2019 House Bill 4231 / Public Act 64

Appropriations: Department of Corrections

Introduced in the House

Feb. 26, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

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

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 6, 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. Greg Markkanen (R-110)

To eliminate funding related to closure of the Ojibway Correctional Facility, and instead appropriate $250,000 to retrofit it as a training academy for corrections officers.

The amendment failed by voice vote

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

To require the Genesee County sheriff to file regular reports related to state money received to keep open a jail overflow "lockup" facility.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Mueller (R-51)

To appropriate $4 million for a grant to Genesee County to keep open a jail overflow "lockup" facility.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R-110)

To include the closed Ojibway Correctional Facility in a study of possible sites for a correctional officer training academy.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Jon Hoadley (D-60)

To authorize conducting or contracting for a study of parole and probation officer workloads.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-68)

To establish as the intent of the legislature that the Corrections Department "resume staff line-ups, which require corrections officers to report not less than 6 minutes before start time for a shift so that custody supervisors can share relevant information about the preceding shift, including security, safety, drug, or violence issues, and can evaluate the mental, emotional, and physical fitness of corrections officers reporting to assume duties of the shift".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Leslie Love (D-10)

To direct department grants to a certain nonprofit that operates programs in Wayne County to reduce recidivism by former inmates.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 56 to 51 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.00 billion in gross spending. Of this, $5.3 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)

Received in the Senate

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the Senate 22 to 16 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.019 billion in gross spending, compared to $2.017 billion enrolled the previous year. Only $5.2 million of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 58 to 51 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 30, 2019

Received in the House

Oct. 2, 2019

Oct. 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations