A bill to make and supplement appropriations for the legislature, the executive, the department of attorney general, the department of state, the department of treasury, the department of technology, management, and budget, the department of civil rights, and certain other state purposes for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; to provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the state agencies; to declare the effect of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Introduced
by
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported with substitute S-5
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-5
Substitute S-5 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 32, following line 10, by inserting:
“Pension best practices and debt reduction grant program
250,000,000”
2. Amend page 32, line 13, after “$” by striking out “48” and inserting “298”.
3. Amend page 32, line 20, after “$” by striking out “20” and inserting “270” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
4. Amend page 127, following line 20, by inserting:
“Sec. 949t. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for pension best practices and debt reduction grant program, the department of treasury shall establish and operate a grant program that provides grant awards to qualified units that certify and attest to establishing pension best practices as provided in subsection (2) for their qualified retirement system.
(2) To qualify for a grant award under this section, a qualified unit must certify and attest via an affidavit that it shall implement all of the following practices upon the receipt of a grant award:
(a) Retiree health care, if offered, shall be prefunded. As used in this subdivision, “prefunded” means qualified units must amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retiree health care system over a maximum closed period as determined by the uniform actuarial assumptions of retirement systems published as of December 31, 2021 by the state treasurer under the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2801 to 38.2812. The grant award deposited into a qualified retirement system, as provided in subsection (3)(c)(i), may be used by the qualified unit to prefund health care.
(b) The qualified unit shall make, in full, all actuarially determined contributions. If a qualified unit’s actual contribution is less than the actuarially determined contribution, the qualified unit shall remit an amount equal to the difference to the qualified retirement system within 12 months. If the qualified unit fails to remit this payment within 12 months, the department of treasury may intercept the qualified unit’s revenue sharing payment. For a qualified unit that is a road commission, the department of transportation, in cooperation with the department of treasury, may intercept an available state revenue distribution.
(c) The discount rate and the assumed rate of return for the qualified retirement system shall be capped at current levels. The discount rate and assumed rate of return may be approved for adjustment to a lower level.
(d) The qualified retirement system shall adopt the most recent mortality tables recommended by the Society of Actuaries, which may subsequently be adjusted based on an experience study of the qualified retirement system.
(e) Within 5 years, the qualified unit shall comply with the uniform actuarial assumptions of retirement systems published as of December 31, 2021 by the state treasurer under the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2801 to 38.2812, for the qualified retirement system.
(3) Grant awards distributed under this section must meet all of the following conditions:
(a) Grant awards to a qualified unit are capped at 5% of the amount of funds available for grant awards. This cap does not apply if subsequent rounds of applications are established under subdivision (b).
(b) Any funds not awarded by September 30, 2022 must be used for additional rounds of applications until all funds are dispersed.
(c) A qualified unit receiving a grant award under this section shall be subject to the following uses in the following order of priority:
(i) The grant award must be deposited into the qualified retirement system and must be in addition to the qualified unit’s actuarially determined contribution and must not be used by the qualified unit to meet its actuarially determined contribution for the qualified retirement system. The amount deposited into the qualified retirement system must establish a funded ratio of at least 100% before the qualified unit can use funds under subparagraph (ii). Grant awards may also be deposited for a retirement health benefit of a retirement system, as defined in section 3 of the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2803, of a qualified unit that is transitioning from pay-as-you-go to prefunding.
(ii) The qualified unit may use any funds available after satisfying subparagraph (i) to make principal payments on any outstanding debt obligations as of December 31, 2021. A qualified unit is allowed to create a debt sinking fund to prefund any debt repayments that are not eligible for early repayment. The qualified unit must have no remaining debt obligations before the qualified unit can use funds under subparagraph (iii).
(iii) The qualified unit may use any funds available after satisfying subparagraphs (i) and (ii) to satisfy any matching fund requirements for infrastructure investments.
(4) The department of treasury shall develop, and publish on the department website, program guidelines, an application process, and the associated application materials no later than July 1, 2022. The department of treasury must accept applications from qualified units beginning July 1, 2022 and ending on July 31, 2022. Grant awards must be dispersed no later than September 30, 2022.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) “Qualified retirement system” means a retirement pension benefit within a retirement system, as defined in section 3 of the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2803, of a qualified unit, with a funded ratio greater than or equal to 60% as of December 31, 2021.
