2017 Senate Bill 253 / Public Act 158

Appropriations: Supplemental budget

Introduced in the Senate

March 21, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R-29)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential school aid supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Sept. 26, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Sept. 27, 2017

Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)

To appropriate $12.45 million for various state departments and functions, some in the current fiscal year and some in the one just ended.

Received in the House

Sept. 27, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Oct. 5, 2017

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Oct. 10, 2017

Amendment offered by Rep. Pam Faris (D-48)

To remove $700,000 for testing Kalamazoo Medicaid beneficiaries to determine if they are predisposed to opioid addiction.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Laura Cox (R-19)

To add $600,000 for state legal expenses related to Flint water contamination.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 104 to 2 (details)

To appropriate $56.2 million for various state departments and functions in the current fiscal year, and $6.6 million and some in the one just ended. Highlights include $16.3 million (federal money) for opioid addiction response programs, $20 million (federal money) to transition Medicaid information technology systems to a "cloud-based" system, $4 million related to a backlog of rape evidence testing, $5 million for voting machines, and more. The House also added money that had been previously vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder to pay for certain local recreation projects, hire a vendor to train liquor licensees on filling "growlers" (containers) with beer for off-site consumption, and some others.

Received in the Senate

Oct. 11, 2017

Oct. 19, 2017

Amendment offered by Sen. Dave Hildenbrand (R-29)

To create and deposit $3.2 million in separate state account with the intention that the money be used to catch up on thousands of cases in which evidence collected after a rape was not analyzed, mainly in Detroit. This money had been proposed to created a statewide track system for rape evidence analyses.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To appropriate $56.2 million for various state departments and functions in the current fiscal year, and $6.6 million and some in the one just ended. Highlights include $16.3 million (federal money) for opioid addiction response programs, $20 million (federal money) to transition Medicaid information technology systems to a "cloud-based" system, $4 million related to a backlog of rape evidence testing, $5 million for voting machines, and more.

Received in the House

Oct. 19, 2017

Oct. 31, 2017

Passed in the House 105 to 2 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Nov. 8, 2017