STATE OF MICHIGAN
Journal of the Senate
102nd Legislature
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
Senate Chamber, Lansing, Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
10:00 a.m.
The Senate was called to order by the President, Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist II.
The roll was called by the Secretary of the Senate, who announced that a quorum was present.
Albert—present Hauck—present Moss—present
Anthony—present Hertel—present Nesbitt—present
Bayer—present Hoitenga—present Outman—present
Bellino—present Huizenga—present Polehanki—present
Brinks—present Irwin—present Runestad—excused
Bumstead—excused Johnson—present Santana—present
Camilleri—present Klinefelt—present Shink—present
Cavanagh—present Lauwers—present Singh—present
Chang—present Lindsey—present Theis—present
Cherry—present McBroom—present Victory—present
Daley—present McCann—present Webber—present
Damoose—present McDonald Rivet—present Wojno—present
Geiss—present McMorrow—present
Senator Sue Shink of the 14th District offered the following invocation:
Let us pray for an end to waste and desecration of God’s creation, for access to the fruits of creation to be shared equally among all people, and for communities and nations to find sustenance in the fruits of the earth and the water God has given us. Almighty God, You created the world and gave it into our care so that in obedience to You, we might serve all people. Inspire us to use the riches of creation with wisdom and to ensure their blessings are shared by all, that, trusting in Your bounty, all people may be empowered to seek freedom from poverty, famine, and oppression. Amen.
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, led the members of the Senate in recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Senator Brinks entered the Senate Chamber.
Motions and Communications
Senator Lauwers moved that Senators Lindsey and McBroom be temporarily excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Lauwers moved that Senators Runestad and Bumstead be excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Singh moved that Senators Santana and Geiss be temporarily excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
Senators Lindsey, McBroom and Geiss entered the Senate Chamber.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Introduction and Referral of Bills
Senator Santana entered the Senate Chamber.
Senators Cherry, Camilleri, Bayer, Cavanagh, Chang, McMorrow, Geiss, Irwin and Santana introduced
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled “The mobile home commission act,” by amending the title and sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, and 16 (MCL 125.2302, 125.2303, 125.2304, 125.2305, 125.2306, 125.2307, 125.2314, and 125.2316), section 2 as amended by 2022 PA 33, sections 4 and 16 as amended by 2015 PA 40, sections 5 and 6 as amended by 2006 PA 328, and section 7 as amended by 2009 PA 215, and by adding sections 16b and 16c.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Camilleri, Cherry, Bayer, Cavanagh, Chang, McMorrow, Geiss, Irwin and Santana introduced
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled “The mobile home commission act,” by amending sections 17, 18, 25, 28, 28a, and 29 (MCL 125.2317, 125.2318, 125.2325, 125.2328, 125.2328a, and 125.2329), section 17 as amended by 2015 PA 40, section 25 as amended by 2016 PA 410, section 28 as amended by 1993 PA 241, and section 28a as added by 1988 PA 337, and by adding section 28d.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Chang, Cherry, Camilleri, Bayer, Cavanagh, McMorrow, Geiss, Irwin and Santana introduced
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled “The mobile home commission act,” (MCL 125.2301 to 125.2350) by adding section 30j.
The bill was read a
first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and
Human Services.
Senators Santana, Cherry, Camilleri, Bayer, Cavanagh, Chang, McMorrow, Geiss and Irwin introduced
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled “The mobile home commission act,” by amending sections 35, 43, and 48 (MCL 125.2335, 125.2343, and 125.2348), sections 43 and 48 as amended by 2015 PA 40, and by adding section 30m.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Cavanagh, Cherry, Camilleri, Bayer, Chang, McMorrow, Geiss, Irwin and Santana introduced
A bill to amend 1978 PA 454, entitled “Truth in renting act,” (MCL 554.631 to 554.641) by adding section 4a.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Irwin, Cherry, McMorrow, Camilleri, Geiss, Bayer, Chang and Cavanagh introduced
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled “The general property tax act,” by amending section 2a (MCL 211.2a), as amended by 1982 PA 539.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Irwin, Cherry, Camilleri, Bayer, Cavanagh, Chang, McMorrow and Geiss introduced
A bill to amend 1959 PA 243, entitled “An act to define, license and regulate trailer coach parks; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state health commissioner and other state and local officers; to provide for the levy and collection of specific taxes on occupied trailers in trailer coach parks and the disposition of the revenues therefrom; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 41 (MCL 125.1041), as amended by 2008 PA 5.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
Senators Santana, McMorrow, Irwin, Wojno, Polehanki, Geiss, Bayer, Chang and McBroom introduced
A bill to amend 1975 PA 46, entitled “An act to create the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman; to prescribe the powers and duties of the office, the ombudsman, the legislative council, and the department of corrections; and to provide remedies from administrative acts,” by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 (MCL 4.351, 4.352, 4.354, 4.355, 4.356, 4.357, 4.358, 4.359, 4.360, 4.361, 4.362, 4.363, and 4.364), sections 1, 6, 7, and 10 as amended by 1998 PA 318, sections 4, 5, 8, 9, and 13 as amended by 2018 PA 571, section 11 as amended by 1995 PA 197, and section 12 as amended by 1982 PA 170.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Oversight.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending section 9206 (MCL 333.9206), as amended by 2023 PA 97.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title.