(b) “Qualified unit” means a city, county, township, village, or road commission that operates a qualified retirement system or has closed a qualified retirement system and offers a defined contribution retirement plan.
(6) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for pension best practices and debt reduction grant program are designated as a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be available for expenditures for projects under this section until the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to promote pension best practices and debt reduction measures among qualified units.
(b) The project will be accomplished by grants to qualified units approved by the department of treasury.
(c) The estimated cost of this project is $250,000,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date for the work project is September 30, 2026.”.
The amendment failed 17 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 82, line 5, by striking out all of section 815.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 23, line 23, after “$” by striking out “2,555,440,900” and inserting “2,607,749,500”.
2. Amend page 30, line 18, after “$” by striking out “293,535,300” and inserting “307,513,200”.
3. Amend page 30, line 21, after “sharing” by striking out “256,167,400” and inserting “268,343,800”.
4. Amend page 30, line 24, after “$” by striking out “1,653,208,500” and inserting “1,678,362,800”.
5. Amend page 30, line 27, after “tax” by striking out “1,653,208,500” and inserting “1,678,362,800”.
6. Amend page 32, line 11, after “sharing” by striking out “13,977,900” and inserting “27,955,800”.
7. Amend page 32, line 12, after “sharing” by striking out “12,176,400” and inserting “24,352,800”.
8. Amend page 32, line 13, after “$” by striking out “48,154,500” and inserting “74,308,800”.
9. Amend page 32, line 19, after “tax” by striking out “26,154,300” and inserting “52,308,600”.
10. Amend page 128, line 8, after “receive” by striking out the balance of the line through “summed.” on line 22 and inserting “(a) An amount equal to 110.0% of its total eligible city, village, and township revenue sharing payment under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, rounded to the nearest dollar. This represents a 5% increase in ongoing funding from fiscal year 2023 contained in section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, and 5% in onetime funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
(b) An additional amount to be used for funding local public safety initiatives, as defined in subsection (2), equal to 10.0% of its total eligible city, village, and township revenue sharing payment under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, rounded to the nearest dollar. This represents a 5% increase in ongoing funding from fiscal year 2023 contained in section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, and 5% in one-time funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. As a condition of receiving funds under this section for public safety, a city, village, or township must maintain public safety funding at an amount not less than the fiscal year 2022-23 amount. A city, village or township may not use this public safety revenue sharing to replace funding that previously was used for public safety.
(c) For purposes of this subsection, any city, village, or township that completely merges with another city, village, or township will be treated as a single entity, such that when determining the eligible city, village, and township revenue sharing payment under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166 for the combined single entity, the city, village, and township revenue sharing amount each of the merging local units of government was eligible to receive under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166 is summed.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “local public safety initiatives” include, but are not limited to, recruitment or retention efforts, training programs, new equipment purchases or equipment replacements, capital improvements, or operations to public safety buildings or structures. All expenses must be related to public safety.”.
11. Amend page 128, line 23, after “(” by striking out “2” and inserting “3”.
12. Amend page 128, line 28, after “(” by striking out “3” and inserting “4”.
13. Amend page 129, line 12, after “receives” by striking out the balance of the line through “counties.” on line 21 and inserting “the following:
(a) An additional payment equal to 10% of its total eligible payment under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, rounded to the nearest dollar. This represents a 5% increase in ongoing funding from fiscal year 2023 contained in section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, and 5% in one-time funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
(b) An additional payment equal to 10% of its total eligible payment under section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, rounded to the nearest dollar, This represents a 5% increase in ongoing funding from fiscal year 2023 contained in section 108(11), Article 5, 2022 PA 166, and 5% in one-time funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. The extra 10% payment is to be Used only for funding local public safety initiatives as defined in subsection (2). As a condition of receiving funds under this section for public safety, a county must maintain public safety funding at an amount not less than the fiscal year 2022-23 amount. A county may not use this public safety revenue sharing to replace funding that previously was used for public safety.
