The motion prevailed, 2/3 of the members serving voting therefor.
The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.
Senator Runestad asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Runestad’s statement is as follows:
I rise to support this bill as it is worthy, but just as important—but maybe even more important—it is not paid for by the taxpayers. It is not giving a big paid holiday to unions and to other entities that the vast majority of the citizens of Michigan do not get. So many of these holidays that we do—paid holidays—are so wonderful for big corporate Americans that they don’t care. They are wonderful for the government because it’s taxpayer dollars, who cares. The way things are going it seems like we might have another one, two, five more paid holidays presented while I’m here. I will not support any more paid holidays, but I do support this since it is an unpaid holiday.
Furthermore, for those intent on utilizing their argument through intimidation and their ad hominem attacks when the next series of paid holidays are presented that you want the taxpayers to fund—your B.S. accusations to intimidate me will not work with me. I will not pay for another paid holiday on the back of the taxpayers.
The following bill was read a third time:
Senate Bill No. 134, entitled
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending sections 1084 and 1091 (MCL 600.1084 and 600.1091), section 1084 as amended by 2017 PA 161 and section 1091 as amended by 2018 PA 591.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: