Most House and Senate resolutions are nonbinding and are passed by voice vote only. | stock photo
Most House and Senate resolutions are nonbinding and are passed by voice vote only. | stock photo
The Michigan Legislature used resolutions, which are typically passed by a "voice vote," to express its feelings on various issues during the 2019-2020 legislative session.
Many of the hundreds of resolutions introduced into the Michigan House and Senate are nonbinding, but the opposition to Whitmer's choice of George Hartwell as chairman of the Natural Resources Commission stopped the nomination of the former Grand Rapids mayor, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy website.
Both the Senate and House approved resolutions that denounced Whitmer’s decision to put COVID-19-positive residents into nursing homes alongside uninfected residents.
A Senate resolution opposed a rule that the state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency proposed to mandate prospective licensees to sign a “labor peace agreement” with a union. The resolution describes this as forcing applicants to agree to labor unions’ terms without negotiation, setting a precedent for any person seeking any type of license or permit. The House adopted the resolution also.
The House approved a resolution that tried to discourage local governments from defunding or abolishing their police departments.
Lastly, the Michigan House asked Rep. Larry Inman (R-Traverse City) to resign after he came under indictment.
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