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The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Vote date
2025-10-22
Chamber
house
Result
passed
Yeas
59
Nays
44
Excused
Not recorded
Not voting
Not recorded
Related measure
measure-690
Related sitting
sitting-196

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Chamber
house
Context text
Rep. Paiz , 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 I believed that Speech Pathologists should have certification beyond licensing to qualify to receive Medicaid reimbursement. Currently, that Certification is Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC- SLP ) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). However, in retrospect, I may have made an incorrect vote about codification based on the belief that I mentioned above, and also by my misunderstanding which was that the CCC is offered through a non-profit or not-for-profit and not the state.” House Bill No. 4690, entitled A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 479a (MCL 750.479a), as amended by 2012 PA 60. The bill was read a third time. The question being on the passage of the bill, Rep. St. Germaine moved to substitute (H-3) the bill. The motion was seconded and the substitute (H-3) was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:
Excused
Not recorded
Measure id
measure-690
Motion text
The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:
Nays
44
Not voting
Not recorded
Result
passed
Sitting id
sitting-196
Vote date
2025-10-22
Vote id
vote-2639
Vote number
257
Yeas
59

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