Representative • Democrat
William Sowerby
Michigan • District HD-031
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
42
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
90% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 364
Yea: 759
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Sponsored Bills
MI HB6129•Passed
Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant act; modify. Amends secs. 1, 3 & 5 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1701 et seq.) & adds sec. 5a.
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MI HB6130•Passed
Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect grant recipient act; modify. Amends secs. 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21 & 23 of 2020 PA 68 (MCL 390.1711 et seq.).
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MI HB5488•Passed
Health occupations: psychologists; individuals who are authorized to engage in the practice of psychology in this state; modify to include individuals who are authorized to practice under the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Amends secs. 16317, 16343 & 18201 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16317 et seq.) & adds sec. 18211a.
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MI HB5489•Passed
Health occupations: psychologists; psychology interjurisdictional compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16190.
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MI HB5248•Passed
Cities: public services; definition of qualified city in the police and fire protection act; modify. Amends sec. 10 of 1951 PA 33 (MCL 41.810).
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MI HB4456•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; disposal areas and waste diversion centers; revise regulation of. Amends secs. 11509, 11510, 11511, 11511a, 11511b, 11512, 11513, 11514, 11514b, 11515, 11516, 11517, 11518, 11519, 11519b, 11520 & 11521b of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11509 et seq.); designates secs. 11509 - 11520 as subpt. 2 & sec. 11521b as subpt. 3 of pt. 115; adds secs. 11512b, 11512d, 11512f & 11512h & repeals secs. 11521 & 11522 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11521 & 324.11522).
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MI HB4455•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; definitions H to Z; revise and set forth general provisions. Amends secs. 11504, 11505, 11506, 11507, 11507a & 11508 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11504 et seq.).
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MI HB4454•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; definitions A to G; revise. Amends secs. 11502 & 11503 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11502 & 324.11503) & designates secs. 11501 - 11508 as subpt. 1 of pt. 115.
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MI HB4457•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; financial assurance provisions; revise. Amends secs. 11523, 11523a, 11523b, 11525, 11525a & 11525b of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11523 et seq.); designates secs. 11523 - 11525f as subpt. 4 of pt. 115 & adds secs. 11525d & 11525f.
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MI HB4459•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; beneficial use by-products; revise. Amends secs. 11550, 11553 & 11554 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11550 et seq.); designates sec. 11550 as subpt. 8 & secs. 11553 & 11554 as subpt. 9 of pt. 115.
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MI HB4461•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; materials management planning; revise. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding subpt. 11 to pt. 115.
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MI HB4458•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; incinerator and enforcement provisions; revise. Amends secs. 11526, 11526a, 11527, 11528, 11531, 11532, 11533, 11539, 11540, 11541, 11546 & 11549 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11526 et seq.); designates secs. 11526 - 11533 as subpt. 5, secs. 11539 - 11541 as subpt. 6, & secs. 11546 - 11549 as subpt. 7 of pt. 115 & repeals secs. 11529, 11534 - 11538, 11539a, 11547 & 11548 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11529 et seq.).
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MI HB4460•Passed
Environmental protection: solid waste; materials utilization facilities; revise regulation of. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding subpt. 10 to pt. 115.
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MI HB4416•Passed
Property: other; certain restrictive covenants in deeds and other instruments; prohibit. Creates new act.
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MI HB4184•Passed
Courts: district court; authority of district court magistrate; expand. Amends sec. 8512 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8512).
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MI HB6566•Introduced
Gaming: bingo and charitable gaming; raffling off firearms at fundraisers on school grounds; prohibit. Amends sec. 5d of 1972 PA 382 (MCL 432.105d).
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MI HB6560•Introduced
Property tax: exemptions; certain property located in a renaissance zone; modify exemption for. Amends sec. 7ff of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7ff).
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MI HB6551•Introduced
Appropriations: supplemental; funding for the home repairs and weatherization assistance programs; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
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MI HB6555•Introduced
Property tax: exemptions; filing requirements for disabled veteran exemption; modify. Amends sec. 7b of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7b).
