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How They Voted

Senate Bill 149, Adopt state road and transportation budget: Passed 22 to 16 in the Senate

To appropriate $5.386 billion in gross spending on roads, buses and other transportation programs in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, compared to $4.843 billion enrolled the previous year. Of this, $1.252 billion is federal money. The legislature did not enact a 45 cent per gallon gas tax increase proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (which was never introduced as legislation), but did include $468 million in state income tax revenue earmarked to roads by two previous legislatures. The legislature’s budget also directs $400 million in additional state revenue generated by a growing economy to road repairs.

Sen. Ed McBroom, R – Vulcan, Yes

Senate Bill 149, Adopt state road and transportation budget: Passed 58 to 51 in the House

The House vote on the transportation budget described above.

Rep. Beau LaFave, R – Iron Mountain, Yes

House Bill 4236, Adopt a state Higher Education budget: Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate

The Legislature’s Higher Education budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year which begins Tuesday. This would appropriate $1.685 billion for state universities, compared to $1.669 billion enrolled the previous year. Part of each school’s funding would be contingent on not increasing tuition and fees more than 4.4% or $587, whichever is greater.

Sen. Ed McBroom, R – Vulcan, Yes

House Bill 4236, Adopt a state Higher Education budget: Passed 58 to 51 in the House

The House vote on the Higher Education budget described above.

Rep. Beau LaFave, R – Iron Mountain, Yes

Senate Bill 139, State Welfare and Medicaid budget for coming fiscal year: Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate

To adopt a state Department of Health and Human Services budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. This budget funds the state’s social welfare programs and would appropriate $26.452 billion in gross spending, of which $18.393 billion is federal money; this budget is up from $24.880 billion enrolled the previous year. This is the largest state department budget, accounting for nearly 45 percent of all state spending.

Sen. Ed McBroom, R – Vulcan, Yes

Senate Bill 139, State Welfare and Medicaid budget for next fiscal year: Passed 64 to 44 in the House

The House vote on the Welfare and Medicaid budget described above.

Rep. Beau LaFave, R – Iron Mountain, Yes

Senate Bill 455, Give more tax breaks to particular “data center” company: Passed 27 to 11 in the Senate

To authorize additional property tax exemptions to a particular “data center” business that is also benefiting from state “renaissance zone” subsidies and tax breaks. The bill appears to seek benefits for the Nevada company that occupied the former Steelcase “Pyramid” building in Grand Rapids.

Sen. Ed McBroom, R – Vulcan, Yes

Source: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit www.MichiganVotes.org.

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