MI legislative records: on Gun Control


Shri Thanedar: Allow cities and towns to enact laws regarding knives

Summary by KnifeRights.org (11/6/21): HB 4066 would assure that cities and towns could not criminalize the simple possession of the tools millions of Michigan residents use every day. Factory workers, farmers, hunters, fishermen and others will remain in danger of arrest simply for crossing a line on a map to enter a city or town whose law may differ from the state's knife laws.

Veto message by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (11/5/21): This legislation would have prohibited local governments from enacting or enforcing any knife law stricter than state law. Crime is local. In my view, citizens of Michigan's cities and towns-not Lansing politicians-should be able to make their own public safety decisions. HB 4066 would deprive them of that power. I am therefore vetoing this legislation.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-41-0 on Jun/17/21; State Rep. Shri Thanedar voted NO; passed Senate 25-11-0 on Oct/19/21; vetoed by Gov. Whitmer on Nov/5/21.

Source: Michigan State Legislature voting records HB4066 Jun 17, 2021

Gretchen Whitmer: Allow cities and towns to enact laws regarding knives

Summary by KnifeRights.org (11/6/21): HB 4066 would assure that cities and towns could not criminalize the simple possession of the tools millions of Michigan residents use every day. Factory workers, farmers, hunters, fishermen and others will remain in danger of arrest simply for crossing a line on a map to enter a city or town whose law may differ from the state's knife laws.

Veto message by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (11/5/21): This legislation would have prohibited local governments from enacting or enforcing any knife law stricter than state law. Crime is local. In my view, citizens of Michigan's cities and towns-not Lansing politicians-should be able to make their own public safety decisions. HB 4066 would deprive them of that power. I am therefore vetoing this legislation.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-41-0 on Jun/17/21; passed Senate 25-11-0 on Oct/19/21; vetoed by Gov. Whitmer on Nov/5/21.

Source: Michigan State Legislature voting records HB4066 Nov 5, 2021

Gretchen Whitmer: Require background checks, mandate safe gun storage

SB79: An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms.

Bridge Michigan summary 4/13/23: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law gun safe storage and universal background check legislation, calling the measures a "common sense" approach to deter firearm violence.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 61-47-2 on Mar/22/23; passed Senate 20-18-0 on Mar/23/23; signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Apr/19/23

Source: ACLU on Michigan voting record SB79 Apr 19, 2023

Kristin McDonald Rivet: Require background checks, mandate safe gun storage

SB79: An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms.

Bridge Michigan summary 4/13/23: Gov. Whitmer signed into law gun safe storage and universal background check legislation, calling the measures a "common sense" approach to deter firearm violence.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 61-47-2 on Mar/22/23; passed Senate 20-18-0 on Mar/23/23; McDonald Rivet sponsored and voted YES; Signed by Gov. Whitmer on Apr/19/23

Source: ACLU on Michigan voting record SB79 Mar 23, 2023

Thomas Barrett: Don't allow cities and towns to enact laws regarding knives

Summary by KnifeRights.org (11/6/21): HB 4066 would assure that cities and towns could not criminalize the simple possession of the tools millions of Michigan residents use every day. Factory workers, farmers, hunters, fishermen and others will remain in danger of arrest simply for crossing a line on a map to enter a city or town whose law may differ from the state's knife laws.

Veto message by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (11/5/21): This legislation would have prohibited local governments from enacting or enforcing any knife law stricter than state law. Crime is local. In my view, citizens of Michigan's cities and towns-not Lansing politicians-should be able to make their own public safety decisions. HB 4066 would deprive them of that power. I am therefore vetoing this legislation.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 69-41-0 on Jun/17/21; passed Senate 25-11-0 on Oct/19/21; State Sen. Thomas Barrett voted YES; vetoed by Gov. Whitmer on Nov/5/21.

Source: Michigan State Legislature voting records HB4066 Jun 17, 2021

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