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Ray Basham (D)
State Senator, District 8
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 253 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 State Police ). Failed in the Senate (17 to 10) on September 30, 2009, to reconsider the vote by which the conference report was not adopted. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 253 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 State Police ). Failed in the Senate (17 to 17) on September 30, 2009, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 State Police budget. The report was not accepted on this vote because some senators object to the provision authorizing the purchase for around $70 million of a controversial new State Police headquarters in downtown Lansing owned by prominent Democratic Party contributor Joel Ferguson and Republican contributor Gary Granger. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4629 (Authorize tax deduction for charitable advance tuition giving ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on October 15, 2009, to authorize a Michigan Business Tax deduction for charitable contributions by a small business owner to the state advance tuition payment fund, which is a program that provides for pre-payment of a particular child’s future tuition at state universities. The tax deductions the bill would authorize are not for contributions a particular student, but into a general tuition subsidy pool. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4191 (Authorize tax deduction for charitable advance tuition giving ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on October 15, 2009, to authorize an income tax deduction for charitable contributions by an individual to the state advance tuition payment fund, which is a program that provides for pre-payment of a particular child’s future tuition at state universities. The tax deductions the bill would authorize are not for contributions a particular student, but into a general tuition subsidy pool. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Resolution 43. Passed in the Senate (23 to 12) on April 29, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on a motion for 2009 House Bill 4316 (Repeal FDA approved drug lawsuit ban ). The motion passed in the Senate (18 to 14) on April 23, 2009, to postpone "for the day" further consideration of a motion to discharge House Bills 4316 to 4318 from the Committee on Government Operations and Reform, and bring them directly to the full Senate for an up-or-down vote. These bills would repeal a “tort reform” law passed in 1995 that banned product liability lawsuits against drug companies for drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA). "Postpone for the day" is a parliamentary maneuver that in this case essentially means the bills are dead in the Senate. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 190 (Revise new cable and phone line video franchise law ). Passed in the Senate (26 to 9) on March 12, 2009, to revise consumer complaint provisions in the new state video service franchise system law that substantially replaced the discretion of local governments in franchising video service providers, including through cable or phone lines. The bill would require a customer to first seek redress through a provider’s own dispute resolution process, and if this does not work out, specifies procedures for complaints filed with the state Public Service Commission, including a mediation process. The bill also specifies PSC procedures for disputes between providers and local governments, and disputes between providers. [Vote Details and Comments]