(c) The amounts calculated under this subsection shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect partial county fiscal years and prorated based on the total amount appropriated for distribution to all eligible counties.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “local public safety initiatives” include, but are not limited to, recruitment or retention efforts, training programs, new equipment purchases or equipment replacements, capital improvements, or operations to public safety buildings or structures. All expenses must be related to public safety.”.
14. Amend page 129, line 22, after “(” by striking out “2” and inserting “3”.
15. Amend page 129, line 25, after “(” by striking out “3” and inserting “4”.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
Motion to reconsider amendment
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 59, line 1, after “$” by striking out “2,000,000” and inserting “1,000,000”.
2. Amend page 59, line 7, after “$” by striking out “750,000” and inserting “375,000”.
3. Amend page 68, line 8, after “$” by striking out “2,000,000” and inserting “500,000”.
4. Amend page 75, line 19, after “$” by striking out “8,000,000” and inserting “4,000,000”.
5. Amend page 75, line 25, after “$” by striking out “150,000” and inserting “75,000”.
6. Amend page 76, line 2, after “$” by striking out “2,000,000” and inserting “50,000”.
7. Amend page 102, line 27, after “$” by striking out “1,000,000” and inserting “500,000”.
8. Amend page 103, line 10, after “$” by striking out “200,000” and inserting “100,000”.
9. Amend page 103, line 16, after “$” by striking out “40,000” and inserting “20,000”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 32, following line 10, by inserting:
“Local law enforcement grants
5,000,000”
2. Amend page 32, line 13, after “$” by striking out “48,154,500” and inserting “53,154,500”.
3. Amend page 32, line 20, after “$” by striking out the balance of the line and inserting “25,000,200”.
4. Amend page 127, following line 20, by inserting:
“Sec. 949v. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for local law enforcement grants, the department shall award grants to eligible local units of government to provide hiring bonuses, retention bonuses, or to support base salary retention adjustments for officers and command staff. Eligible local units of government shall receive $10,000.00 per officer or command staff or to hire full-time officers or command staff, capped at 10 full-time officers or command staff per local unit.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “Eligible local units of government” means a local units of government with a population fewer than 5,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census and has six or fewer full-time MCOLES certified officers.
(b) “MCOLES” means the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards created in section 3 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.603.”.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 128, following line 20, by inserting:
“Sec. 949w. (1) The inflation and tax relief fund is created within the department of treasury.
(2) Any unexpended funds in the inflation and tax relief fund created in this section shall be carried forward and available for expenditure under this section.
(3) Funds may only be spent from the inflation and tax relief fund upon appropriation, or legislative transfer pursuant to section 393 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(4) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the inflation and tax relief fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the inflation and tax relief fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the inflation and tax relief fund interest and earnings from the inflation and tax relief fund.
(5) Funds in the inflation and tax relief fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the inflation and tax relief fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(6) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, $500,000,000.00 shall be appropriated from the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund created by section 51h of the Income tax act, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.51h to the inflation and tax relief fund prior to any distributions made under section 695 (2)(d) of the Income tax act, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.695.”.
The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)
1. Amend page 45, following line 22, by inserting:
“Sec. 218. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this part and part 1, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this part and part 1 for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 143, line 21, after “(7” by inserting “a”.
2. Amend page 143, line 24, after “units” by striking out the balance of the page through “section.” on line 4 of page 145 and inserting “that certify and attest to establishing pension best practices as provided in subsection (7b) for their qualified retirement system.
(7b) To qualify for a grant award under this section, a qualified unit must certify and attest via an affidavit that it shall implement all of the following practices upon the receipt of a grant award:
(a) Retiree health care, if offered, shall be prefunded. As used in this subdivision, “prefunded” means qualified units must amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retiree health care system over a maximum closed period as determined by the uniform actuarial assumptions of retirement systems published as of December 31, 2021 by the state treasurer under the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2801 to 38.2812. The grant award deposited into a qualified retirement system, as provided in subsection (3)(c)(i), may be used by the qualified unit to prefund health care.
