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Home Heating Credit users, renters, and landlords - heads up.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 12:00 noon
AGENDA
SB 515 Sen. Chang Housing: other; requirement for certain rental units to be equipped with a carbon monoxide device; provide for.
And any other business properly before the committee.
At first blush, landlord fines appear to have no health policy connection.
However, SFA gets to the good stuff. Bold emphasis is mine.
The bill could have a positive fiscal impact on the State and local units of government. The bill would impose a civil fine of up to $500. Revenue collected from civil fines is used to support local libraries. Additionally, $10 of the civil fine would be deposited into the State Justice System Fund. This Fund supports justice-related activities across State government in the Departments of Corrections, Health and Human Services, State Police, and Treasury. The Fund also supports justice-related issues in the Legislative Retirement System and the Judiciary. The amount of revenue to the State or for local libraries is indeterminate and dependent on the actual number of violations
Social justice? Alternative courts? I'm sure someone knows these funds' final destination... and equally sure its connection to landlords and carbon monoxide detectors is tenuous, at best.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 12:00 noon
AGENDA
SB 515 Sen. Chang Housing: other; requirement for certain rental units to be equipped with a carbon monoxide device; provide for.
SB 562 Sen. Irwin Human services: services or financial assistance; percentage of LiHEAP funds used for weatherization assistance; increase.
And any other business properly before the committee.
Weatherization is state aid administered by MDHHS. LiHEAP funds are federal.
If 100% of the expenses were used for weatherization, Home Heating Credits would effectively be eliminated. In fiscal year 2024-25, the total LIHEAP award from the Federal government to Michigan was $183.3 million.
However, the net impact of the bill on Home Heating Credits is indeterminate: the Home Heating Credit is based on energy costs, which partially reflect energy usage and presumably greater weatherization would reduce energy usage.
In sum: Michigan winter is certain for all. Savings are not.
This committee's final hearing listed LiHEAP change first.
Other health policy bills are addressed in the next post.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 12:00 noon
AGENDA
SB 562 Sen. Irwin Human services: services or financial assistance; percentage of LiHEAP funds used for weatherization assistance; increase.
SB 248 Sen. Chang Human services: services or financial assistance; water rate affordability fund; provide for.
SB 249 Sen. Damoose Human services: services or financial assistance; low-income water residential affordability program task force; create.
SB 250 Sen. Bayer Human services: services or financial assistance; water rate affordability program; create.
SB 251 Sen. Bayer Water supply: systems and utilities; water affordability and transparency act; create.
SB 252 Sen. Chang Water supply: systems and utilities; water shutoff protection act; enact.
SB 253 Sen. Cavanagh Housing: landlord and tenants; right for water and sewer bill to be in tenant's name; provide for.
SB 254 Sen. Cavanagh Public utilities: other; transfer of utility to tenant; provide for.
SB 255 Sen. Wojno Criminal procedure: other; violation of tampering with utility shut-off procedures; decriminalize under certain circumstances.
SB 256 Sen. Irwin Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for tampering with utility shutoff to residence; amend to reflect decriminalization of certain acts.
SB 585 Sen. Irwin Probate: guardians and conservators; requirement to have an appraisal for the sale of real property; provide for.
SB 586 Sen. Johnson Probate: guardians and conservators; requirement to state on record reasons for moving ward from residence; provide for.
And any other business properly before the committee
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