Senate Bill 302, Impose ban on nude entertainment in bars: Passed 27 to 10 in the Senate

To ban fully nude performers at topless bars, or bars showing videos that depict this. This relates to a 2007 federal appeals court ruling that struck down Michigan’s previous law banning fully nude performers in bars, holding it was a violation of the First Amendment. The bill would specifically ban a performance that “exposes to public view the pubic region, anus, or genitals.”

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House Bill 5070, "Push back" against Obama NLRB franchise unionization rule: Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate

To establish that under state occupational safety and health regulations, the actual owner of a business franchise rather than the franchisor is considered the sole employer of the local company's workers. This is part of a package of bills responding to a 2015 action by National Labor Relations Board appointees to make it easier to unionize fast-food franchises by declaring the franchisor is the employer.

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House Bill 4353, Mandate pet adoption criminal background check: Passed 88 to 17 in the House

To mandate that animal shelters must check a government criminal records database before letting person adopt an animal, and prohibit adoptions if the records show a person committed an animal cruelty offense in the past five years.

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House Bill 4344, Codify into law auto repair shop regulatory regime: Passed 84 to 22 in the House

To codify into law a comprehensive regulatory regime that is currently imposed on vehicle repair facilities through administrative regulations, including a state registration mandate.

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Senate Bill 292, Disclose cost of unfunded pension liabilities in state budget: Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate

To require the executive budget the governor must submit each year to include an accounting by department of how much is needed pay the annual "catch up" costs on unfunded liabilities incurred to pay future pension and post-retirement health benefits promised to retired state employees.

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