The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
Messages from the House
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The
Michigan penal code,” by amending sections 520d, 520e, and 520l (MCL
750.520d, 750.520e, and 750.520l), sections 520d and 520e as amended by
2012 PA 372 and section 520l as amended by 1988 PA 138.
(This bill was returned from the House on Thursday, September 7 with a House substitute (H-4) to the Senate substitute (S-1) and title amendment, and was laid over under the rules. See Senate Journal No. 73, p. 1854.)
The question being on concurring in the House substitute made to the Senate substitute,
The substitute was concurred in, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 451 Yeas—36
Albert Daley Klinefelt Outman
Anthony Damoose Lauwers Polehanki
Bayer Geiss Lindsey Santana
Bellino Hauck McBroom Shink
Brinks Hertel McCann Singh
Camilleri Hoitenga McDonald Rivet Theis
Cavanagh Huizenga McMorrow Victory
Chang Irwin Moss Webber
Cherry Johnson Nesbitt Wojno
Nays—0
Excused—2
Bumstead Runestad
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
The Senate agreed to the title as amended.
Announcements of Printing and Enrollment
House Bill No. 4200
The Secretary announced that the following bills were printed and filed on Tuesday, September 12, and are available on the Michigan Legislature website:
House Bill Nos. 4965 4966 4967 4968 4969 4970
The Secretary announced that the following bills were printed and filed on Wednesday, September 13, and are available on the Michigan Legislature website:
Senate Bill Nos. 480 481 482 483 484 485
The Committee on Local Government reported
Senate Bill No. 337, entitled
A bill to amend 1970 PA 132, entitled “An act to provide for the filing of surveys in the office of the register of deeds relative to land divisions; and to prescribe the conditions of the survey,” by amending sections 1, 2, and 3 (MCL 54.211, 54.212, and 54.213), sections 1 and 3 as amended by 2018 PA 193 and section 2 as amended by 1988 PA 24.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Veronica Klinefelt
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Klinefelt, Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Local Government submitted the following:
Meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., Room 1200, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety submitted the following:
Joint meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., House Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
Present: Senators Chang (C), Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson
Excused: Senator Shink
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Housing and Human Services submitted the following:
Meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 12:00 noon, Room 403, 4th Floor, Capitol Building
Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Education submitted the following:
Meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Polehanki (C), Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, Damoose and Johnson
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture submitted the following:
Meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 3:00 p.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Polehanki, Daley, Victory and Hoitenga
Excused: Senator Singh
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure submitted the following:
Meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 3:30 p.m., Room 403, 4th Floor, Capitol Building
Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt, Wojno, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, McCann, Bellino, McBroom and Victory
Excused: Senator Bumstead
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Veterans and Emergency Services submitted the following:
Meeting held on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Hertel, Santana and Outman
Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety – Thursday, September 14, 12:00 noon, Room 1200, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-5312
Economic and Community Development – Thursday, September 14, 12:00 noon, Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-1721
Energy and Environment – Thursday, September 14, 1:30 p.m., Room 403, 4th Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373‑5323
Labor – Thursday, September 14, 8:30 a.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-5314
Regulatory Affairs – Thursday, September 14, 8:30 a.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373‑1721
Senate Fiscal Agency Governing Board – Tuesday, September 19, 8:30 a.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373-2768
Senator Singh moved that the Senate adjourn.
The motion prevailed, the time being 10:12 a.m.
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, declared the Senate adjourned until Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
DANIEL OBERLIN
Secretary of the Senate