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Context text: Rep. Jaime Greene, having reserved the right to explain her protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement: “Mr. Speaker and members of the House: I voted NO because this proposal is unnecessary government interference in the free market. As conservatives, we believe in limiting government, not career opportunities. Former governors should have the same right as anyone else to apply their experience in the private sector. The real issue isn’t former governors becoming lobbyists—it’s big government creating the need for lobbying in the first place. Instead of restricting careers, we should reduce government influence and increase transparency.” Rep. Young, having reserved the right to explain her protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement: “Mr. Speaker and members of the House: Elected officials, not employees or officers within state government should be held to a higher standard as public officials.” Rep. Weiss, having reserved the right to explain her protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement: “Mr. Speaker and members of the House: I believe that there are several steps we need to take in Michigan to improve transparency in government and to limit the influence of powerful special interest groups over individual constituents. I appreciate the effort here to limit the ability of elected officials becoming lobbyists soon after they end their term. However, without larger ethics reform, particularly the FOIA package that the senate recently passed, this legislation is only a half measure that will accomplish nothing more than requiring a different job title such as ‘consultant’ instead of ‘lobbyist’ within that two year timeframe after a member of the legislature completes their term.” House Bill No. 4064, entitled A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled “An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists, lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 4.411 to 4.431) by adding section 6c. Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays as follows:
Excused: Not recorded
Measure id: measure-75
Motion text: Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays as follows:
Nays: 6
Not voting: Not recorded
Result: passed
Sitting id: sitting-20
Vote date: 2025-02-20
Vote id: vote-1322
Vote number: 11
Yeas: 103