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MI – House Bill 5579

Assigned To Committee

‘Green’ permit construction requirement

Requires state transportation department to get “green infrastructure permit’ from state environmental department before building any road project; No road project may be started until after the program is developed.

Introduced Nov. 30, 2021

MI – House Bill 5373

Assigned To Committee

Balloon ban

Environmental protection: litter; releasing balloons into the atmosphere; prohibit, and provide penalties.

Introduced Oct. 6, 2021

MI – Senate Bill 0675

Assigned To Committee

Balloon ban

Environmental protection: litter; releasing balloons into the atmosphere; prohibit, and provide penalties.

Introduced Oct. 6, 2021

MI - Senate Bill 21

Assigned To Committee

Lawmaker lobbying ban

This bill would ban legislators from being lobbyists for 2 years after leaving office.

Introduced Jan. 13, 2021

MI - Senate Bill 1

Assigned To Committee

Limit executive emergency health orders

This bill would subject public health orders to a 28-day limit, extension by legislature required.

Introduced Jan. 13, 2021

MI - House Bill 4049

Assigned To Committee

Stop school closures and sports cancellations

This bill would ban state health department from closing schools or canceling school sports, and give similar powers to local health agencies but only if specified epidemic levels are met.

Introduced Jan. 27, 2021

MI - House Bill 4041

Assigned To Committee

Prioritize taxpayers on state campgrounds

This bill would give state residents a 2-week head start on reserving state part camp grounds before offered to out-of-state residents.

Introduced on Jan. 27, 2021

MI - House Bill 4022

Assigned To Committee

Government salary transparency

This bill would require state employee salaries to be posted online.

Introduced on Jan. 26, 2021

House Bill 6504 & House Bill 6505

Introduced

Taxpayer-funded film tax credit

The bills aim to create a program from Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2030, for commercials, film, television and streaming productions produced in Michigan. The bills, if enacted into law, would offer a 25% credit of direct production expenditures. If the production includes an approved “filmed in Michigan logo” or compensates Michigan employees, the...

Introduced 12/3/2020

Senate Bill 492

Assigned To Committee

Tax breaks for large corporations

Michigan has given three massive corporations more than $56 million in tax breaks since a new state program came online in 2017. That’s $42,000 per job. Thankfully, this failed program expired in 2019. But Senate Bill 492 would bring back the program and make it even bigger. SB 492 eliminates the expiration date and the...

Introduced on 9/4/2019

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Senate Bill 0956

Sent to Governor

Stop housing COVID-positive patients in Michigan nursing homes

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is choosing to house COVID-positive seniors in nursing homes with those who are healthy. Nearly 90% of all Michigan deaths from COVID-19 are residents aged 60 years and older, so nursing homes house an especially vulnerable population. Thankfully, there is bipartisan support to stop this practice immediately. Senate Bill 956 would prevent...

Introduced on 6/3/2020

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Senate Bill 716

Assigned To Committee

Limits to billion-dollar borrowing

Senate Bill 716 would automatically give lawmakers the chance to veto any bonding proposal of $100 million or more from the commission. Commonsense limits on massive bond deals would go a long way toward making sure Michigan’s debt burden doesn’t grow further out of hand.

Introduced on 1/14/2020

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Senate Bill 0492

Assigned To Committee

Expanding Corporate Welfare

This bill was introduced to expand a failed tax incentive program to big business. Thus far, the program has cost taxpayers more than $57 million, with a cost of about $42,000 per job. This bill would lift the scheme’s spending cap and expand it indefinitely.

Introduced on 9/4/2019

House Bill 4781

Assigned To Committee

Corporate Income Tax Hike

House Bill 4781 is a tax hike on Michigan’s small businesses that create thousands of jobs. This plan includes a 2.5 percent corporate income tax hike and a flow-through parity tax of 4.25 percent. Higher taxes on Michigan’s small businesses cause reductions in employee benefits, such as healthcare, kill the jobs we all depend on...

Introduced on 6/26/2019

House Bill 4779

Assigned To Committee

Miles-Traveled-Tax on Trucks

This bill would create a miles-traveled-tax on trucks delivering goods. This could raise costs for consumers and open the door to government tracking travel.

Introduced on 6/26/2019

House Bill 5006

Assigned To Committee

Ban on Styrofoam

This bill will place a ban on the sale and distribution of polystyrene food packaging, packing materials, and certain other products. This ban could raise costs for consumers.

Introduced on 9/24/2019

House Bill 4500

Assigned To Committee

Plastic Bag Banning

The bill would allow local communities to ban plastic bags.

Introduced on 4/24/2019

House Bill 5306

Assigned To Committee

Expanding 10 Cent Bottle Deposit Costs

This bill would expand Michigan’s bottle deposits and distribution of revenue to all beverages except milk.

Introduced on 12/19/2019

House Joint Resolution - G

Assigned To Committee

Graduated Income Tax

A graduated income tax, also referred to as a progressive tax, imposes increasingly higher tax rates on middle and upper-income individuals. Governor Whitmer has said she supported and will consider a graduated income tax.

Introduced on 4/18/2019

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