Michigan’s two-year bill tally: 3,305 introduced, 563 signed into law
In the past three weeks, Gov.
The tally for the two years: 3,305 bills introduced in the Legislature -- 2,113 in the House and 1,192 in the
The latest batch are bills that would: prohibit the sale or transportation of fetal tissue derived from an abortion; prohibit a community from banning or regulating the use of plastic bags by retailers in their towns -- in effect nullifying an ordinance passed by
Other bills signed into law by Snyder include those that would:
PA 383-385 (HB 5326 and SB 805-806): Allow pharmacists to dispense drugs that would reverse the effects of a heroin overdose and provide training and policies for school administrators. Sponsors: Rep.
PA 386-387 (SB 564-565): Prohibit and provide penalties for the sale of fetal tissue derived from an abortion. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 388 (SB 647): Require instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, as a requirement for graduating from high school. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 389 (SB 853): Prohibit communities from enacting regulations, fees or bans on retailers using plastic bags. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 390 (SB 1172): Suspend the collection of the use tax on certain health maintenance organizations to maintain eligibility for federal
PA 391 (HB 4136): Require high school social studies classes to include lessons on civics. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 392-393 (HB 4353 and 4355): Allows animal shelters to do criminal background checks of people wanting to adopt pets. Sponsors: Reps.
PA 394-402 (HB 5409-5417): Prohibit the use of nonemergency restraint and seclusion practices in
PA 403-404 (SB 1015-1016): Allow for the licensing of autism therapists. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 405 (SB 833): Provide for state funds allocated for firefighter training be paid for with fees from fireworks' sales. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 406: (SB 1025): Allow fire alarm specialty technicians, rather than licensed professional engineers or architects, to design fire alarm systems. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 407-416 (SB 963-972): Streamline the process for skilled trade workers to apply for or renew their licenses. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 417 (HB 4598): Regulates and licenses the practice of midwifery. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 418 (HB 4629): Eliminate the requirement that a person who has their property seized by law enforcement pay a bond in order to be granted a hearing contesting that forfeiture. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 419 (HB 4686): Allow municipalities to use the "open and obvious" defense to defend against sidewalk defect lawsuits. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 420 (HB 4970): Expand the members of county veterans' affairs committees to include members of veterans' organizations. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 421 (HB 5113): Assist utilities in collecting outstanding water and sewerage fees. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 422 (HB 5250): Allow the Secretary of State to share license or state ID images with the
PA 423-424 (HB 5288-5889): Allow a military spouse, who is an attorney licensed in another state, to practice law in
PA 425 (HB 5577): Allow businesses that modify vehicles to make them handicapped-accessible to sell a vehicle as new after it's been modified. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 426 (HB 5270): Allow a taxpayer who has a Farmland Preservation Act tax credit to file under the previous Michigan Business Tax. Sponsor:
PA 427 (HB 5748): Gives flexibility to the state treasurer on where investments in the Children with Special Needs fund are made. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 428 (HB 5753): Eliminates requirements that must be met in order for a school district to provide transportation to students in nonpublic schools. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 429 (HB 5796): Repeals law that gives preferential hiring consideration to intermediate school district special education teachers who were laid off. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 430 (HB 5857): Streamlines the Automobile Repair Act by recognizing advancements in technology. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 431-432 (HB 5889-5890): Clarifies agriculture exemptions to the sales and use tax acts. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 433 (HB 5912): Clarifies what personal property owned by oil and gas companies, utilities and pipeline companies is excluded in a foreclosure judgment. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 434 (SB 929): Modify the eligibility requirements for retailers licensed to sell beer and wine for off-premise consumption, spelling out the eligibility of gas stations to sell beer and wine. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 435 (SB 954): Updates the licensing requirements for engineers, architects and surveyors to comply with national standards. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 436 (SB 992): Regulates the ownership and operations of drones. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 437 (SB 1079): Increases the time allowed for a landfill research, development construction permit from 12 to 21 years. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 438 (SB 1087): Allows public utility assessment dollars to be used to fund the oversight of the video services industry in
PA 439-444 (HB 5842-5846 and SB 1109): Create and strengthen the authority of the
PA 445-449 (HB 4423-4427): Allow speed limits on certain freeways to increase to 75 m.p.h., and on other non-freeway roadways to 65 m.p.h., after a safety study is done by the Michigan Department of
PA 450 (HB 4142): Limits civil fines for operating vehicles that are over the permitted weight because of loading errors. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 451 (SB 541): Requires the Secretary of State to ask everyone who applies for a new or renewed driver's license if they want to be included on the organ donor registry. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 452 (SB 595): Eliminates the requirement that a volunteer firefighter or government employee obtain a medical waiver to operate a commercial motor vehicle owned by the government. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 453 (SB 702): Removes the 50-mile limit on towing a disabled truck to a safe place for repair. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 454-456 (SB 706-708): Make county road commission policies consistent regarding timber harvesting companies' use of the roadways. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 457 (SB 879): Update the processes used to do life-cycle analyses for road construction. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 458 (SB 958): Authorizes the use of school buses for non-school related events. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 459 (SB 1068): Removes the requirements for cities and villages to pick up a share of the cost of improvements to state freeways that run through their towns. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 460: (SB 1089): Allows construction and maintenance workers to wear only a lap safety belt while performing duties in a work zone. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 461-463 (SB 1073-1075): Allow hunters to display their hunting licenses electronically. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 464-468 (SB 1051-1053 and 1179): Streamlines the fee structure for petroleum dealers, including increasing the regulatory fee on each gallon of refined petroleum products from 7/8 of a cent to
PA 469-470 (SB 521-522): Modernize the Michigan Historical Commission Act, including updating the makep and responsibilities of the commission. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 471-476 (SB 908-913): Streamline and create consistency among the laws that govern the state's brownfield redevelopment program. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 477 (SB 1093): Delays the deadline for the Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and
PA 478 (HB 5120): Require the
PA 479 (HB 4235): Require physicians or health care facilities to report all maternal deaths. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 481-484 (HB 5626, 5628-5629 and SB 924): Prohibit parents from informally transferring custody of children for 180 days or more. Sponsors: Reps.
