MI - Senate Bill 21
Assigned To Committee
Lawmaker lobbying ban
This bill would ban legislators from being lobbyists for 2 years after leaving office.
Primary Sponsor: Jim Runestad (R)
Take Action
97%
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.
Primary Sponsor: Lana Theis (R)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Pamela Hornberger (R)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Steven Johnson (R)
MI - House Bill 4022
Assigned To Committee
Government salary transparency
This bill would require state employee salaries to be posted online.
Primary Sponsor: Ryan Berman (R)
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...
Primary Sponsor: Robert Wittenberg (D)
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...
Primary Sponsor: Ken Horn (R)
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...
Primary Sponsor: Pete Lucido (R)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Roger Victory (R)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Ken Horn (R)
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...
Primary Sponsor: Yousef Rabhi (D)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Christine Greig (D)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Yousef Rabhi (D)
House Bill 4500
Assigned To Committee
Plastic Bag Banning
The bill would allow local communities to ban plastic bags.
Primary Sponsor: Robert Wittenberg (D)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Jon Hoadley (D)
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.
Primary Sponsor: Rebekah Warren (D)