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MI HB6559•Introduced
Sales tax: exemptions; exemption for certain data center equipment; eliminate. Amends secs. 4ee & 25 of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee & 205.75).
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MI HB6561•Introduced
Use tax: exemptions; exemption for certain data center equipment; eliminate. Amends secs. 4cc & 21 of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc & 205.111).
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MI HB6552•Introduced
Appropriations: supplemental; funding for the housing and community development fund and certain other housing programs; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
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MI HB6464•Introduced
Family law: domestic violence; domestic violence prevention and treatment fund; allow to provide funding to tribal domestic and sexual violence shelters and service providers. Amends sec. 1 of 1978 PA 389 (MCL 400.1501).
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MI HB6436•Introduced
Campaign finance: statements and reports; certain reporting requirements for 501(c)(4) organizations; establish. Amends 1973 PA 196 (MCL 15.341 - 15.348) by adding sec. 2f.
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MI HB6437•Introduced
Criminal procedure: mental capacity; psychological evaluations for defendants ordered by judges; allow. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 1m to ch. IX.
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MI HB5568•Engrossed
Vehicles: registration plates; digital printing methods; require, and provide for 8-year expiration date. Amends sec. 224 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.224).
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MI HB6382•Introduced
State: symbol; Kirtland's warbler; establish as the official state bird. Creates new act.
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MI HB6117•Introduced
Individual income tax: retirement or pension benefits; limitations and restrictions on deductions of certain retirement or pension benefits; restore. Amends secs. 30 & 51 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30 & 206.51).
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MI HB5542•Introduced
Health: abortion; reproductive health act; create. Creates new act. (see bill)
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MI HB4933•Introduced
Individual income tax: credit; earned income tax credit; restore. Amends sec. 272 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.272).
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MI HB4596•Introduced
State: symbol; wild rice; designate as the official native grain. Creates new act.
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MI HB6366•Introduced
Insurance: health insurers; coverage for the dispensing of a 12-month supply of birth control; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406v.
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MI HB6359•Introduced
Public utilities: public service commission; methods used to notify consumers of emergency shut-offs of gas service; modify. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 9e.
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MI HB6308•Introduced
Consumer protection: consumer solicitation; provisions relating to the regulation of home solicitations and telephone solicitations; remove telephone solicitations. Amends title & secs. 1 & 3 of 1971 PA 227 (MCL 445.111 & 445.113) & repeals secs. 1a to 1e of 1971 PA 227 (MCL 445.111a - 445.111e).
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MI HB6310•Introduced
Communications: telecommunications; 1913 PA 206; repeal. Repeals 1913 PA 206 (MCL 484.125). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6307'22
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MI HB6307•Introduced
Consumer protection: marketing and advertising; telephone solicitation act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6308'22, HB 6309'22, HB 6310'22
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MI HB6305•Introduced
Trade: business practices; excessively increased pricing for energy products and services during a market disruption; prohibit. Creates new act.
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MI HB6309•Introduced
Consumer protection: consumer solicitation; unfair trade practices; revise practices relating to deceptive telephone solicitations. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.903).
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MI HB5512•Passed
Medical marihuana: other; inconsistencies between the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and certain parts of the revised judicature act of 1961 related to drug treatment courts; resolve in favor of the revised judicature act of 1961. Amends sec. 7 of 2008 IL 1 (MCL 333.26427).
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MI HB5163•Engrossed
Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospitals to provide emergency-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs; require, and provide for grants from the department of health and human services to implement the MAT programs. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 21528.
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MI HB4699•Engrossed
Criminal procedure: defenses; defense to criminal sexual conduct charges based solely on mental incapacitation of the victim if the victim is the actor's spouse; repeal. Amends sec. 520l of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520l).
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MI HB6265•Introduced
Labor: employment incentives; renewal award benefit program for certain individuals who work in certain counties that have a population decline; create. Creates new act.
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