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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AJR 69

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: opposing the development of Aquila Resources' Back Forty Project, a proposed open pit metallic sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Interstate relations Mines, pits, and quarries

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zepnick (D)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rural Development and Mining and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59

Failed 34–59 Feb 22, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jul 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stuck, Genrich, Mursau, Berceau, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Goyke, Hebl, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Shankland, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Risser and Vinehout

  2. Jul 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rural Development and Mining

  3. Sep 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Senator Miller added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rural Development and Mining and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1