at age 55) and a 30 percent cost increase means that $4.2 million appropriated to provide the benefits this year won't cover it.
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The vote was 38 in favor, 0 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call)

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Democrat

	100%
	0%
	0%

12 total votes

Republican

	100%
	0%
	0%

26 total votes

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Spend-down underfunded retired legislator health benefits fund

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gleason (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)	Hunter (D)	Johnson (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)
Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Brandenburg (R)	Casperson (R)	Caswell (R)	Colbeck (R)
Emmons (R)	Green (R)	Hansen (R)	Hildenbrand (R)	Hune (R)
Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Kahn (R)	Kowall (R)	Marleau (R)
Meekhof (R)	Moolenaar (R)	Nofs (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)	Richardville (R)	Robertson (R)	Rocca (R)	Schuitmaker (R)
Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS
none

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y Anderson (D)	Y Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	Y Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	Y Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	Y Gleason (D)	Y Green (R)
Y Gregory (D)	Y Hansen (R)	Y Hildenbrand (R)	Y Hood (D)	Y Hopgood (D)
Y Hune (R)	Y Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	Y Johnson (D)	Y Jones (R)
Y Kahn (R)	Y Kowall (R)	Y Marleau (R)	Y Meekhof (R)	Y Moolenaar (R)
Y Nofs (R)	Y Pappageorge (R)	Y Pavlov (R)	Y Proos (R)	Y Richardville (R)
Y Robertson (R)	Y Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	Y Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)
Y Warren (D)	Y Whitmer (D)	Y Young (D)

Senate Roll Call on 2011 House Bill 4792

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 House Bill 4792 (Revise legislator pension system detail ) by GH-UpNorth on June 22, 2011

Was this provision applied when legislation to end defined benefit pensions for state employees was established?

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2) 2011 House Bill 4792 (Revise legislator pension system detail ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the House on June 16, 2011

Click here to view bill details.

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