2017 Senate Bill 142

Appropriations: General Government

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 9, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Jim Stamas (R-36)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Government budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2017

Reported without amendment

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

May 3, 2017

Amendment offered

To add a number of changes to unrelated line item amounts and "boilerplate" conditions-of-spending items, which reflects ongoing discussions regarding the final contents of this budget as it moves through the process.

The amendment passed by voice vote

May 4, 2017

Amendment offered by Sen. Coleman Young (D-1)

To instruct government jobs program managers to ensure that "grants are available for training high school students to address in-demand talent needs in Michigan".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Jim Ananich (D-27)

To authorize another $25 million in spending related to the 2015 Flint water contamination issue.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 35 to 2 (details)

Received in the House

May 4, 2017

May 17, 2017

Substitute offered by Rep. Laura Cox (R-19)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains no appropriations; see House-passed bill for an explanation.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 44 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The House has actually passed its version of the full budget in two "omnibus" bills, House Bills 4313 and 4323.

Received in the Senate

May 18, 2017

May 24, 2017

Passed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

June 22, 2017

Received