2013 House Bill 4112 / Public Act 102

Appropriations: Supplemental budget

Introduced in the House

Jan. 29, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2012-2013. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 5, 2013

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

To revise details of current year appropriations, among other changes recognizing substantially lower spending in welfare and Medicaid caseloads and spending, most of which is federal money. The bill also authorizes modest increases in State Police, Military and Veterans, Corrections and some other departments' spending for various purposes. For details see House Fiscal Agency <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billanalysis/House/pdf/2013-HLA-4112-5381DB71.pdf">analysis</a>.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-6)

To cut funding for adoption subsidies, following disclosures that the Department of Human Services had erroneously spent much more on these than the legislature had authorized.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-6)

To revise details of administrative spending line-item funding shifts related to reduced welfare caseloads.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To clarify details of a $350,000 appropriation to the Marshall school district, which is accepting students from the Albion school district because the latter is closing its high school.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-75)

To accept $1.530 billion in federal money in the next fiscal year, to expand Medicaid eligibility under the terms of the federal health care law ("Obamacare"). The amendment would shift $181 million in current state health care spending onto the federal budget, making those funds available for other purposes in the short-term, but the terms of the expansion would require more money from State of Michigan taxpayers in a few years.

The amendment failed by voice vote

June 6, 2013

Amendment offered by Rep. Jim Stamas (R-98)

To specify that a $1 million appropriation for fireworks safety grants to local governments be used for inspections specified in the state fireworks law.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Greg MacMaster (R-105)

To appropriate a $100,000 private grant from the Vera Institute for Justice to be used to develop a comprehensive pilot project that creates an education and reentry continuum that begins in prison and continues on in the community.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 105 to 2 (details)

To make a number of adjustments to amounts already appropriated for various purposes, to reflect, among other things, reduced welfare and Medicaid caseloads. Also, to appropriate additional funds for various state departments and programs. All told, the bill reflects spending reductions of more than $650 million, and spending increases of around $36 million.

Received in the Senate

June 11, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 19, 2013

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-18)

To spend another $150,000 to hire an aquatic invasive species specialist.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

To make a number of adjustments to amounts already appropriated for various purposes, to reflect, among other things, reduced welfare and Medicaid caseloads. Also, to appropriate additional funds for various state departments and programs. All told, the bill reflects spending reductions of nearly $675 million, and spending increases of around $40 million. It also authorizes increasing government debt by $81.5 million to pay for proposed state university and college construction projects.

June 20, 2013

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

The vote by which the following bill was passed.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Amendment offered by Sen. Roger Kahn (R-32)

To authorize more spending to accommodate the proposal in House Bill 374 to create a school violence "hotline" manned 24 hours a day all year long to collect “confidential reports of unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)

To pass the bill again after adding some spending for a school violence "hotline".

Received in the House

June 20, 2013

Passed in the House 106 to 3 (details)

To make a number of adjustments to amounts already appropriated for various purposes, to reflect, among other things, reduced welfare and Medicaid caseloads. Also, to appropriate additional funds for various state departments and programs. All told, the bill reflects spending reductions of nearly $675 million, and spending increases of around $40 million. It also authorizes increasing government debt by $81.5 million to pay for proposed state university and college construction projects.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

July 3, 2013