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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2023-03-16
Chamber
senate
Result
passed
Yeas
22
Nays
15
Excused
1
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-5722
Related sitting
sitting-574

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Chamber
senate
Context text
Mr. President, the bill as written before us only applies to the tax exemption for the purchasing of safety devices for a single year. My substitute would apply this exemption permanently and fully remove any state-imposed financial barriers to purchase the safety devices in question. This impactful change is aimed at incentivizing the purchase and usage of these devices while also supporting the Michigan taxpayers by keeping more money in their pockets, and not the exceedingly-full coffers of this state. I ask for a “yes” vote on my substitute to make these exemptions permanent. Senator Irwin’s statement is as follows: Very often in the Legislature we sunset provisions so that the Legislature can come back and take another look at them. I think it’s important, and I’m urging colleagues to vote “no” on this substitute — that we come back in this Legislature and consider whether this is an exemption that needs to continue, consider how successful it’s been, and I would also hate to rob a future group of legislators of the opportunity to extend this and for someone else to get a bill passed. For those reasons, I encourage everyone to vote “no.” The following bill was read a third time: Senate Bill No. 82, entitled A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled “Use tax act,” (MCL 205.91 to 205.111) by adding section 4 ll . The question being on the passage of the bill, Senator Huizenga offered the following substitute: Substitute (S-3). The substitute was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
1
Measure id
measure-5722
Motion text
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
15
Not voting
0
Result
passed
Sitting id
sitting-574
Vote date
2023-03-16
Vote id
vote-6866
Vote number
88
Yeas
22

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