2011 House Bill 5015 / 2012 Public Act 296

Authorize more government spending

Introduced in the House

Sept. 27, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2011-2012.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 13, 2012

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 14, 2012

Passed in the House 65 to 44 (details)

To pass the bill as introduced, with no appropriations but as a "place holder" to allow potential spending proposals to be enacted more quickly.

Received in the Senate

July 18, 2012

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Substitute offered

To adopt a substitute that appropriates money from a national foreclosure lawsuit settlement.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 31 to 6 (details)

To appropriate $88.8 million that mostly comes from a national mortgage foreclosure lawsuit settlement for various spending, including $25 million for urban “blight” reduction programs (of which $10 goes to Detroit), $20 million for home loan “debt counseling” and legal subsidies, $15 million for home loan subsidies, and more.

Motion by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

The bill be given immediate effect.

The motion passed 36 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

July 18, 2012

Amendment offered by Rep. Jim Ananich (D-49)

To spend more on foreclosure malpractice investigations.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12)

To not use $10 million of the money to fund "technology" improvements and building maintenance in certain failed schools, and instead spend this money on "grants to community-based neighborhood block organizations addressing vacant foreclosed homes".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 100 to 3 (details)

To appropriate $88.8 million that mostly comes from a national mortgage foreclosure lawsuit settlement for various spending, including $25 million for urban “blight” reduction programs (of which $10 goes to Detroit), $20 million for home loan “debt counseling” and legal subsidies, $15 million for home loan subsidies, and more.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Aug. 1, 2012