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Marie Donigan (D)
State Representative, District 26
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4455 (Impose new regulations on foreclosures ). Passed in the House (93 to 15) on May 13, 2009, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This would mandate that before initiating “foreclosure by advertisement” proceedings, a mortgage lender must give a delinquent borrower 90 days to negotiate a revision of the loan terms. If the borrower's debt service exceeds 38 percent of his or her gross income, the lender would be prohibited from proceeding with the foreclosure by advertisement unless the lender agreed to a "cram-down" revision of the loan bringing the debt service down to that level. (If the institution holding the loan had accepted federal "bail-out" money the loan revision would be on terms dictated by federal regulations.) However, a lender unwilling to accept revision of the loan terms could still undertake judicial foreclosure proceedings, which are more costly and time consuming than foreclosure-by-advertisement. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4453 (Impose new regulations on foreclosures ). Passed in the House (94 to 14) on May 13, 2009, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This would mandate that before initiating “foreclosure by advertisement” proceedings, a mortgage lender must give a delinquent borrower 90 days to negotiate a revision of the loan terms. If the borrower's debt service exceeds 38 percent of his or her gross income, the lender would be prohibited from proceeding with the foreclosure by advertisement unless the lender agreed to a "cram-down" revision of the loan bringing the debt service down to that level. (If the institution holding the loan had accepted federal "bail-out" money the loan revision would be on terms dictated by federal regulations.) However, a lender unwilling to accept revision of the loan terms could still undertake judicial foreclosure proceedings, which are more costly and time consuming than foreclosure-by-advertisement. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4901 (Revise prison guard blood exposure detail ). Passed in the House (107 to 1) on May 13, 2009, to revise statutory references in the law that allows a prison guard who suffers an open wound exposure to the blood or body fluids of a prisoner to request that the prisoner be tested for HIV infection and HBV infection. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4900 (Authorize penalty for refusing health department order ). Passed in the House (104 to 4) on May 13, 2009, to establish that a person who violates a regulation of a local health department or order of a local health officer is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $200 fine. Under current law the maximum jail time is 90 days. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4899 (Revise communicable disease reporting detail ). Passed in the House (106 to 2) on May 13, 2009, to revise the law that requires licensed health care facilities and providers to report to the state Department of Community Health the presence of certain diseases, so that the department would be required to maintain and annually update a list of diseases, infections, and disabilities that it classifies as communicable, serious communicable, chronic, or noncommunicable. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4454 (Impose new regulations on foreclosures ). Passed in the House (93 to 15) on May 13, 2009, to adopt a compromise version of the bill reported by a House-Senate conference committee. This would mandate that before initiating “foreclosure by advertisement” proceedings, a mortgage lender must give a delinquent borrower 90 days to negotiate a revision of the loan terms. If the borrower's debt service exceeds 38 percent of his or her gross income, the lender would be prohibited from proceeding with the foreclosure by advertisement unless the lender agreed to a "cram-down" revision of the loan bringing the debt service down to that level. (If the institution holding the loan had accepted federal "bail-out" money the loan revision would be on terms dictated by federal regulations.) However, a lender unwilling to accept revision of the loan terms could still undertake judicial foreclosure proceedings, which are more costly and time consuming than foreclosure-by-advertisement. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 409 (Revise hunting/fishing license term detail ). Passed in the House (101 to 4) on May 12, 2009, to revise hunting and fishing license terms so that they all would be valid from March 1 through March 31 of the following year, or “as otherwise provided by order of the Natural Resources Commission.” Under current law the dates are the same, but the exception is for “licenses for a designated limited season”. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4769 (Ban certain substances in children’s products ). Passed in the House (64 to 44) on May 13, 2009, to give the Department of Community Health the authority to enforce regulations proposed by House Bill 4663 prohibiting the sale of children’s products containing what the department deems to be potentially harmful chemicals; the authority to call on the Attorney General to initiate injunction proceedings to prohibit the sale of a particular product in Michigan; and the power to impose fines on manufacturers and seller of between $100 and $50,000 for violations, or up to $150,000 for "knowing" violations. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4768 (Ban certain substances in children’s products ). Passed in the House (64 to 44) on May 13, 2009, to require the Departments of Community Health and Environment Quality to submit a report to the legislature every two years on which substances they have determined meet the definition of potentially harmful chemicals contained in children’s products proposed by House Bill 4764. House Bill 4763 would give DHS the power to ban the sale of products containing these substances. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 4767 (Ban certain substances in children’s products ). Passed in the House (72 to 36) on May 13, 2009, to give the Departments of Community Health and Environment Quality the authority to participate in a multi-state clearinghouse to promote safer alternatives to potentially harmful chemicals contained in children’s products. The bill is part of a children’s product regulation package comprised of House Bills 4763 to 4769. [Vote Details and Comments]
