2021 Senate Bill 85 / Public Act 132

Authorize new corporate subsidies (originally a regular budget bill)

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 2, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Ken Horn (R-32)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 11, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Amendment offered

To authorize spending $500,000 to assist some individuals ("remove barrier") get a state ID card.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Sean McCann (D-20)

To increase spending on certain state job training subsidies.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Sean McCann (D-20)

To authorize giving $6 million to individuals enrolled in a certain jobs training program for "childcare, broadband access, transportation, or other services".

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-18)

To increase the number of "full time equivalent" jobs in the department from 2,510.1 to 3010.4.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Ken Horn (R-32)

To require state unemployment insurance offices to reopen and provide in-person appointments.

The amendment passed 35 to 0 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-7)

To spend an additional $90 million on certain state job training subsidies.

The amendment failed 14 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-13)

To increase spending on programs and subsidies related to autonomous, connected, electric and other types of vehicles and systems promoted as "mobility futures".

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-3)

To add $10 million in spending on certain social welfare relate housing programs and subsidies.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-1)

To add $12.3 million to Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration budget and authorize an additional 39 staffers.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-25)

The vote by which the amendments offered by Senator Polehanki were not adopted.

The motion passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-7)

To spend an additional $90 million on certain state job training subsidies.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)

The Senate version of a Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. This would appropriate $1.666 billion in gross spending, of which, $1.140 billion is federal money.

Received in the House

May 13, 2021

May 19, 2021

Substitute offered by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

To adopt a "placeholder" bill with no appropriations, which may be quickly added in a future amendment.

The substitute passed by voice vote

May 20, 2021

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

The House version of a Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. This would appropriate $1.666 billion in gross spending, of which, $1.140 billion is federal money.

Received in the Senate

May 25, 2021

Dec. 2, 2021

Failed in the Senate 0 to 34 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of this budget authorization. Reportedly a new version of this bill will be used to authorize spending on the new corporate subsidy programs proposed by House Bills proposed by House Bill 5602-5604.

Dec. 14, 2021

Received

Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)

To appropriate $1 billion for a new corporate subsidy scheme. The money would go to a "strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund" authorized by Senate Bill 769, to pay for a “Critical Industry Fund” (Senate Bill 771) that will give grants and loans to certain companies to create jobs or job training, and a “Strategic Site Readiness Fund” (House Bill 5603) which would give money to certain companies to create “investment-ready sites” for new job producing plants and facilities. The bill also appropriates $409 million federal dollars for relief to businesses "afflicted" by the coronavirus epidemic and government responses, and $75 million state dollars to replace money used to reduce personal property taxes levied on business tools and equipment.

Received in the House

Dec. 14, 2021

Passed in the House 78 to 25 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Dec. 20, 2021