Senator Stamas asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Stamas’ statement is as follows:
I rise to ask for your support on House Bill No. 4410. This bill includes important funds for our local governments, hospitals, nursing homes, and our secondary road patrol.
This bill increases statutory revenue sharing by 2.1 percent, bringing the total funding for cities, villages, and townships to $266 million. Also included is $100 million in federal recovery funding to support our skilled nursing facilities and $160 million in federal funds for our hospitals. Lastly, we provide $2.7 million in federal recovery funds to our counties for secondary road patrols. This addresses a decline in the restricted revenue that supports the Secondary Road Patrol Program.
There is still much work to be done on the state budget, but these funds are an immediate priority while we thoughtfully consider the once-in-a-lifetime federal funding we have received and how we best utilize them to make a lasting improvement and investment in our state. I ask for Senators’ support.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to consideration of the following bill:
House Bill No. 4411, entitled
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled “The state school aid act of 1979,” by amending sections 4, 6, 6a, 11, 11a, 11j, 11k, 11m, 11n, 11s, 15, 18, 19, 20, 20d, 20f, 21f, 21h, 22a, 22b, 22d, 22m, 22p, 24, 24a, 25f, 25g, 25i, 26a, 26b, 26c, 28, 29a, 31a, 31d, 31f, 31j, 31m, 31n, 32d, 32p, 35a, 35b, 35d, 35e, 35f, 39, 39a, 41, 51a, 51c, 51d, 51f, 53a, 54, 54b, 54d, 55, 56, 61a, 61b, 61c, 61d, 62, 65, 67, 67a, 74, 81, 94, 94a, 95b, 98, 99h, 99s, 99t, 99u, 99w, 99x, 101, 104, 104a, 104c, 105, 105c, 107, 147, 147a, 147b, 147c, 147e, 152a, and 152b (MCL 388.1604, 388.1606, 388.1606a, 388.1611, 388.1611a, 388.1611j, 388.1611k, 388.1611m, 388.1611n, 388.1611s, 388.1615, 388.1618, 388.1619, 388.1620, 388.1620d, 388.1620f, 388.1621f, 388.1621h, 388.1622a, 388.1622b, 388.1622d, 388.1622m, 388.1622p, 388.1624, 388.1624a, 388.1625f, 388.1625g, 388.1625i, 388.1626a, 388.1626b, 388.1626c, 388.1628, 388.1629a, 388.1631a, 388.1631d, 388.1631f, 388.1631j, 388.1631m, 388.1631n, 388.1632d, 388.1632p, 388.1635a, 388.1635b, 388.1635d, 388.1635e, 388.1635f, 388.1639, 388.1639a, 388.1641, 388.1651a, 388.1651c, 388.1651d, 388.1651f, 388.1653a, 388.1654, 388.1654b, 388.1654d, 388.1655, 388.1656, 388.1661a, 388.1661b, 388.1661c, 388.1661d, 388.1662, 388.1665, 388.1667, 388.1667a, 388.1674, 388.1681, 388.1694, 388.1694a, 388.1695b, 388.1698, 388.1699h, 388.1699s, 388.1699t, 388.1699u, 388.1699w, 388.1699x, 388.1701, 388.1704, 388.1704a, 388.1704c, 388.1705, 388.1705c, 388.1707, 388.1747, 388.1747a, 388.1747b, 388.1747c, 388.1747e, 388.1752a, and 388.1752b), sections 4 and 104c as amended by 2019 PA 58, sections 6, 11a, 11j, 11k, 11m, 11s, 15, 18, 20, 20d, 20f, 21h, 22a, 22b, 22d, 22m, 22p, 24, 24a, 25f, 25g, 26a, 26b, 26c, 28, 31a, 31d, 31f, 31j, 32d, 32p, 35a, 35b, 39, 39a, 41, 51a, 51c, 51d, 51f, 53a, 54, 54b, 54d, 55, 56, 61a, 61b, 61d, 62, 65, 67, 74, 81, 94, 94a, 95b, 98, 99h, 99s, 99t, 99u, 99w, 99x, 101, 104, 105, 105c, 107, 147, 147a, 147c, 147e, and 152a as amended by 2020 PA 165, section 6a as amended by 2020 PA 149, sections 11, 21f, and 31n as amended by 2021 PA 3, sections 11n and 104a as added by 2021 PA 3, sections 19, 61c, 147b, and 152b as amended by 2018 PA 265, sections 25i, 29a, 35d, 35e, 35f, and 67a as added by 2020 PA 165, section 31m as added by 2018 PA 265, and by adding sections 11t, 20m, 22c, 22g, 26d, 31o, 31p, 35g, 51g, 67b, 94c, 94d, 97, 97a, 98b, 99aa, 99bb, and 104h; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
(This bill was read a third time earlier today and consideration postponed temporarily. See p. 1090.)
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: