2002 Senate Bill 1006 / Public Act 258

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 24, 2002

Introduced by Sen. George Hart (D-6)

To require criminal background checks on flight school students, and prohibit enrollment of persons who have been convicted of a felony within the past seven years. See also House Bills 5495 to 5520, and Senate Bills 930 to 960.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

Feb. 5, 2002

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with a version recommended by the committee which reported it. The substitute incorporates changes resulting from committee testimony and deliberation. These changes do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Feb. 6, 2002

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Feb. 6, 2002

To require criminal background checks on flight school students, and prohibit enrollment of persons who have been convicted of a felony within the past seven years. See also House Bills 5495 to 5520, and Senate Bills 930 to 960.

March 7, 2002

Amendment offered by Rep. Jud Gilbert (R-82)

To establish a date the bill will go into effect if passed.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Ruth Johnson (R-46)

To narrow the prohibtion to apply only to prospective students who have felony violent felony records, and define violent felony.

The amendment passed by voice vote

March 21, 2002

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

To require criminal background checks on flight school students, and prohibit enrollment of persons who have been convicted of a violent felony within the past seven years. See also House Bills 5495 to 5520, and Senate Bills 930 to 960.

Received in the Senate

March 21, 2002

April 9, 2002

Amendment offered by Sen. William Van Regenmorter (R-22)

To strip out House-passed amendments which would have limited the scope of the bill to cover only violent felonies, rather than all felonies.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, without the House-passed amendments which would have limited the scope of the bill to cover only violent felonies, rather than all felonies.

Received in the House

April 9, 2002

April 11, 2002

Passed in the House 92 to 5 (details)

To concur with the Senate changes to the House-passed version of the bill.

Received in the Senate

April 11, 2002

Signed by Gov. John Engler

May 1, 2002