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Did Sean McCann support funding to reopen the Palisades nuclear plant?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the 2023 and 2024 state budgets, which each held $150 million to restart a closed nuclear plant that fits Palisades, but cast no separate Palisades vote.

Sean McCann

Money to reopen the Palisades nuclear plant

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What they say

He says he supported funding in the Senate to help reopen the Palisades nuclear plant.

“In the Michigan Senate, I supported funding to help reopen the Palisades Nuclear Plant”

What the record shows ·

He was one of three Senate conferees on the 2023-24 state budget, House Bill 4437, and voted for the final version on June 28, 2023 (26-10). It holds 150 million dollars to help restart a Michigan nuclear plant of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022 and no longer producing power. It became Public Act 119 of 2023. He was again a Senate conferee on the 2024 budget bill, Senate Bill 747, which added another 150 million dollars for the same restart, and voted for it on June 27, 2024 (21-17). It became Public Act 121 of 2024.

Limit: The laws describe the plant without naming it; Palisades in Van Buren County is the plant that fits. The money depends on a federal Energy Department commitment. He voted for two whole budgets, not separate Palisades votes.

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  1. Sean's Plan for Michiganhttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/issues/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. His issue positions and the claims about his own legislative record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

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  2. Journal of the Senate, June 28, 2023 (No. 63) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Jun 28, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Conference reports on House Bill 4437 (roll call 445) and Senate Bill 173 (roll call 446). McCann signs the House Bill 4437 report as a Senate conferee; the third named conferee, Bumstead, did not sign.

    official legislative record

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  3. House Bill 4437 of 2023 (Public Act 119 of 2023)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4437

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: Senate conferees named June 27, 2023 (Anthony, McCann, Bumstead); the Senate adopted the conference report June 28, 2023 (roll call 445, 26-10); signed with line-item vetoes July 31, 2023.

    official legislative record

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  4. Public Act 119 of 2023 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted 2023-24 budget. Section 616 directs the 150 million dollar "targeted energy investment" to restarting a Michigan nuclear plant of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022 and is not producing power. It does not name Palisades.

    official legislative record

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  5. Journal of the Senate, June 27, 2024 (No. 64) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Jun 27, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Conference report on Senate Bill 747, signed by McCann as a Senate conferee, and roll call 330 adopting it, 21-17. The "Huizenga" voting no is state Senator Mark Huizenga, not Bill Huizenga.

    official legislative record

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  6. Senate Bill 747 of 2024 (Public Act 121 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0747

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: Senate conferees named June 20, 2024 (Anthony, McCann, Bumstead); the Senate adopted the conference report June 27, 2024 (roll call 330, 21-17); signed with line-item vetoes July 24, 2024; assigned Public Act 121 of 2024.

    official legislative record

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  7. Public Act 121 of 2024 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted 2024 budget bill. Article 16, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023-24, holds another 150 million dollar "targeted energy investment"; its section 811 ties it to restarting a Michigan nuclear reactor of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022. The governor's line-item vetoes do not touch it.

    official legislative record

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