The Senate passed the bill, a substitute that already passed the House of Representatives, with a vote of 27-10 with one abstention.

But it was not without its controversies among legislators, as issues stemming from earlier debates re-emerged.

Before the House session began, several women in the gallery sang a parody of the Beatles’ song “She Loves You,” with a chorus of “Vagina, yeah, yeah, yeah,” reigniting the abortion argument that arose last month.

Two female representatives, Lisa Brown, D-Bloomfield Hills, and Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, were silenced at the last House session June 14 for their language on the House floor and have asked for apologies from House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall.

Bolger made no mention of the controversy upon opening the session.

Bolger also is in hot water over an alleged election fraud scheme to plant a fake Democratic candidate in the race against Rep. Roy Schmidt, R-Grand Rapids, who switched to the Republican party just before the filing deadline.

A report by the Kent County Prosecuting Attorney William Forsyth, released Tuesday, found Bolger was involved in the scandal by negotiating both candidates’ filings, although neither he nor Schmidt had violated any laws.

Still, many lawmakers have called for him to step down, including Forsyth, who said the incident was “clearly designed to undermine the election and to perpetrate a ‘fraud’ on the electorate,” and Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer.

Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, also issued a statement demanding Bolger’s resignation in light of Forsyth’s report.

“We know that one of Michigan’s highest-ranking leaders engaged in unethical and fraudulent behavior,” she said. “Therefore, I am calling on Speaker Bolger to immediately step down.”

The House and Senate will go back into summer recess for another few weeks until August 15-16. Regular legislative sessions resume in September.