Michigan House of Representatives

Rep. Isaac Robinson says that his bill was inspired by research which shows that facial recognition technology can misidentify black people, leading to an “unacceptable bias”.

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The bill says that if a school has more than 5 percent of students who are unvaccinated, they would need to put up a large sign saying as such at their entrances.

The bills are sponsored by Republican Representatives Beau LaFave and Pamela Hornberger, and co-sponsors include local Emmett Township Representative Matt Hall.

Three Michigan House bills would add drugs containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to the definition of “prescription drugs” in Michigan law.

House Bills 6230, 6231, and 6232 would repeal parts of Michigan’s law that allow “child placing agencies” to refuse services on the basis of their “sincerely held religious beliefs”, and parts of the law that prevent the state of Michigan from taking action against such refusal.

Two bills would make it a crime for veterinarians to perform a “devocalization” procedure on an animal unless it is deemed therapeutically necessary.

House Bill 5987, introduced Tuesday, would let veterans of the US Armed Force, Armed Forces Reserve, or Michigan National Guard apply for a concealed carry permit for free, waiving the $100 fee everyone else has to pay. Veterans could also avoid the $115 fee associated with renewing the permit.

The Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce posted the internship opening on their Facebook page Wednesday, saying that Representative Dr. John Bizon of the 62nd District is seeking interns for the summer of 2018, from May until August.

House Bill 5085 was passed by the Michigan House of Representatives 104-3 on Tuesday, and it would require that if the Michigan Liquor Control Commission collected more money in a fiscal year than they did in the previous year, 50 percent of that excess money would need to be allotted to Michigan's general fund, for disbursement to community mental health agencies to fight substance use disorders.