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2012 Senate Bill 970: Allow higher Detroit city income tax (House Roll Call 820)
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Passed 59 to 50 in the House on December 13, 2012, to allow Detroit to suspend a state-mandated gradual reduction of its city income tax to the maximum rate allowed for other cities (1 percent for residents and 0.5 percent for non-residents). This would allow the current the city to keep its current rates of 2.4 percent and 1.2 percent, repectively, until debt incurred to fix broken streetlights is repaid (see House Bill 5688). When the mandated tax rate reduction was first enacted Detroit's income tax took 3 percent from residents and 1.5 percent from nonresidents who work in the city.
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The vote was 59 in favor, 50 against, and 1 not voting.
(House Roll Call 820)

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Vote
In Favor In Favor
Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
821882%
178317%
1000%
64 total votes
Democrat
138713%
841684%
2982%
46 total votes

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Allow higher Detroit city income tax

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Howze (D)Jackson (D)Liss (D)Oakes (D)Stapleton (D)
Talabi (D)    

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Bolger (R)Bumstead (R)Callton (R)Daley (R)Damrow (R)
Denby (R)Forlini (R)Foster (R)Genetski (R)Gilbert (R)
Glardon (R)Graves (R)Haines (R)Haveman (R)Heise (R)
Horn (R)Hughes (R)Huuki (R)Jacobsen (R)Jenkins (R)
Johnson (R)Knollenberg (R)Kowall (R)Kurtz (R)LaFontaine (R)
Lori (R)Lyons (R)MacGregor (R)MacMaster (R)McBroom (R)
Moss (R)Muxlow (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)Tyler (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)Olumba (D)Rutledge (D)
Santana (D)Segal (D)Slavens (D)Smiley (D)Stallworth (D)
Stanley (D)Switalski (D)Tlaib (D)Townsend (D) 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Agema (R)Cotter (R)Crawford (R)Farrington (R)Franz (R)
Goike (R)Hooker (R)Lund (R)McMillin (R)Nesbitt (R)
Somerville (R)    

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

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)  n  Cotter (R)
  n  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)
  n  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)Y    Heise (R)  n  Hobbs (D)  n  Hooker (R)
Y    Horn (R)  n  Hovey-Wright (D)Y    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)Y    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)  n  Nesbitt (R)Y    O'Brien (R)Y    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)
Y    Stapleton (D)  n  Switalski (D)Y    Talabi (D)  n  Tlaib (D)  n  Townsend (D)
Y    Tyler (R)Y    Walsh (R)  -  Womack (D)Y    Yonker (R)Y    Zorn (R)

House Roll Call 820 on 2012 Senate Bill 970

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Comments

Re: 2012 Senate Bill 970 (Allow higher Detroit city income tax )  by cen20474 on December 9, 2012 

You know you can't trust Detroit to keep there word. That all they need is to have more money in there slimmy hands they will still it like they have been ever since Coleman Young was elected Mayor of the city. You know the black cannot manage money if yoy give them a nickle they will spend a dollar. so I vote not to give Detroit anymore money. 



Re: 2012 Senate Bill 970 (Allow higher Detroit city income tax )  by cen20474 on February 21, 2012 

 That just what Detroit needs, more money to steel away from it citizen. Detroit can't manage it's finiance now and you want to let them get more money. That the stubbist Idea anybody has come up with.What ever happen to the $50 million dollar missing a year ago?????



2012 Senate Bill 970 (Allow higher Detroit city income tax )  by admin on February 21, 2012 
Introduced in the Senate on February 15, 2012

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