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  1. Senate advances SB 904 to 3rd reading, add "evergreen" and "emerald" to "green schools" criteria. http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-904
  2. House and Senate pass K-12 budget. Per pupil cut $165; ISD operations cut of 20 percent. HB 4447
  3. Senate suspends EITC increase scheduled for 2009 tax year.
  4. Legislature in: school budget deal brewing. Smaller but still substantial per pupil cut, MBT winners & losers, EITC froze, film$ trim, more
  5. More detail on House-passed MBT revision - appears a credit for MDs against increased drug cost attributable to 3% MD tax passed tonite.
  6. House passes suspension of indexing for income tax personal exemption, 3 percent doctors tax, and yet-unpublished MBT tax on someone.
  7. House Speaker Dillon proposes $398 million tax hikes. "Call of the House" underway = send sergeants, state police to round up the reps.
  8. Senate passes SB 785, retain wetland regulation in DEQ rather than return it to feds, as Governor recommends. Mostly party line, Rs 'yes.'
  9. HB 4310 - Sen. Thomas offers amendment to shift Amtrak subsidy $ to local bus systems. Defeated.
  10. Senate Dems objecting to getting majority's budgets 19 minutes before votes on them. SB 250 et al. Parliamentary maneuvering underway.
  11. Senate advances SB 434, no state rules more stringent than required by federal standards.
  12. Senate advances license plate bills: "I believe," "In God we trust," Detroit sports teams, and others.
  13. Senate passes HB 4453 - 4355 conference reports - Impose new regulations on foreclosures.
  14. House passes HB 4261, allow 16 and 17 year olds to "preregister" to vote when they turn 18. 18 GOP no votes.
  15. House passes HB 4763 to 4769, impose new regs on children products makers, sellers. Mostly party line vote. DEQ to pick banned materials.
  16. HB 4786 also passes - see previous posts.
  17. House passes HB 4785. HFA: W/ 4786 hikes UI tax on employers $70 million/year; required to get $139 million in 'stimulus.' Mostly party line
  18. House takes up HB 4785, 4786 - increase unemployment insurance tax to get 'stimulus' money.
  19. Senate advances SB 149 - 10 years prison, $500k fine for "phishing"
  20. Senate advances SB 411, regulations for charitable organizations, including mechanism for modifying/reversing donor’s intent or restrictions