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Tracking Status Report
Mike Sauger
sine die adjournment
Howell
Establishes sine die as the Friday before the first Monday in November in an even numbered year.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/24/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 4001
PA 8
civil asset forfeiture
Wentworth
Requires a criminal conviction before proceeding.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/9/2019; Signed: May 9, 2019; Effective: August 7, 2019)
HB 4002
PA 9
civil asset forfeiture
LaGrand
Amends certain procedure for forfeiture in controlled substance cases.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/9/2019; Signed: May 9, 2019; Effective: August 7, 2019)
pension tax
Bellino
Eliminates 3-tier limitations and restrictions for retirement or pension benefits based on taxpayer's age.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Ways and Means
(2/28/2019; From Tax Policy Committee)
right to work
Chirkun
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (11/7/2019)
right to work
Elder
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/15/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
rewards for crime info
Hope
Increases maximum reward counties can offer for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (10/1/2020; S-1 substitute adopted; By Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
police and fire protection
Chirkun
Modifies definition of qualified city in the police and fire protection act.
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concealed weapons
Rendon
Allows carrying of concealed weapons in no-carry zones by retired law enforcement officers.
Text & Analysis
fair employment practices
Anthony
Prohibits use of credit history in the hiring process.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/29/2019; To Financial Services Committee)
privatized services
Pohutsky
Provides for pre-privatization cost-benefit analysis and process for public service workers to present alternative recommendations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/6/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
public safety property
Farrington
Modifies provision related to malicious destruction of fire or police department property to include real property.
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Referred
in Senate (4/10/2019; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
HB 4239
PA 60
licensing and regulatory affairs budget
Yaroch
Provides for 2019-20 fiscal year Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs budget.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/30/2019; Signed: September 29, 2019; Effective: September 30, 2019; signing statement included)
HB 4249
PA 30
9-1-1 equipment
Hoitenga
Eliminates requirement that 9-1-1 service users with a multiline telephone system install additional equipment and rescinds related administrative rules.
Text & Analysis
Enrolled
in House (12/11/2019)
business development
Coleman
Requires participants of Michigan business development program to utilize bid process and encourage use of Michigan workforce.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/28/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
minimum wage
Sowerby
Increases the minimum wage and modifies for tipped employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
law enforcement
Mueller
Increases penalties for disarming a law enforcement officer of a firearm if accomplished by force or if law enforcement is injured.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/17/2020; H-2 substitute with amendments adopted; By Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
sentencing guidelines
LaGrand
Provides for sentencing guidelines for disarming a law enforcement officer of a firearm if accomplished by force or if law enforcement officer is injured.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/17/2020; H-3 substitute with amendment passed; By Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
fair employment practices
Johnson, C.
Prohibits employer inquiries regarding criminal history.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
law enforcement
Berman
Prohibits targeting a victim based on his or her actual perceived employment as a law enforcement officer, reserve officer or corrections officer.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2019; To Judiciary Committee)
law enforcement
Yaroch
Prohibits targeting a victim based on his or her actual or perceived employment as a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel and provides penalties.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2019; To Judiciary Committee)
criminal procedure
Iden
Enacts sentencing guidelines for crime of targeting certain law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services personnel.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2019; To Judiciary Committee)
drug overdose response
Garrett
Requires certain drug overdose training for medical first responders and paramedics.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Policy Committee (3/21/2019)
drug overdose response
Jones, J.
Requires drug overdose training for peace officers that corresponds to training program for medical first responders and paramedics.
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Committee Hearing
in House Health Policy Committee (12/5/2019)
tuition assistance benefits
Koleszar
Modifies tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and fire fighters killed in the line of duty.
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Reported
in House (12/2/2020; 29-0; By Appropriations Committee)
newborn surrender
Kahle
Allows surrender of newborn to a newborn safety device.
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Committee Hearing
in House Families, Children and Seniors Committee (6/5/2019--Canceled)
newborn surrender
Carter, B.
Modifies definition of newborn and allows surrender to a newborn safety device.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Families, Children and Seniors Committee (6/5/2019--Canceled)
newborn surrender
Rendon
Revises reference in Michigan penal code to surrender of newborn under the newborn safe delivery law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Families, Children and Seniors Committee (6/5/2019--Canceled)
newborn surrender
Brixie
Expands reporting death of a newborn after surrender to a newborn safety device
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Committee Hearing
in House Families, Children and Seniors Committee (6/5/2019--Canceled)
retirement
Johnson, S.
