2019 House Bill 4238 / Public Act 61

Appropriations: Judiciary budget

Introduced in the House

Feb. 26, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Tommy Brann (R-77)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Judiciary budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 16, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 11, 2019

Amendment offered by Rep. Sheryl Kennedy (D-48)

To increase spending and staffing in a number of department areas. Among other things the amendment would increase proposed spending on administration and information technology, which most House departmental budgets would cut by 3 percent and 15 percent, respectively.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 49 (details)

The House version of the fiscal year 2019-2020 Judiciary budget. This would appropriate $308.1 million in gross spending. Of this, $5.7 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the Senate

June 13, 2019

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 18, 2019

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

To "zero-out" all of the appropriations in the House-passed version of this budget, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the House

June 18, 2019

June 19, 2019

Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)

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

Received in the Senate

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Judiciary budget. This would appropriate $311.0 million in gross spending, compared to $304.0 million enrolled the previous year. Only $5.7 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 102 to 6 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 29, 2019

Received in the House

Oct. 2, 2019

Oct. 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations