Senator Runestad’s third statement is as follows:
The way this bill was crafted poorly allows a person to drive to and from the polling location or past the polling location with a gun secured but does not allow you to park and then with your gun secured in the car go and vote, which is the craziest thing I can imagine in terms of encouraging people to vote. My amendment fixes this by simply permitting you to travel within that jurisdiction of these drop boxes, as well as to park, without breaking the law.
Senator Runestad’s fourth statement is as follows:
This final amendment is to fix an issue in the way the bill was crafted. The bill says that if your personal property, your home, business, whatever, is within 100 feet of a polling place or one of these polling boxes, that you would be able to have your gun on the property. However, it does not apply to people who are visiting—guests to the home—which is just a bad aspect of the way the bill was written. This simply says that your personal guests at your property would have the same protection from being prosecuted that you would at your property.
Senator Singh moved that the Senate proceed to consideration of the following bill:
House Bill No. 5096
The motion prevailed.
The following bill was read a third time:
House Bill No. 5096, entitled
A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled “Michigan renaissance zone act,” by amending sections 3, 4, 6, 8a, and 12 (MCL 125.2683, 125.2684, 125.2686, 125.2688a, and 125.2692), sections 3 and 8a as amended by 2010 PA 277, section 4 as amended by 2014 PA 27, section 6 as amended by 2016 PA 118, and section 12 as amended by 2010 PA 83.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: