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2012 Senate Bill 911: Authorize Detroit regional transit vehicle registration tax (House Roll Call 702)
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Passed 57 to 50 in the House on December 6, 2012, to give the regional transit authority proposed by Senate Bill 909 the power to impose a higher vehicle registration tax in the region to pay for buses and other public transportation. A vote of the people would be required, and if approved region-wide the tax would still be imposed on individual communities that vote against it (no local "opt-out"). This is part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s road and transit tax proposal.
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The vote was 57 in favor, 50 against, and 3 not voting.
(House Roll Call 702)

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Vote
In Favor In Favor
Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
851585%
148614%
1000%
64 total votes
Democrat
4964%
891189%
6946%
46 total votes

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Authorize Detroit regional transit vehicle registration tax

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Jackson (D)Liss (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Bolger (R)Bumstead (R)Callton (R)Cotter (R)Crawford (R)
Daley (R)Damrow (R)Denby (R)Forlini (R)Foster (R)
Franz (R)Genetski (R)Gilbert (R)Glardon (R)Graves (R)
Haines (R)Haveman (R)Hooker (R)Horn (R)Hughes (R)
Huuki (R)Jacobsen (R)Jenkins (R)Johnson (R)Knollenberg (R)
Kowall (R)Kurtz (R)Lori (R)Lyons (R)MacGregor (R)
MacMaster (R)McBroom (R)Moss (R)Muxlow (R)Nesbitt (R)
O'Brien (R)Olson (R)Opsommer (R)Ouimet (R)Outman (R)
Pettalia (R)Poleski (R)Potvin (R)Price (R)Pscholka (R)
Rendon (R)Rogers (R)Schmidt, R. (R)Schmidt, W. (R)Shaughnessy (R)
Shirkey (R)Stamas (R)Walsh (R)Yonker (R)Zorn (R)

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Ananich (D)Barnett (D)Bauer (D)Bledsoe (D)Brown (D)
Brunner (D)Byrum (D)Cavanagh (D)Clemente (D)Constan (D)
Darany (D)Dillon (D)Durhal (D)Geiss (D)Greimel (D)
Hammel (D)Haugh (D)Hobbs (D)Hovey-Wright (D)Irwin (D)
Kandrevas (D)Lane (D)LeBlanc (D)Lindberg (D)Lipton (D)
McCann (D)Meadows (D)Nathan (D)Oakes (D)Olumba (D)
Rutledge (D)Santana (D)Segal (D)Slavens (D)Smiley (D)
Stallworth (D)Stanley (D)Stapleton (D)Switalski (D)Talabi (D)
Tlaib (D)    

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Agema (R)Farrington (R)Goike (R)Heise (R)LaFontaine (R)
Lund (R)McMillin (R)Somerville (R)Tyler (R) 

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Howze (D)Townsend (D)Womack (D)

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

  n  Agema (R)  n  Ananich (D)  n  Barnett (D)  n  Bauer (D)  n  Bledsoe (D)
Y    Bolger (R)  n  Brown (D)  n  Brunner (D)Y    Bumstead (R)  n  Byrum (D)
Y    Callton (R)  n  Cavanagh (D)  n  Clemente (D)  n  Constan (D)Y    Cotter (R)
Y    Crawford (R)Y    Daley (R)Y    Damrow (R)  n  Darany (D)Y    Denby (R)
  n  Dillon (D)  n  Durhal (D)  n  Farrington (R)Y    Forlini (R)Y    Foster (R)
Y    Franz (R)  n  Geiss (D)Y    Genetski (R)Y    Gilbert (R)Y    Glardon (R)
  n  Goike (R)Y    Graves (R)  n  Greimel (D)Y    Haines (R)  n  Hammel (D)
  n  Haugh (D)Y    Haveman (R)  n  Heise (R)  n  Hobbs (D)Y    Hooker (R)
Y    Horn (R)  n  Hovey-Wright (D)  -  Howze (D)Y    Hughes (R)Y    Huuki (R)
  n  Irwin (D)Y    Jackson (D)Y    Jacobsen (R)Y    Jenkins (R)Y    Johnson (R)
  n  Kandrevas (D)Y    Knollenberg (R)Y    Kowall (R)Y    Kurtz (R)  n  LaFontaine (R)
  n  Lane (D)  n  LeBlanc (D)  n  Lindberg (D)  n  Lipton (D)Y    Liss (D)
Y    Lori (R)  n  Lund (R)Y    Lyons (R)Y    MacGregor (R)Y    MacMaster (R)
Y    McBroom (R)  n  McCann (D)  n  McMillin (R)  n  Meadows (D)Y    Moss (R)
Y    Muxlow (R)  n  Nathan (D)Y    Nesbitt (R)Y    O'Brien (R)  n  Oakes (D)
Y    Olson (R)  n  Olumba (D)Y    Opsommer (R)Y    Ouimet (R)Y    Outman (R)
Y    Pettalia (R)Y    Poleski (R)Y    Potvin (R)Y    Price (R)Y    Pscholka (R)
Y    Rendon (R)Y    Rogers (R)  n  Rutledge (D)  n  Santana (D)Y    Schmidt, R. (R)
Y    Schmidt, W. (R)  n  Segal (D)Y    Shaughnessy (R)Y    Shirkey (R)  n  Slavens (D)
  n  Smiley (D)  n  Somerville (R)  n  Stallworth (D)Y    Stamas (R)  n  Stanley (D)
  n  Stapleton (D)  n  Switalski (D)  n  Talabi (D)  n  Tlaib (D)  -  Townsend (D)
  n  Tyler (R)Y    Walsh (R)  -  Womack (D)Y    Yonker (R)Y    Zorn (R)

House Roll Call 702 on 2012 Senate Bill 911

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Comments

1) Re: 2012 Senate Bill 911 (Authorize Detroit regional transit vehicle registration tax )  by jackm1 on February 25, 2013 
Why would people vote for higher registration taxes? It makes no sense. Car ownership is getting tougher and tougher especially for the new drivers. Why would we encourage higher taxes? Who benefits from all this?

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2) Re: 2012 Senate Bill 911 (Authorize Detroit regional transit vehicle registration tax )  by TaterSalad on November 27, 2012 
Won't happen! No to raising registration fees. If this passes, Snyder might as well pack his bags because every Republican will turn on him this coming re-election. I will sit this election out even if it means a democrat will get elected.

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3) Re: 2012 Senate Bill 911 (Authorize Detroit regional transit vehicle registration tax )  by iuliancezar on November 22, 2012 
If you are thinking of donating a car think also at the facts that you are going to be free of all those taxes but as a car owner i must say that the regional transit vehicle registration tax is a must and too many have not payed it. I am not from Detroit but in other states this senate bill was already authorized.

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