Revises method to calculate unfunded actuarial liability.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
pension oversight
Lower
Provides for creation of the retirement system auditor within the legislative council.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2019)
law enforcement information
Berman
Allows for defense attorneys to access the law enforcement information network under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2019; To Judiciary Committee)
false reports
Reilly
Prohibits summoning law enforcement to residence through intentional false report of a serious law enforcement emergency.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/3/2020)
wage violations
Garza
Increases sanctions for employer violations regarding the payment of wages and fringe benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
emergency responder insurance
Cherry
Requires auto insurers to offer coverage for certain emergency responders.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/28/2019; To Insurance Committee)
HB 4689
PA 45
school safety
VanSingel
Allows temporary door barricade devices in school buildings and provides standards.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/3/2020; Signed: March 3, 2020; Effective: June 1, 2020)
marijuana offenses
Mueller
Provides for authority for park and recreation officers to enforce certain marihuana-related offenses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (6/18/2019)
local law enforcement
Hammoud
Prohibits use of state or local police resources to investigate or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes.
Text & Analysis
stop-and-frisk
Peterson
Eliminates stop-and-frisk policy procedures.
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immigration holds
LaGrand
Prohibits detaining individuals on basis of immigration hold.
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deportation
Bolden
Establishes legal aid for individuals in deportation proceedings.
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facial recognition
Robinson
Prohibits use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement officials and provides remedies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/10/2019; To Judiciary Committee)
collective bargaining
Greig
Removes prohibition against public school employers' use of public school resources to collect union dues.
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Introduced
(8/6/2019; To Education Committee)
collective bargaining
Rabhi
Repeals requirement that wages and benefits not increase after expiration of collective bargaining agreement.
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Introduced
(8/6/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 4862
PA 48
emergency services
Wozniak
Revises critical incident stress management services for emergency service providers to include physicians and individuals employed by or under contract with a health facility or agency.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/3/2020; Signed: March 3, 2020; Effective: June 1, 2020)
traffic control
Hertel, K.
Increases penalties for failure to stop for a school bus displaying flashing red lights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Transportation Committee)
wage and benefits
Elder
Enacts sentencing guideline for wage and fringe benefit payment violations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
Increases penalties for employer requiring nondisclosure of wages by employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
wages
Hood
Enacts sentencing guidelines for employer requiring nondisclosure of wages.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
whistleblowers
Kennedy
Expands protection of whistleblowers to include employees reporting to state employee ombudsman or the press.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
fair employment
Manoogian
Prohibits employers requiring certain noncompete agreements.
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Committee Hearing
in House Commerce And Tourism Committee (1/16/2020)
contractors
Tate
Provides for penalties and remedies for misclassification of independent contractors.
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Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
hours and wages
Haadsma
Prohibits commissioner from disclosing to employer if employee files claim under 2018 PA 337.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
hours and wages
Hoadley
Prohibit commissioner from disclosing employee who files claim under 2018 PA 337 if requested by employee.
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Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
fair employment
Sabo
Prohibits identity of employee who files a complaint under 1978 PA 390 from being disclosed to employer.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/29/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
prevailing wage
Elder
Requires prevailing wages and fringe benefits on state projects; to establish the requirements and responsibilities of contracting agents and bidders; and to prescribe penalties.
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Introduced
(9/3/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
collective bargaining
Gay-Dagnogo
Allows for the inclusion of length of service as a factor in personnel decisions.
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Introduced
(9/3/2019; To Education Committee)
prohibited bargaining subjects
Carter, B.
Revises the list of prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employers.
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Introduced
(9/3/2019; To Education Committee)
worker's compensation
Allor
Extends presumption of causation to fire/crash rescue officers and forest fire officers.
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Referred to Ways and Means
(12/1/2020; From Insurance Committee)
police recruit scholarship
Kuppa
Creates police recruit scholarship match fund.
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Introduced
(9/11/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
law enforcement
Kuppa
Creates law enforcement awareness grant program.
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Introduced
(9/11/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
fair employment practices
Hope
Regulates labor service agencies.
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Introduced
(9/25/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
scheduling
Hope
Provides for scheduling standards for certain employees.
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Introduced
(9/25/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
severance pay
Hertel, K.
Excludes severance pay from definition of remuneration.
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Introduced
(10/3/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
meal periods
Robinson
Requires meal period for certain employees under certain circumstances.
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Introduced
(10/3/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
severance pay
Hammoud
Requires severance pay for eligible employees for a closing or mass layoff.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
overtime pay
Greig
Specifies minimum compensation amounts for exemption from overtime pay.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2019; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
secondary road patrol
Mueller
Restores secondary road patrol funding for fiscal year 2019-20.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/8/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
window tinting
Alexander
Eliminates prohibitions on window tinting and obstruction of driver's vision.
