2012 Senate Bill 951

Appropriations: Department of Corrections

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2012

Introduced by Sen. John Proos (R-21)

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

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 17, 2012

Reported without amendment

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

April 24, 2012

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-6)

To strip out a provision requiring the department to realize some savings by outsourcing some prison operations, such as food service.

The amendment failed 13 to 25 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-6)

To increase the procedural barriers to privatizing a prison, or particular functions in a non-privatized prison. Among other things, the department would be prohibited from realizing savings through privatization unless it saves more 10 percent compared to the current cost.

The amendment failed 15 to 23 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Corrections budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $1.991 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.936 billion, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, just $8.7 million is federal money, and the rest is from state taxes and fees.

Received in the House

April 25, 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, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This 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 20 to 16 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Department of Corrections budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $2.000 billion in gross spending, compared to $1.936 billion, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, just $8.7 million is federal money, and the rest is from state taxes and fees. A Senate-passed plan to save money by outsourcing the management of one prison was not agreed to by the House. Note: <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5365">House Bill 5365</a> contains an identical version of this conference report.

Received in the House

May 30, 2012