2021 Senate Bill 92

Appropriations: 2021-22 Department of Transportation budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 2, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Wayne Schmidt (R-37)

To provide a template or "place holder" the Department of Transportation budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. The bill contains nominal appropriations only, but may be amended at a later date to include real ones.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 11, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 12, 2021

Amendment offered by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-12)

To spend up to $10 million on a "rail freight development project that supports the delivery, storage, and distribution of propane in the Upper Peninsula".

The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)

Passed in the Senate 19 to 17 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Transportation budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2021. This would appropriate $5.231 billion, of which $1.448 billion is federal money.

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-25)

To reconsider the final passage vote.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Transportation budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2021. This would appropriate $5.231 billion of which $1.448 billion is federal money.

Received in the House

May 13, 2021

May 19, 2021

Substitute offered by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

The substitute passed by voice vote

May 20, 2021

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To send back to the Senate a substitute version of the bill that is "stripped" of all actual appropriations, and instead authorizes just $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.

Received in the Senate

May 25, 2021

May 26, 2021

Failed in the Senate 0 to 36 (details)

June 10, 2021

Received