Senate Roll Call 181 - Michigan Votes

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2011 House Bill 4601: Limit certain asbestos liability (Senate Roll Call 181)

Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on March 29, 2012, to limit the liability of a company that had acquired another company which may have produced or sold asbestos in the past. The bill would prohibit a court from imposing asbestos damage judgments that exceed the value of the acquired company. Under current law a court can order damages up to the value of the entire enterprise, even if the acquired subsidiary represents only a small part of the overall firm's value.
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The vote was 25 in favor, 13 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 181)

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Democrat

	0%
	100%
	0%

12 total votes

Republican

	96%
	3%
	0%

26 total votes

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Limit certain asbestos liability

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

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)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

AGAINST

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

Rocca (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

n Anderson (D)	n Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	Y Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	Y Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	n Gleason (D)	Y Green (R)
n Gregory (D)	Y Hansen (R)	Y Hildenbrand (R)	n Hood (D)	n Hopgood (D)
Y Hune (R)	n Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	n 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)	n Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	n Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)
n Warren (D)	n Whitmer (D)	n Young (D)

Senate Roll Call 181 on 2011 House Bill 4601

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Comments

1) 2011 House Bill 4601 (Limit certain asbestos liability ) by admin on April 5, 2012
Introduced in the House on April 28, 2011, to limit the liability of a company that had acquired another company which may have produced or sold asbestos in the past. The bill would prohibit a court from imposing asbestos damage judgments that exceed the value of the acquired company. Under current law a court can order damages up to the value of the entire enterprise, even if the acquired subsidiary represents only a small part of the overall firm's value

The vote was 62 in favor, 46 opposed and 0 not voting

(House Roll Call 57 at House Journal 0)

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