2012 Senate Bill 947

Appropriations: Department of Agriculture

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R-31)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Department of Agriculture budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 24, 2012

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 28 to 10 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $76.2 million in gross spending, compared to $72.2 million, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $11.1 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

April 24, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2012

Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

To strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, which is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 47 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2012

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

To concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

May 30, 2012

Received

Passed in the Senate 29 to 7 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $76.9 million in gross spending, compared to $72.2 million, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $11.2 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees. Note: <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5365">House Bill 5365</a> contains an identical version of this conference report.