2005 House Bill 4308 ↩

House Roll Call 39: Passed

To adopt a bill that embodies an agreement between the House leadership and Gov. Jennifer Granholm regarding changes to the governor's Feb. 10, 2005 <a href="http://mi.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21975-110450--,00.html">Executive Order</a> reducing current-year spending due to lower-than-expected tax revenues. They agreed that if revenues increase sufficiently by August then a $30 million higher education operations spending cut ordered by the governor will not be made. The agreement also includes not closing a privately-managed youth prison in Baldwin this year, and not cutting MSU agricultural extension and research spending. The bill also appropriates additional federal Medicaid money, and more money to subsidize the heating bills of low income households.