- Canonical name
- Felicia Brabec
- Evidence text
- Representative Brabec moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4244. The motion prevailed 25-0- 4: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson, Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Kuhn, Schuette. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Steele. Representative Cavitt offered the following amendments to HB 4244: 1. Amend page 10, line 26, after "exceed" by striking out "$10,000,000.00" and inserting "$2,000,000.00". 2. Amend page 11, line 8, by striking out all of subdivision (3). 3. Amend page 11, line 14, by striking out all of subdivision (4). 4. Amend page 12, line 22, by striking out all of section 216 and inserting: "Sec. 216. (1) On a quarterly basis, the department shall report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the following information: (a) The number of FTEs in pay status by type of staff and civil service classification. (b) A comparison by line item of the number of FTEs authorized from funds appropriated in part 1 to the actual number of FTEs employed by the department at the end of the reporting period. (2) By March 1 of the current fiscal year, the department shall report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the following information: (a) Number of employees that were engaged in remote work in 2023. (b) Number of employees authorized to work remotely and the actual number of those working remotely in the current reporting period. (c) Estimated net cost savings achieved by remote work. (d) Reduced use of office space associated with remote work.". 5. Amend page 13, following line 21, by inserting: "(b) Maintain an internet site that posts any severance pay in excess of 6 weeks of wages, regardless of the position held by the former department employee receiving severance pay." and renumbering remaining subdivisions accordingly. 6. Amend page 14, line 9, by striking out all of section 222 and renumbering remaining sections accordingly. 7. Amend page 14, following line 24, by inserting: "(a) A list of major work projects, including the status of each project." and renumbering remaining subdivisions accordingly. 8. Amend page 19, following line 17, by inserting: "Sec. 235. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 are estimated at $151,215,700.00. From this amount, total department appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at $104,393,100.00. Total department appropriations for retiree health care legacy costs are estimated at $46,822,600.00. Sec. 236. 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 chamber, intertransfer funds within this article for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution. Sec. 237. (1) Any department, agency, board, commission, or public officer that receives funding under part 1 shall not do the following: (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.".
- Motion text
- to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4244.
- Mover label
- Brabec
- Nays
- 0
- Passes
- 4
- Position
- 3
- Resolution method
- unique surname
- Result
- prevailed
- Service id
- service-181
- Validation state
- consistent
- Yeas
- 25