Nine Democrats voted “yes” on the item:
Representatives Terry Brown (Pigeon), Charles Brunner (Bay City), Tom Cochran
(Mason), Scott Dianda (Calumet), Harold Haugh (Roseville), John Kivela
(Marquette), Bill LaVoy (Monroe), Stacey Erwin Oakes (Saginaw), and Harvey Santana
(Detroit). Three Republicans crossed over and voted “no” on the proposal:
Representatives Mike Callton (Nashville), Martin Howrylak (Troy), and Mike
McCready (Bloomfield Hills).
The Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Act is established by the proposal. In addition to providing game designation
authority to the Natural Resources Commission, the law also allows for free
hunting and fishing licenses to military veterans and appropriates $1 million
toward Asian carp prevention, the latter of which makes the new law immune from
challenge by a subsequent referendum.
Attorneys for opponents of the law have
already hinted at court challenges based on the language in the new law.