2019 Senate Bill 151 ↩

House Roll Call 148: Passed

To appropriate $312.3 million in additional spending in the 2019-20 state budget, of which $47.6 million is federal money. The bill appropriates $50.0 million state dollars for coronavirus response measures, and authorizes spending another $50 million federal dollars on this. Among other items are $16 million state dollars for tourism marketing subsidies the legislature declined to fund in the original budget they passed in September; a $500,000 indirect traffic control subsidy for the owners of the Michigan International Speedway; $37 million for local government "enhancement grants" mostly funding various local amenities; $35 million for Gov. Whitmer's "Going Pro" job training program for adults, and more. The bill also pays for several lawsuit judgements that came in against the state.