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Michigan Senate approves land-division amendment and passes several liquor and land bills; committee advances criminal-code substitute
Summary
The Michigan Senate adopted several bills March 2025, including final passage of changes to the Land Division Act and multiple amendments to the Michigan Liquor Control Code; the Committee of the Whole also adopted a committee substitute to a penal code bill and advanced a state school aid bill to third reading.
The Michigan Senate on March 2025 approved multiple bills and amendments in a session dominated by procedural business and a series of recorded roll-call votes.
The most closely contested action saw the Senate adopt Senator McBroom’s amendment to Senate Bill 23 (Land Division Act) and then give final passage to the bill. The chamber also gave final passage to Senate Bill 68 and unanimously approved Senate Bills 87 and 88 amid largely brief consideration.
The McBroom amendment to Senate Bill 23 was adopted by voice and recorded vote; the secretary announced 20 ayes on the amendment. On final passage of Senate Bill 23 the roll call was 30 ayes, 6 noes and 1 excused, which the secretary announced as sufficient for passage. Senate Bill 68 passed on a recorded vote of 31 ayes, 5 noes and 1 excused. Senate Bills 87 and 88 each passed with 36 ayes, 0 noes and 1 excused.
Separately, the Committee of the Whole reported that it had adopted a committee substitute (identified as S-1) for Senate Bill 71, a measure to amend the Michigan Penal Code; the substitute was…
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