Introduced
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To require the Department of Management and Budget to require that each state construction or repair contract it grants contain a clause requiring that 100 percent of the persons working on the project and employed by the contractor and subcontractors be Michigan residents for one year before beginning work. (Under current law the requirement is 50 percent). The percentage could be reduced if residents are not available, or to the extent it is necessary to comply with regulations attached to federal funds. Certain unionized employers would be exempt.
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To strip out the provision exempting certain unionized employers from the proposed citizenship and residency requirements.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out the provision exempting certain unionized employers from the proposed citizenship and residency requirements, and the provision applying the preferences to state construction projects. Instead, the preferences would apply to state goods purchases.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 66 to 41 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism
Motion
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To discharge the Committee on Commerce and Tourism from further consideration of House Bills 4083 to 4093, and move them directly to the Senate floor for immediate consideration and debate. The bills would impose citizenship and resident preferences on companies that benefit from subsidies or tax breaks, or that have contracts with the state. A single motion covered all 11 bill, and the roll call vote on that is <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=380801">here</a>.
The motion failed by voice vote
