2005 Senate Bill 242

Senate Roll Call 664: Passed

To authorize $8.7 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs, including $5 million for agricultural processing subsidies that had previously been vetoed by the governor. The bill authorizes various fund shifts related to the "21st Century Jobs Fund" created by House Bill 5047. The bill also prohibits the Department of Corrections from adding any new prison beds unless it first puts back into service the state's only privatized prison, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility in Baldwin, which Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered closed.

36 Yeas / 0 Nays
Republican (21 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (15 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (2)