2009 House Bill 5672 / 2010 Public Act 73

Earmark deaf interpreter license fee money

Introduced in the House

Dec. 9, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Dudley Spade (D-57)

To deposit licensure fees paid by interpreters for the deaf into an existing “Division on Deafness Fund,” where it would be used to cover costs incurred by the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing within the Commission on Disability Concerns within the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Feb. 10, 2010

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Feb. 16, 2010

Passed in the House 104 to 1 (details)

Received in the Senate

Feb. 24, 2010

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform

March 23, 2010

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

April 14, 2010

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

April 15, 2010

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0

To deposit licensure fees paid by interpreters for the deaf into an existing “Division on Deafness Fund,” where it would be used to cover costs incurred by the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing within the Commission on Disability Concerns within the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.

Received in the House

April 15, 2010

May 4, 2010

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

May 19, 2010