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Referred to Ways and Means
(11/5/2019; With substitute H-3; From Transportation Committee)
fishing and hunting licenses
Hoitenga
Provides for waiver of fishing and hunting license fees for volunteer firefighters.
Text & Analysis
strikebreakers
Johnson, S.
Repeals act relating to solicitation of strikebreakers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/8/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
transit police
Carter, T.
Establishes transit police officers as law enforcement officers.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (12/8/2020; By Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
smoke alarms
Mueller
Enacts requirements on power source for certain smoke alarm devices.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2020; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
police and fire
Guerra
Modifies population threshold for qualified city in the police and fire protection act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (2/26/2020)
HB 5541
PA 92
state id cards
Liberati
Allows designation as an individual with a communication impediment in official state personal identification and provide for law enforcement access.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/23/2020; Signed: June 23, 2020; Effective: July 1, 2021)
compulsory arbitration
O'Malley
Includes corrections officers in compulsory arbitration for local police and firefighters.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Ways and Means
(6/17/2020; From Commerce And Tourism Committee)
employee implants
Kahle
Prohibits implanting devices in employees as condition of employment.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2020; To Economic and Small Business Development Committee)
emergency medical personnel
Sheppard
Suspends certain restrictions and requirements governing the provision of emergency medical services during a declared emergency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/24/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
health professionals
Sheppard
Suspends certain restrictions and requirements governing the provision of medical services during a declared emergency.
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Advanced to Third Reading
in House Government Operations Committee (12/1/2020; With substitute H-2, earlier reported by Government Operations)
emergency medical services
Chirkun
Provides for paid time off for emergency health workers in public health emergency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Health Policy Committee)
emergency response supplies
Cherry
Provides for Department of State Police to maintain reserves of certain emergency response supplies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Appropriations Committee)
strategic preparedness fund
Cherry
Provides for Strategic Preparedness Fund for Department of State Police.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Appropriations Committee)
first responder taxes
Berman
Provides for income tax deduction for first responder income.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Tax Policy Committee)
health care immunity
Sheppard
Provides certain civil and criminal immunity for certain health care workers during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
worker compensation
Pohutsky
Provides infectious disease presumption in worker's compensation for essential employees during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
health worker taxes
Neeley, C.
Exempts certain emergency health care workers from income tax during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Tax Policy Committee)
child care subsidy
Neeley, C.
Revises income eligibility for child care subsidy during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
first responder leave time
Hammoud
Provides for paid time off for first responders affected by public health emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/5/2020; To Health Policy Committee)
emergency supplies
Yaroch
Provides for emergency materials and supplies reserve in Department of State Police.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House Ways and Means Committee (12/1/2020; Earlier reported by Ways and Means)
essential employee medical leave
Carter, T.
Provides paid medical leave for essential employees during emergencies declared because of infectious diseases.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/19/2020; To Health Policy Committee)
first responder worker's compensation
Berman
Provides law enforcement officers and firefighters 100 percent compensation under worker's compensation.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/19/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
miosha violations
Manoogian
Increases penalties for certain Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Act violations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/20/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
covid-19 testing
Kennedy
Requires employers to provide information about COVID-19 testing locations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/20/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
employer actions
Stone
Prohibits employers from taking adverse employment actions against employees raising concerns over infection control.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/20/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
essential employee wage
Cherry
Increases minimum wage for essential employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/20/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
strategic fund
Hammoud
Establishes employee compensation rates for companies receiving funds under Strategic Fund.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/18/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
strategic fund
Camilleri
Requires public disclosure certain salary information by companies funded by Strategic Fund.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/18/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
economic development incentives
Sowerby
Limits certain economic development incentives for businesses exceeding certain compensation thresholds.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/18/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
economic development incentives
Pagan
Limits certain economic development incentives for businesses exceeding certain compensation thresholds.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/18/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
volunteer law enforcement
Anthony
Prohibits volunteer law enforcement officers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/22/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
law enforcement
Anthony
Requires notice to parent or guardian of a minor before questioned by law enforcement.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/22/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
revenue sharing
Anthony
Requires reports of certain law enforcement related information to receive revenue sharing payments.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/22/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
civil asset forfeiture
Yaroch
Clarifies disposition of funds from civil asset forfeiture.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (12/9/2020--Canceled)
law enforcement
Pagan
Prohibits law enforcement officer engaging in sexual penetration or sexual contact with an individual in the officer's custody while in the line of duty.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/22/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
emergency radio coverage
Whiteford
Requires installation of emergency responder radio coverage systems in K-12 schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/23/2020; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
minimum wage
Pagan
Eliminates the lower minimum wage for certain employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/23/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
farm labor
Elder
Creates hazard pay for certain agriculture, farm and seasonal workers during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/6/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
public safety officers
Elder
Makes certain references in Public Safety Officers Benefit Act gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/6/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
emergency alerts
Slagh
Provides for restrictions for use of the emergency alert system.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (10/21/2020; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
public health emergencies
Hoitenga
Designates public health emergencies by counties instead of regions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/17/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
critical infrastructure workers
Garza
Provides for COVID-19 protections for critical infrastructure workers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/2/2020; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
labor
Rabhi
Require cause of termination of employment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/3/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
personal protective equipment
Rabhi
Prohibits employer taking adverse employment action against an employee for use of personal protective equipment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/3/2020; To Commerce And Tourism Committee)
first responders
Eisen
Creates sentencing guidelines for assault against a first responder during a riot.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/15/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
first responders
Eisen
Prohibits assault against a first responder during a riot and provides penalties
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/15/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
use of force
Carter, T.
