to adopt the amendment to HB 4287.
Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4287. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Steele offered the following amendments to HB 4287: 1. Amend page 16, following line 2, by inserting: "Sec. 219. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this article, 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 article for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.". 2. Amend page 18, following line 8, by inserting: "Sec. 227. (1) Any department, agency, board, commission, or public officer that receives funding under part 1 shall not: (a) Require as a condition of accessing any facility or receiving services that an individual provide proof that he or she has received a COVID-19 vaccine except as provided by federal law or as a condition of receiving federal Medicare or Medicaid funding. (b) Produce, develop, issue, or require a COVID-19 vaccine passport. (c) Develop a database or make any existing database publicly available to access an individual's COVID-19 vaccine status by any person, company, or governmental entity. (d) Require as a condition of employment that an employee or official provide proof that he or she has received a COVID-19 vaccine. This subdivision does not apply to any hospital, congregate care facility, or other medical facility or any hospital, congregate care facility, or other medical facility operated by a local subdivision that receives federal Medicare or Medicaid funding. (2) A department, agency, board, commission, or public officer may not subject any individual to any negative employment consequence, retaliation, or retribution because of that individual's COVID-19 vaccine status. (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any person, department, agency, board, commission, or public officer from transmitting proof of an individual's COVID-19 vaccine status to any person, company, or governmental entity, so long as the individual provides affirmative consent. (4) If a department, agency, board, commission, subdivision, or official or public officer is required to establish a vaccine policy due to a federal mandate, it must provide exemptions to any COVID-19 vaccine policy to the following individuals: (a) An individual for whom a physician certifies that a COVID-19 vaccine is or may be detrimental to the individual's health or is not appropriate. (b) An individual who provides a written statement to the effect that the requirements of the COVID-19 vaccine policy cannot be met because of religious convictions or other consistently held objection to immunization. (5) As used in this section, "public officer" means a person appointed by the governor or another executive department official or an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this state.". 3. Amend page 18, following line 23, by inserting: "Sec. 229. As a condition of receiving funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall not submit federal accountability plans or request amendments to federal accountability plans until after notification of the content to both the house and senate appropriations committees, house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. Sec. 230. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall compile a report that identifies any new mandates required of nonpublic schools or the lack of any new mandates for nonpublic schools. In compiling the report, the department may consult with relevant statewide education associations in Michigan. The report compiled by the department shall indicate the type of mandate, including, but not limited to, student health, student or building safety, accountability, and educational requirements, and shall indicate whether a school has to report on the specified mandates. The report required under this section shall be completed by April 1, 2024 and transmitted to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees responsible for the department, and the senate and house fiscal agencies not later than April 15, 2024. Sec. 231. It is the intent of the legislature that departments maximize the efficiency of the state workforce and, where possible, prioritize in-person work. Each executive branch department, agency, board, or commission that receives funding under part 1 must post its in-person, remote, or hybrid work policy on its website.". 4. Amend page 18, line 24, after "Sec." by striking out the balance of the sentence and inserting "232.". 5. Amend page 18, following line 29, by inserting: "Sec. 235. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall administer a survey that allows teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators to provide feedback on their interactions with the department. (2) The department shall administer the survey required in subsection (1) with a focus on the following interactions: (a) Any transaction that occurs through the Michigan Online Educator Certification System. (b) Professional development that is offered or coordinated by the department. (3) The survey required under subsection (1) must include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Information on a survey recipient's viewpoint of the department and rating of their interactions under subsection (2). (b) The recipient's insight on the department's effectiveness in achieving goals within Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan. (4) The department shall prepare a report of the survey required under subsection (1), including a summary of the survey results, and shall submit that report to the senate and house appropriations committees by June 1, 2024. It is the intent of the legislature that the usefulness of this report in decision making, and need to maintain reporting requirements, shall be assessed in the fiscal year 2025-2026.".