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Jud Gilbert (R)
State Senator, District 25
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on an amendment for 2009 House Bill 4436 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Department of Community Health budget ). The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 19) on June 24, 2009, to increase spending on a college loan subsidy program for medical students willing to locate in certain areas considered by the government to be "underserved". [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on an amendment for 2009 Senate Bill 237 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Department of Agriculture ). The amendment failed in the Senate (14 to 19) on June 11, 2009, to increase spending on a "Michigan agricultural surplus system" program of food distribution to low income recpients. [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 195 (Let local governments invest in credit union CDs). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on April 22, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 411 (Regulate management of charities, authorize abridging donor intent ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on April 22, 2009, to establish financial management regulations for charitable organizations, including good faith and prudent person standard for managers, establish specific factors to consider in determining whether to appropriate or accumulate funds, establish conditions that allow delegating management, establish a mechanism for modifying or reversing a donor’s intent or restrictions, and more. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 412 (Regulate management of charities, authorize abridging donor intent ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on April 22, 2009, to revise the nonprofit corporation act so it conforms to the management regulations for charitable organizations proposed by Senate Bill 411. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 409 (Revise hunting/fishing license term detail ). Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on April 22, 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 Senate Bill 150 (Establish “phishing” penalties ). Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on April 23, 2009, to establish sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 945 of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”). [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 149 (Establish “phishing” penalties ). Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on April 23, 2009, to create an explicit crime of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”) punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, authorize damages of up to $250,000 a day, and provide immunity to internet service providers or “interactive computer services” who remove or disable access to an internet domain name based on a good faith belief that it is being used for “phishing”. [Vote Details and Comments]
