‘Tis the season for end of the year bill signing and vetoing in Lansing. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed and vetoed a flurry of bills as 2020 wound down.
The signed bills address a variety of issues. Senate bills 1090 and 1092 adjust the expectations of incarcerated parents regarding child support when the parent has no ability to pay. Several other bills were signed pertaining to veterans’ facilities, one-year tax adjustments in response to the pandemic, as well as bills related to public interests in bridges, tasting rooms, social service complaint notifications, and others.
Several bills were vetoed as well. Those covered a variety of topics, including the use of Executive Powers. A bill sponsored by Senator Dan Lauwers, a St. Clair County Republican, pertaining to defining “authority” in the Small Wireless Communications Act was vetoed. Several bills related to the pandemic were also vetoed, including a bill that would create the Pandemic Health Care Immunity Act, which would provide immunity from liability for health care facilities for any injury, including death, sustained by an individual in relation to the provision of COVID-19-related services.
A link to more information, including the veto letters, can be found at WGRT.com.
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90640-548570–,00.html
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
