LANSING – Legislation that would provide stronger penalties for identity theft is expected to be queued up for votes in the House this week as lawmakers in both chambers return for four scheduled weeks of session.
The 12-bill package is sponsored by members of both parties and includes HB 4325 , HB 4326 , HB 4730 , HB 4731 , HB 4732 , HB 4733 , HB 4734 , HB 4735 , HB 4736 , HB 4737 , HB 4738 and HB 4729 .
Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee will take up an 11-bill package dealing with contraceptives.
The legislation would require emergency rooms or urgent care clinics to provide emergency contraception to victims of sexual abuse, as well as mandate that insurance cover certain contraceptives and infertility treatments.
Similar legislation was passed out of the House last term as a tie to a state ban on so-called partial birth abortions. However, the contraceptive bills never made it out of the Senate and the governor vetoed the abortion bill.
And the House Senior Health, Security and Retirement Committee is scheduled to take up more legislation dealing with protections for vulnerable citizens, including a bill that would create an Amber Alert-type system for when senior citizens go missing (HB 5190 ).
In the Senate, lawmakers are expected to take up bills that would expand the number of tax credits the Michigan Economic Growth Authority can offer to lure economic development. Matt Marsden, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester), said it is possible the bills will come up for final action on Thursday.
The Legislature needs to act by next week so that a proposed development in Wixom at the shuttered Ford Motor Company plant can receive federal aid.
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