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Michael Prusi (D)
State Senator, District 38
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 5127 (Impose farm animal care regulations ). Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on September 30, 2009, to impose and enforce farm animal care regulations on agricultural producers, and impose fees on farms sufficient to pay for this new regulatory regime. The bill would phase in a prohibition on tethering or confining any pregnant pigs ("gestating sow"), egg-laying hens, or veal calves for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevented the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely. The legislature acted because animal rights organizations threatened to gather signatures and place on the ballot an initiative imposing much more draconian regulations on producers. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 798 (Raise state income tax ). Failed in the Senate (2 to 33) on September 30, 2009, to increase the state income tax from 4.35 percent to 4.8 percent, a 10.3 percent income tax hike. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 588 (Cobo Hall Authority “re-do” ). Failed in the Senate (0 to 35) on June 24, 2009, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 586 (Cobo Hall Authority “re-do” ). Failed in the Senate (0 to 35) on June 24, 2009, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 254 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Department Of Transportation ). Failed in the Senate (2 to 33) on June 24, 2009, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 249 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Judiciary budget ). Failed in the Senate (0 to 35) on June 24, 2009, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 243 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Department Of Energy, Labor And Economic Growth ). Failed in the Senate (1 to 34) on June 24, 2009, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4447 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 School Aid budget ). Passed in the Senate (20 to 15) on June 24, 2009, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 school aid budget. This would appropriate 12.743 billion, compared to $13.378 billion, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled in 2008. The Senate version includes $634 million in federal "stimulus" money. It reduces annual per-pupil foundation grants to schools by $110. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on an amendment for 2009 House Bill 4447 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 School Aid budget ). The amendment failed in the Senate (15 to 20) on June 24, 2009, to tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4802, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4313 would allow school districts to levy up to three mills for 10 years to buy or fix school buses, and to buy computers and software. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on an amendment for 2009 House Bill 4447 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 School Aid budget ). The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 18) on June 24, 2009, to add $33 million in extra funding for Intermediagte School Districts that levy property taxes for special education programs. [Vote Details and Comments]