PA 485-486 ((HB 5838-5839): Create a new crime category of providing travel services for the purpose of prostitution or human trafficking. Sponsors: Reps.
PA 487-488 (SB 746-747): Expand the second-degree child abuse penalty to include licensed child care providers or organizations if they intentionally violate licensing rules that result in the death of a child. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 489-490 (SB 558 and 560): Abolish a surviving wife's dower right to equalize state law, which does not currently give dower rights to surviving husbands. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 491 (SB 1021): Allow confidential information about child abuse and neglect to be disclosed to a child advocacy center. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 492-495 (SB 1041-1044): Allow information or records regarding investigations into adult foster care and child care facilities and held by the
PA 496-497 (SB 1090-1091): Amends the Juvenile code to maintain compliance with federal law. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 498 (SB 270): Clarifies the process for a court to take jurisdiction over matters concerning individuals with connections in
PA 499 (HB 5400): Expand the allowable scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 500-501 (SB 25 and 1049): Updates the administration of funds from the
PA 502 (SB 26): Codifies existing rules and modifies licensure requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 503 (SB 106): Provides a sales tax exemption of up to
PA 504 (SB 316):
PA 505-510 (SB 619-624): Exempts local libraries from capturing taxes from tax increment financing projects authorized by downtown development authorities. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 511 (SB 697): Allows local units of government to opt into a program that prohibits insurance companies from payments on claims for building fires exceeding
PA 512 (SB 881): Allows for the sale or transfer of state surplus properties. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 513 (SB 962): Expands the authority of the Legislature's
PA 514 (SB 973): Allows merchants with specific licenses to sell and fill growlers with beer. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 515-516 (SB 991 and HB 5928): Allow the value of a core charge for parts to be exempt from sales and use tax. Sponsors: Sen.
PA 517 (SB 1008): Authorizes a one-time transfer of
PA 518 (SB 1009): Allows county treasurers to enter into installment payment agreements with taxpayers facing foreclosure because of delinquent property taxes. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 519 (SB 1045): Extends by one year the collection of a transaction fee charged by courts as part of an e-filing pilot program. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 520 (SB 1088): Allows Michigan retailers to ship wine directly to customers in the state and removes a provision in state law that allows out-of-state retailers to ship beer and wine to
PA 521 (SB 1117): Allows county executives in
PA 522 (HB 4982): Prevents the
PA 523 (HB 5571): Allows the state to sell a piece of land in
PA 524 (HB 5664): Allows the departments of
PA 525 (HB 5774): Requires the
PA 526-527 (HB 5281-5822): Requires state contracts to include a clause that the individual vendor will not engage in a boycott of person based in or doing business with
PA 528 (HB 5877): Provides efficiency in the delivery of medications outside of a hospital setting. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 529 (HB 6036): Allows local officials to use lease/purchase agreements as a way to finance energy efficiency upgrades in their buildings. Sponsor:
PA 530 (HB 6075): Requires participants in the Public Employee Retirement System Investment Act to file annual reports with the
PA 531 (HB 6013):
PA 532-536 (SB 754-755, 763 and 765-766): Remove unnecessary reporting requirements for local school districts. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 537-544 (SB 756-757, 759-762, 764 and 767): Repeal a number of obsolete education-related laws. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 545 (SB 950): Require the state or federal government to provide alternative water supplies to residents whose water is contaminated as a result of substances migrating from government-owned properties. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 546-549 (SB 72, 141, 1175-1176): Allows landlords to prohibit renters from growing or using marijuana in their rental units, and clarifies penalties for crimes involving the sale of synthetic marijuana. Sponsors: Sens.
PA 550 (SB 289): Creates a state prohibition on patent infringement. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 551 (SB 884): Extends the sunset on payments made by counties to the state in relation to
PA 552-555 (SP 982-985): Creates uniformity with other states regarding debtors who transfer assets to avoid paying debts. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 556 (SB 1104): Limits lawsuit damages for past medical or rehabilitation service expenses to the actual damages for the medical care that arose out of malpractice. Sponsor: Sen.
PA 557 (HB 5421): Clarifies the administration of the board of trustees for the bankruptcy trust created by the grand bargain for
PA 558 (HB 5514): Amends the insurance code to update mortality tables. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 559 (HB 5782): Allows otherwise confidential mental health information to be shared for the coordination of care and delivery of services. Sponsor: Rep.
PA 560-563 (SB 1100, 1097-1099): Create the
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