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Michigan Senate introduces 17 measures, refers bills to committees
Summary
The Michigan Senate conducted introductions and second readings of 17 bills and one concurrent resolution, assigning the measures to relevant standing committees and adjourning until April 8 at 10 a.m.
The Michigan Senate held a brief session in which senators introduced multiple bills and read several measures for the first and second time before referring them to standing committees. The Senate also recorded the House27s adoption of a concurrent resolution and adjourned until Tuesday, April 8, at 10 a.m.
Senators introduced and referred bills on topics that included age verification and consent for social media accounts (Senate Bill 190), regulation of material harmful to minors (SB 191), amendments to the General Property Tax Act (SB 192 and SB 196 and House Bill 4014), public health code changes (SB 193 and SB 194), preemption of local ordinances on certain containers (SB 195), tuition grant amendments for students at nonprofit independent institutions (SB 197), regulation of data collection by motor-vehicle dealers and manufacturers (SB 198), tax increment financing changes (SB 199), and an amendment to food law (SB 200). The Senate also read and referred House bills including HB 4014, HB 4065 (Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998), HB 4098 (Tax Tribunal Act), HB 4099 (Open Meetings Act), and HB 4170 (Income Tax Act of 1967). The Senate noted the House had transmitted and adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4; the resolution was sent to the secretary for the record.
Committee referrals followed the readings. Several bills were referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs (including SB 190, SB 191, SB 198, and HB 4065), the Committee on Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection (including SB 192, SB 196, HB 4014, HB 4098, HB 4099, HB 4170), the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture (SB 193 and SB 194), the Committee on Energy and Environment (SB 195), the Committee on Appropriations (SB 197 and SB 199), and the Committee on Economic and Community Development (SB 200). Each referral was recorded as part of the bills27 first or second reading as stated on the Senate floor.
Senator Albert formally offered SB 190 and SB 191; Senator Chang offered SB 192; Senator Voino offered SB 193; Senator Hauck offered SB 194; Senator Schenck offered SB 195; and Senator Singh offered SB 196 through SB 200. The Senate also noted guests in the gallery for Senator Singh: 17 students and two adults from Lansing Sheridan Road schools.
The session concluded with a clerk or presiding officer noting the absence of a quorum and announcing adjournment until the stated date and time.
While the session recorded introductions and committee referrals, no committee reports, floor debate on bill content, or recorded votes on the measures appear in the transcript excerpt provided.
