Lansing Update

Lansing Update publishes on Fridays when the Michigan Legislature is in session and chronicles legislative activity of interest to Michigan Catholic Conference. Join the Catholic Advocacy Network to receive Lansing Update in your inbox.

State of Michigan Prepares to Reimburse Nonpublic Schools for State Mandates; MCC Launches 2016 Election Website.

FOCUS: The Issues, The Candidates and Your Vote 2016; MCC Advocates for Immigrant Legislation; House Approves Transportation Bill With Bipartisan Support; Kevin's Law Update Passed by Senate Health Policy Committee; Joint Custody Legislation Considered in House Committee; Wrongful Imprisonment Bills Continue Forward to Michigan House.

Public Comment Period Open on HHS Mandate; Comments Needed; MCC Responds to State Board of Education Vote; The Word from Lansing Column: Opportunities for Work and its Impact on Society; U.S. Bishops Speak on Religious Liberty, Abortion, Migration, & Marriage This Week

Human Trafficking Expungement Bills Continue Forward; Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Successor Judge Legislation; MCC Testifies in House Education Committee on Student Transportation Bill; USCCB Issues Comments in NIH Chimera Research Proposal; Prayer for Peace in Our Communities Brings Attention to Issues of Violence.

MCC Files Legal Brief Arguing Constitutionality of State Reimbursements for Nonpublic Schools; U.S. Bishops Issue Annual Labor Day Statement; i>The Word from Lansing Column: Love and Peace in the Midst of Violence; Public Comment: NIH Proposes Taxpayer-Funding Research on Animal-Human Chimeras; Pope Francis Addresses Care of Creation: “Show Mercy to Our Common Home”.

MCC Welcomes Governor’s Request for Supreme Court Opinion on Non-Public School Funding; U.S. House Approves Conscience Protection Act; Bill Continues to U.S. Senate; Domestic Violence Cell Phone Bills Signed Into Law; MCC Supports Successor Judge Bill; Testimony Will Continue in September; Federal First Amendment Defense Act Considered in House Oversight Committee.

Mandate Funding for Non-Public Schools Included in Final Budget; Send Thank You Now; 2016–2017 Budget Signed Into Law by Governor; CALL TO ACTION: Urge Congress to Pass the Conscience Protection Act; USCCB Laments SCOTUS Decision Rejecting Abortion Clinic Safety Law; SCOTUS Declines to Hear Pro-Life Pharmacy Conscience Case; Fortnight for Freedom Draws Attention to Witnesses of Faith.

ACTION NEEDED: Urge Governor Snyder to Support Health and Safety Mandate Funding; Bill Terminating Parental Rights Becomes Law; USCCB: Federal Agency Fails to Protect Churches from California Elective Abortion Mandate; USCCB Migration Chair Says Supreme Court Immigration Decision “Highly Disappointing”; Governor Snyder Approves Sibling Foster Care Placement Measures; The Word from Lansing Column: Public Transportation and Communities in Need.

Coercive Abortion Prevention Act Signed Into Law; Legislature Passes Final Versions of the 2016–2017 State Budget; Cell Phone Measures for Victims of Domestic Abuse Continue to Governor; Michigan Senate Passes Restorative Justice Package; Vulnerable Adult Abuse Legislation Moves With Wide Support; Senate Approves Compensation Bill for Wrongful Imprisonment.

Conference Committees Pass MCC-Priority Education & Safety Proposals; New Report Highlights Non-Public Schools in Michigan; House Approves Domestic Violence Cell Phone Bills With Wide Bipartisan Support; Bills Require Reasonable Efforts to Keep Siblings Together in Foster Placements.

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