Governor vetoes nine bills held by House after Michigan Supreme Court declines to rule [mNGOpxCZCsr]
The fate of nine bills withheld from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk by the state House has been sealed by a stroke of her pen, even after the state Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on the lawsuit filed by the state Senate. Friday, Whitmer vetoed House Bills 4177 and 4665-4667 of 2023 and House Bills 4900, 4901, 5817, 5818 and 6058 of 2024, which were passed by both chambers in the 2023-24 session under the Democratic trifecta. If signed into law, the bills would have: Allowed history museum authorities and provides for funding. Allowed Department of Corrections employees to join the State Police retirement plan. Modified the type and value of wages, money and property exempt from garnishment and execution. Modified the value of property and expand the types of property exempt from inclusion in a debtor's estate. Required employers to contribute to certain medical plans and pay no more than the specific amount for annual costs, rates and reimbursement of copays, deductibles or payments into health savings accounts. The bills were enrolled by then-House Speaker Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) at the end of the session, but when the chamber changed hands to Republican control, they never made it to Whitmer. DETAILS: