2019 Senate Bill 144 / Public Act 54

Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 28, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Tom Barrett (R-24)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 7, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 15, 2019

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Military And Veterans Affairs budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2019. This would appropriate $205.1 million in gross spending, of which $98.2 million is federal money.

Received in the House

May 15, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 19, 2019

Reported without amendment

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

Passed in the House 57 to 52 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate as just a "shell" or "placeholder" budget with no actual appropriations. This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the Senate

June 20, 2019

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Sept. 24, 2019

Received

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This would appropriate $204.6 million in gross spending, compared to $192.5 million enrolled the previous year. Some $106.1 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 29, 2019

Received in the Senate

Oct. 2, 2019