2022 House Bill 5785

Appropriations: Higher Education

Introduced in the House

Feb. 23, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Ben Frederick (R-85)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Higher Education budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 28, 2022

Reported without amendment

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

May 5, 2022

Substitute offered by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To adopt a substitute version of this budget that reflects the preferences of the Democratic caucus.

The substitute failed by voice vote

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

To adopt a substitute version of this budget that reflects the preferences of the Republican caucus.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Felicia Brabec (D-55)

To authorize giving an amount to be determined later to a University of Michigan "electric vehicle teaching, training and development center".

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Helena Scott (D-7)

To delete funding for a "Japan Center for Michigan Universities," and a provision referencing reports by organizations that "conduct human embryonic stem cell derivation".

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 75 to 28 (details)

The House version of the 2022-2023 Higher education budget. This would appropriate $2.475 billion in gross spending, of which $391.7 million is federal money, with the rest coming from state taxes and fees.

Received in the Senate

May 10, 2022

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

May 11, 2022

Passed in the Senate 21 to 12 (details)

To send the bill back to the House stripped of all actual appropriations except for $100 “placeholders," as part of a process to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the House

May 11, 2022

May 19, 2022

Failed in the House 1 to 105 (details)