2007 Senate Bill 229 ↩

House Roll Call 369: The substitute was not adopted

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that replicates in bill form the <a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/main/sacpres0911.pdf">list</a> prepared by Senate Fiscal Agency Gary Olson of $1.5 billion in cuts to various line items, assuming no efficiency-generating reforms or changes in how any government programs operate. The substitue is not a "proper" bill (because it proposes "cuts" in apppropriations that don't exist yet), and was offered as a political maneuver in the midst of an (unsuccessful) four-day attempt to get Republicans to vote for <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-HB-4087">House Bill 5294</a>, which would raise the state income tax from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent.