Senate Roll Call 309 - Michigan Votes

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2011 Senate Bill 269: Raise small claims cap (Senate Roll Call 309)

Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate on May 8, 2012, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which only increases the cap to $7,000, and does so gradually over a 12 year period.
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The vote was 37 in favor, 0 against, and 1 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 309)

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Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	91%
	0%
	8%

12 total votes

Republican

	100%
	0%
	0%

26 total votes

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Raise small claims cap

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gleason (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)	Hunter (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 WHO DID NOT VOTE

Johnson (D)

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)	- 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 309 on 2011 Senate Bill 269

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 ) by victor88 on September 15, 2012
I think this small clams cap definitely needs to be raised. The cap has been so low for a long time. It was never enough money to sue for in a lot of cases. pubs in London

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2) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 ) by StopThe Crap on October 20, 2011

This is a good bill. Thanks for doing something that was indeed necessary, but $10,000 would have been much more practical.

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3) 2011 Senate Bill 269 (Raise small claims cap to $10,000 ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the Senate on March 16, 2011, to increase the maximum amount that may be recovered in small claims court from $3,000 to $8,000

The vote was 31 in favor, 7 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 583 at Senate Journal 0)

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