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One function of the Chamber is to take stances on matters of public policy. In our Board Policies section, members can see the issue positions that the State Chamber advocates
on health care, education, broadband deployment, environmental quality and numerous other matters.
Board Policies
Agriculture
Strengthen Michigan Agriculture
--Approved September 15, 2009
Broadband Deployment
Government Competition With The Private Sector
--Approved April 24, 2001
Corrections Reform
A Business Case for Corrections Reform
--Approved September 16, 2008
Education
Municipal and School District Insolvency
--Approved September 14, 2005
The K-16 Education Funding Proposal
--Approved September 14, 2005
The Leadership and General Supervision of Public Education
--Approved April 20, 2005
The Role of Assessment and Data-Driven Decision Making in Quality Education Reform
--Approved January 21, 2004
Repeal of Higher Education Tuition Tax Credit
--Approved September 12, 2001
The State's
Accreditation System for K-12 Education
--Approved September 12, 2001
Electric Choice
Michigan's Customer Choice and Electricity Reliability Act
--Approved April 28, 2004
Environmental Quality
2010
Conservation Bond and Regulatory/DEQ Reform
--Approved April 22, 2009
Comprehensive Statewide Recycling Program
--Approved April 25, 2006
Great Lakes Charter Annex
--Approved September 15, 2004
Great Lakes
Water Quality Bond Proposal 2-02
--Approved September 11, 2002
Proposed
Constitutional Amendment Changing the Natural Resources Trust Fund
--Approved April 25, 2002
The Designation
of Yucca Mountain, Nevada as the Nation's Location for Storing Spent Nuclear
Fuel
--Approved April 25, 2002
Comprehensive Recycling
--Approved September 12, 2001
Directional Drilling for Oil and Gas Under the Great Lakes
--Approved September 12, 2001
Brownfield Redevelopment Financing and Land Preservation
--Approved January 20, 2000
Government Reform
State and Local Government Reform
--Approved September 16, 2008
The "Reform Michigan Government Now!" Ballot Proposal to Drastically Alter State Government
--Approved September 18, 2007
Greater Fiscal Responsibility
--Approved September 18, 2007
Implementing Budgeting for Outcomes
--Approved January 18, 2005
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Making Changes
to the State Officer's Compensation Commission
--Approved January 23, 2002
Health Care
State and Federal Health Care Reform
--Approved September 15, 2009
2008 Ballot Proposal
--Approved April 24, 2008
Medical Marijuana
--Approved January 23, 2008
Medicaid Reform
--Approved January 31, 2007
Nurse to Patient Staffing Ratios and Mandatory Overtime
--Approved January 18, 2005
Reallocation of Tobacco Settlement Revenues
--Approved September 11, 2002
Marijuana Legalization
--Approved September 6, 2000
Human Resources
Immigration Reform
--Approved January 23, 2008
Proposed Michigan Ergonomics Standard
--Approved April 28, 2004
Immigration Reform
--Approved September 6, 2000
Insurance
Michigan's No-Fault Auto Insurance Law
--Approved April 24, 2008
Michigan
Catastrophic Claims Association
--Approved April 26, 2000
Preserving the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund
--Approved January 20, 2000
Labor Relations
A Constitutional Amendment to Reform Drug Sentencing Laws
--Approved September 11, 2002
Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Allow State Employees to Collectively Bargain and Have Binding
Arbitration When They and the State Cannot Agree on a Contract
--Approved September 11, 2002
Legal Reform
Specialized Health & Business Courts
--Approved January 26, 2006
Legislative Reform
An Amendment to Revise the Michigan Constitution By Deleting Invalid Provisions
--Approved September 18, 2007
A Ballot Question on Whether to Convene a Constitutional Convention
--Approved April 26, 2007
Term Limits and Legislative Reform
--Approved September 14, 2005
Term Limits and Legislative Reform
--Approved April 20, 2005
Mining
Policy Related to
Support for Michigan's Mining Industry
--Approved January 26, 2010
Outdoor Advertising
Policy Related to Outdoor Advertising
--Approved January 21, 2004
Payment of Wages
Policy Related to Michigan's Minimum Wage Law
--Approved April 25, 2006
Regulatory Affairs
Regulation of the Financial Services Industry
--Approved September 15, 2004
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
--Approved April 25, 2002
Government Competition with the Private Sector
--Approved April 24, 2001
Tax Policy
The 2008 Michigan Fair Tax Ballot Proposal
--Approved April 24, 2008
The Michigan Business Tax Surcharge
--Approved January 23, 2008
Income Taxes
--Approved April 26, 2007
Estate and Inheritance Taxes
--Approved April 26, 2007
Repeal of the Single Business Tax
--Approved April 25, 2006
Streamlined Sales Tax Legislation
--Approved September 12, 2001
Telecommunications
Michigan's Telecommunications Act
--Approved September 14, 2005
Michigan's Telecommunications
Infrastructure
--Approved January 23, 2002
Transportation Funding
State Transportation & Economic Development Infrastructure Funding
--Approved April 20, 2005
Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment Insurance
--Approved January 23, 2002
Worker's Compensation
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Making Changes to the State Officer's Compensation Commission
--Approved January 23, 2002
State Taxes on Workers' Compensation
--Approved April 24, 2001
Workers' Compensation Reform
--Approved April 24, 2001
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