(b) The qualified unit shall make, in full, all actuarially determined contributions. If a qualified unit’s actual contribution is less than the actuarially determined contribution, the qualified unit shall remit an amount equal to the difference to the qualified retirement system within 12 months. If the qualified unit fails to remit this payment within 12 months, the department of treasury may intercept the qualified unit’s revenue sharing payment. For a qualified unit that is a road commission, the department of transportation, in cooperation with the department of treasury, may intercept an available state revenue distribution.
(c) The discount rate and the assumed rate of return for the qualified retirement system shall be capped at current levels. The discount rate and assumed rate of return may be approved for adjustment to a lower level.
(d) The qualified retirement system shall adopt the most recent mortality tables recommended by the Society of Actuaries, which may subsequently be adjusted based on an experience study of the qualified retirement system.
(e) Within 5 years, the qualified unit shall comply with the uniform actuarial assumptions of retirement systems published as of December 31, 2021 by the state treasurer under the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2801 to 38.2812, for the qualified retirement system.
(7c) Grant awards distributed under this section must meet all of the following conditions:
(a) Grant awards to a qualified unit are capped at 5% of the amount of funds available for grant awards. This cap does not apply if subsequent rounds of applications are established under subdivision (b).
(b) Any funds not awarded by September 30, 2023 must be used for additional rounds of applications until all funds are dispersed.
(c) A qualified unit receiving a grant award under this section shall be subject to the following uses in the following order of priority:
(i) The grant award must be deposited first on paying off pension or Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) obligation bonds.
(ii) The grant award must be deposited into the qualified retirement system and must be in addition to the qualified unit’s actuarially determined contribution and must not be used by the qualified unit to meet its actuarially determined contribution for the qualified retirement system. The amount deposited into the qualified retirement system must establish a funded ratio of at least 100% before the qualified unit can use funds under subparagraph.
(iii) Grant awards may also be deposited for a retirement health benefit of a retirement system, as defined in section 3 of the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2803, of a qualified unit that is transitioning from pay-as-you-go to prefunding.
(iv) The qualified unit may use any funds available after satisfying subparagraph (i) to make principal payments on any outstanding debt obligations as of December 31, 2021. A qualified unit is allowed to create a debt sinking fund to prefund any debt repayments that are not eligible for early repayment. The qualified unit must have no remaining debt obligations before the qualified unit can use funds under subparagraph (iii).
(v) The qualified unit may use any funds available after satisfying subparagraphs (i) and (ii) to satisfy any matching fund requirements for infrastructure investments.
(7d) The department of treasury shall develop, and publish on the department website, program guidelines, an application process, and the associated application materials no later than July 1, 2023. The department of treasury must accept applications from qualified units beginning July 1, 2023 and ending on July 31, 2023. Grant awards must be dispersed no later than September 30, 2023.
(7e) As used in this section:
(a) “Qualified retirement system” means a retirement pension benefit within a retirement system, as defined in section 3 of the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, 2017 PA 202, MCL 38.2803, of a qualified unit, with a funded ratio greater than or equal to 60% as of December 31, 2021.
(b) “Qualified unit” means a city, county, township, village, or road commission that operates a qualified retirement system or has closed a qualified retirement system and offers a defined contribution retirement plan.
(7f) The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for local unit municipal pension principal payment grant are designated as a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be available for expenditures for projects under this section until the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to promote pension best practices and debt reduction measures among qualified units.
(b) The project will be accomplished by grants to qualified units approved by the department of treasury.
(c) The estimated cost of this project is $150,000,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date for the work project is September 30, 2027.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 18, line 23, after “178.5” by striking out “26” and inserting “28”.
2. Amend page 19, line 6, after “$” by striking out “306” and inserting “308”.
3. Amend page 20, line 2, after “$” by striking out “53” and inserting “55” and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
4. Amend page 87, following line 16, by inserting:
“Sec. 822u. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for administrative services, not more than $1,000,000.00 shall be expended to implement the economic development incentive evaluation act, 2018 PA 540, MCL 18.1751 to 18.1759.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, $500,000.00 shall be allocated for incentive monitoring of projects approved from the strategic outreach and attraction reserve.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 70, following line 14, by inserting:
“(5) On March 1 of each year, the department of state shall file a report with the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations, the chairpersons and minority vice-chairpersons of the relevant appropriations subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The report shall include all of the following information:
(a) The amount of gifts, contributions, donations, and grants of money received by the department under this section for the prior fiscal year.
