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Valde Garcia (R)
State Senator, District 22
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on a substitute for 2009 Senate Bill 851 (Temporarily eliminate one Oakland County circuit judgeship ). The substitute failed in the Senate (15 to 18) on October 29, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would also revises the number of judges in Macomb County. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on a motion for 2009 Senate Bill 641 (Retroactively repeal “supportive housing” tax break tie-bar ). The motion passed in the Senate (32 to 0) on October 29, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 950 (Authorize false veteran penalties ). Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on November 10, 2009, to authorize penalties of up to one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service in a veterans home or for a veterans service organization for a person who falsely claims to be a military veteran so as to claim awards or benefits. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 949 (Increase war memorial vandalism penalties ). Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on November 10, 2009, to raise penalties for the destruction or mutilation of a war memorial or monument to $5,000 or triple the cost of the damage, whichever is greater, increase community service penalties to up to 200 hours in a veterans home or veterans service organization. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on a motion for 2009 Senate Bill 166 (Ban setting auto insurance rates by location ). The motion failed in the Senate (14 to 21) on October 28, 2009, the vote by which the bill was defeated. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on an amendment for 2009 Senate Bill 166 (Ban setting auto insurance rates by location ). The amendment failed in the Senate (18 to 17) on October 28, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 70 (Require disclosure to legislature of tax administration details ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on October 15, 2009, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 95 (Appropriations: Supplemental budget ). Passed in the Senate (32 to 2) on October 14, 2009, to use $863.6 million of federal "stimulus" money to avoid budget cuts. The bill uses that money to displace state General Fund appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2008-09 budgets for the Departments of Community Health, Human Services, Natural Resources, Transporation, and "Energy, Labor, Economic Growth." According to the House Fiscal Agency, a total of $3.7 billion in "stimulus" funds already has been appropriated in the state budget. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 House Bill 5386 (Impose new tax on doctors ). Failed in the Senate (4 to 32) on October 28, 2009, to impose a 3 percent gross revenue tax on doctors. This would be a “Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) tax that is used by the state to increase the amount of federal Medicaid matching funds it collects. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 851 (Temporarily eliminate one Oakland County circuit judgeship ). Passed in the Senate (28 to 5) on October 29, 2009, to eliminate one Oakland County circuit judgeship between 2011 and 2014. [Vote Details and Comments]
