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Michigan Senate advances and passes multiple bills, including juvenile-conviction bill and vehicle-code changes
Summary
The Michigan Senate advanced several bills to third reading and passed a package of measures on final passage, including a bill to allow setting aside certain convictions and amendments to the vehicle code and natural resources law; vote tallies for each measure were recorded on the floor.
The Michigan Senate met in session to consider and vote on a slate of bills, advancing several to third reading and voting on multiple final-passage items.
On final passage, Senate Bill 78 (to provide for setting aside convictions in certain criminal cases) passed with 23 ayes, 11 noes, and 3 excused after floor remarks in support by Senator Santana. A series of bills amending the Revised Judicature Act (SB257, SB258, SB259) each passed with recorded tallies of 25 ayes, 9 noes, and 3 excused. SB260 (municipal liability uniformity) and SB261 likewise passed with 25 ayes, 9 noes, and 3 excused.
The Senate also approved SB137 and SB138 (amendments to the Michigan Vehicle Code) and SB139 (an amendment to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act). Each of those measures passed with 33 ayes, 1 no, and 3 excused, as announced on the floor.
Earlier in the session, the Committee of the Whole adopted floor substitutes and reported bills (including a Hertel substitute for SB219) and several measures were placed on the third-reading calendar as a result. The chamber proceeded through the calendar, adopting committee recommendations and advancing bills according to the schedule set by floor leadership.
The measures cited will proceed per the Senate’s order for any subsequent steps or enrollment as required by legislative process.