(b) A listing of the expenditures made from the amounts received by the department as reported in subdivision (a).
(c) A listing of any gift, donation, contribution, or grant of property other than funding received by the department under this section for the prior year.
(d) The total revenue received from the sale of paid advertising accepted under this section and a statement of the total number of advertising transactions.”.
2. Amend page 70, line 15, after “(” by striking out “5” and inserting “6”.
3. Amend page 73, following line 2, by inserting:
“(7) The department must submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by March 1 that provides the amount of revenue collected by the department of state authorized under this section, the purpose of each expenditure, and the amount of revenue carried forward.”.
4. Amend page 75, following line 4, by inserting:
“(3) On March 1 of each year, the department of state shall file a report with the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations, the chairpersons and minority vice-chairpersons of the relevant appropriations subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The report shall list any gift, donation, or contribution received by the department under subsection (1) for the prior calendar year.
Sec. 718. With funds appropriated in part 1 for branch operations, the department of state shall provide adequate in-person services as defined in section 1a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1a.
Sec. 719. The department of state shall provide a report by February 1 to the speaker of the house, the senate majority leader, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget office on reimbursements to counties, cities, and townships from the department of state’s election security grant program funded by federal help America vote act of 2002, 52 USC 20901 to 21145, funding. This report shall list the amounts and purpose of reimbursements provided to each grantee as determined by receipts received by the department of state from grantees and the total amount of reimbursements received by each grantee.
Sec. 720. With funds appropriated in part 1 for election administration and services, except for when the secretary of state is exercising supervisory authority over the administration of local elections under applicable state law, before sending any election-related mailing to 20% or more of the registered electors in a voting precinct, the secretary of state must notify the speaker of the house, the senate majority leader, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, and each county, city, and township clerk responsible for administering elections in the precincts where the mailing is planned to be sent and must submit a copy of the planned mailing not later than 14 days before sending the mailing.
Sec. 720a. Not later than February 1, the secretary of state shall submit a report to the general government appropriations subcommittees, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, and the state budget office that contains all of the following:
(a) The total number of electors to whom the secretary of state mailed a notice under section 509aa(5) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.509aa.
(b) The total number of electors who corrected their voter registration records after being mailed a notice by the secretary of state under section 509aa(5) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.509aa.
(c) The number of possible improper votes cast by an elector at the preceding primary election referred to law enforcement by the secretary of state.
(d) The number of possible improper votes cast by an elector at the preceding general election referred to law enforcement by the secretary of state.
Sec. 722. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department of state shall provide an expense report of CARS. The report shall include, but is not limited to, itemized expenditures made on behalf of CARS by fund source in the prior fiscal year and projected expenditures to be made on behalf of CARS in the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year. The report shall be distributed to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by February 1. As used in this section, “CARS” means the customer and automotive records system.
Sec. 722a. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department of state shall provide a report by December 1 describing the progress made on updating MERTS and on contracting with a vendor to modernize or replace the department of state’s current automated election system. The report must be submitted to the house of representatives and senate appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate minority vice-chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees on general government, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget office. The report must include all of the following:
(a) A timeline for completion of the modernization or replacement of MERTS.
(b) Dates of full implementation of the updated or new system and any phased rollout of implementation of the system.
(c) Anticipated costs of the project in the current fiscal year and projected costs in subsequent fiscal years.
(2) As used in this section, “MERTS” means the Michigan electronic reporting and tracking system.
Sec. 723. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the county clerk education and training fund shall be used only for costs associated with the training of local clerks in preparation for elections. The department of state shall not allocate any funds appropriated for county clerk education and training for any other purposes.”.
5. Amend page 75, line 5, after “Sec.” by striking out “718” and inserting “724”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 58, following line 26, by inserting:
“Sec. 325. Funds appropriated for the department of attorney general shall not be used for litigation regarding invasive species that is connected with lawsuits regarding invasive species that have been settlement in the last six years.”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
