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Podcast 83 Legislative Update Dec. 17, 2024
Host: Stephan Currie
Guests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MAC
Topics: MAC’s Podcast 83 team took a moment Monday during a chaotic lame duck legislative session to review the state of play of county issues heading in Lansing in the final days of 2024.
“In order to get bills through the legislative process, they have to be in each legislative chamber for five days,” said Deena Bosworth. “We saw last week the Senate they started at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, and they adjourned sometime around 5:30 a.m. on Friday. And they did that so that they could pass out all their ‘first house’ bills, so the Senate bills … would be in the House for five days before the House could act on them. … We think legislative session is going to be done on the 18th, or on the 19th. They needed to get those across to the (other) chamber. The House was in on Friday morning. They started at 9 a.m. and adjourned sometime around 10:30 p.m. just to try and move all their bills over (to the other chamber). That's the fact of it. But wow, was it a whirlwind.”
On key issues, the MAC team reported:
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund: Bipartisan legislation is still stuck in a Senate committee, with both Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Kent) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer showing no appetite to help extract it. On Dec. 16, MAC and others sent a letter to every senator reiterating the need for this reform.
Minimum Staffing: Senate Bill 1167 is now in the House and, though amended, still presents a direct threat to county finances. “I do want to stress the importance to our membership that you talk to your legislators, particularly those of you that have House Democrats as your representatives, talk to them and let them know how detrimental Senate Bill 1167 will be to you all,” said Samantha Gibson.
Statewide Septic Code: “There was a new draft of the statewide septic code brought before the Senate Natural Resources Committee and this version is significantly better than any version we've seen to date. It is extremely watered down,” explained Madeline Fata.
County Apportionment: Noting again that MAC was not consulted by the sponsor (Rep. Phil Skaggs, D-Kent) prior to filing the legislation to revamp commissioner districts, Deena Bosworth said, “We're trying to get some experts to explain to us what that's going to look like or how that process would work.”
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By DerekHost: Stephan Currie
Guests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MAC
Topics: MAC’s Podcast 83 team took a moment Monday during a chaotic lame duck legislative session to review the state of play of county issues heading in Lansing in the final days of 2024.
“In order to get bills through the legislative process, they have to be in each legislative chamber for five days,” said Deena Bosworth. “We saw last week the Senate they started at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, and they adjourned sometime around 5:30 a.m. on Friday. And they did that so that they could pass out all their ‘first house’ bills, so the Senate bills … would be in the House for five days before the House could act on them. … We think legislative session is going to be done on the 18th, or on the 19th. They needed to get those across to the (other) chamber. The House was in on Friday morning. They started at 9 a.m. and adjourned sometime around 10:30 p.m. just to try and move all their bills over (to the other chamber). That's the fact of it. But wow, was it a whirlwind.”
On key issues, the MAC team reported:
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund: Bipartisan legislation is still stuck in a Senate committee, with both Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Kent) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer showing no appetite to help extract it. On Dec. 16, MAC and others sent a letter to every senator reiterating the need for this reform.
Minimum Staffing: Senate Bill 1167 is now in the House and, though amended, still presents a direct threat to county finances. “I do want to stress the importance to our membership that you talk to your legislators, particularly those of you that have House Democrats as your representatives, talk to them and let them know how detrimental Senate Bill 1167 will be to you all,” said Samantha Gibson.
Statewide Septic Code: “There was a new draft of the statewide septic code brought before the Senate Natural Resources Committee and this version is significantly better than any version we've seen to date. It is extremely watered down,” explained Madeline Fata.
County Apportionment: Noting again that MAC was not consulted by the sponsor (Rep. Phil Skaggs, D-Kent) prior to filing the legislation to revamp commissioner districts, Deena Bosworth said, “We're trying to get some experts to explain to us what that's going to look like or how that process would work.”