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2023 Legislative Agenda & Policy Guide

SIX-MONTH ADVOCACY & LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Please find below advocacy and legislative policy priority highlights from the first six months of 2023.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & JOB CREATION TAXATION & REGULATIONS
4 Capital City State Allocation (PILT) = 4 Expansion of the state’s earned income tax credit
$1 million annually (House Bill 4001)
4 New City Hall Redevelopment = $40 million 4 Tax relief for businesses paying sales tax on
4 Downtown Housing Development = $40 million delivery & installation of products (House Bill
4 Jackson Stadium/Lugnuts stadium 4039 & 4253)
improvements for High A MiLB = $1.5 million 4 Expansion of the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act
(Senate Bill 4)
TALENT & EDUCATION 4 Passage of the Crown Act (Senate Bill 90)
4 Supported $54.75 million to fund the state’s
Going PRO Talent Fund HEALTHCARE
4 Michigan State University Engineering and 4 Child & Family Charities Greenlawn Project =
Digital Innovation Center = $30 million $6 million
4 Michigan Joint Training Innovation Center = 4 McLaren Greenlawn Mental Health Services =
$5 million $4 million

REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING
4 Dewitt Road Reconstruction Project (St. Johns) = 4 Supported $2 million Lansing Housing project
3,500,000 construction (MSHDA)
4 Chandler Road Reconstruction Project (Dewitt, 4 Walter French CAHP Project = $2.5 million
Bath Township) = $10,000,000 4 Supported $800,000 for a Lansing Warming
4 Eaton County Road project grant = $18.2 million Center
4 Eaton County water Infrastructure grant =
$10 million
4 Michigan Avenue Corridor Reconstruction
project = $11.62 million
4 Capital Region International Airport Road
improvements = $9.4 million

For more information, please visit the Advocacy Page under “Current Issues” on the Chamber’s website.

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