Provides for mandated reporting of incidents involving use of force.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/29/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
personnel records
Carter, T.
Requires certain law enforcement disciplinary personnel records to be subject to freedom of information act requests.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/29/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
public services
Garza
Modifies population threshold for qualified city in the police and fire protection act.
Text & Analysis
governmental immunity
Yancey
Revises immunity of governmental employees and agents for intentional torts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/29/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
governmental immunity
Rabhi
Removes immunity of governmental agencies for unreasonable use of force.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/29/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
governmental immunity
Carter, T.
Revises immunity of governmental employees and agents for unreasonable use of force.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/29/2020; To Judiciary Committee)
CORRECTIONS WELLNESS
Albert
Creates corrections officer wellness unit agency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/10/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
public notice for municipalities
Coleman Johnson, S.
Allows for public notice to incorporate an authority to provide emergency services to municipalities and revises to make reference to the Local Government Public Notice Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(11/12/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
SB 2
PA 7
civil asset forfeiture
Lucido
Requires a criminal conviction before law enforcement can proceed with civil asset forfeiture process.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/9/2019; Signed: May 9, 2019; Effective: August 7, 2019)
drivers license
Lucido
Increases penalties for driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license and requires law enforcement to take certain actions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (9/30/2020)
proof of insurance
Lucido
Establishes a system for online verification of automobile insurance.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/15/2019; To Insurance and Banking Committee)
pension tax
Wojno
Makes changes to the Income Tax Act of 1967 to eliminate the three-tier limitations and restrictions on the deduction for retirement or pension based on a taxpayer's age.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/15/2019; To Finance Committee)
pension tax
Barrett
Eliminates the three-tier limitations and restrictions under the Income Tax Act of 1967 on the deduction for retirement or pension benefits based on a taxpayer's age.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/15/2019; To Finance Committee)
assault
Horn
Expands crime of assaulting a person performing certain job-related duties to includes emergency room personnel.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/5/2019; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
search and seizure
Lucido
Provides for a resident consent exception for a warrant requirement to search a premises.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (6/18/2020; Committee substitute S-2 adopted)
licensing and regulatory affairs budget
Nesbitt
Provides appropriations for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for Fiscal Year 2019-20.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Appropriations Committee (6/19/2019)
SB 147
PA 53
state police budget
Barrett
Provides appropriations for the Department of State Police for Fiscal Year 2019-20.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/30/2019; Signed: September 29, 2019; Effective: September 30, 2019; with line-item vetoes)
emergency response
Victory
Creates the Emergency Responder Employment Protection Act prohibiting employers from discriminating, disciplining or firing an employee who is absent from work who also serves as an emergency responder.
Text & Analysis
SB 228
PA 177
suicide prevention
Runestad
Creates a Suicide Prevention Commission within Legislative Council.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/20/2019; Signed: December 20, 2019; Effective: March 19, 2020)
reimbursement
Santana
Allows agreements requiring reimbursement in certain situations for law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (11/19/2020)
SB 321
PA 215
law enforcement memorial
LaSata
Expands criteria for inclusion on the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/15/2020; Signed: October 15, 2020, Effective: October 15, 2020)
employment practices
Alexander
Adds section to Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act establishing a commission on pay equity.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
Geiss
Requires employers disclosure of certain wage information upon request.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment discrimination
Brinks
Prohibits employers from engaging in certain discriminatory practices and allows for remedies under the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment discrimination
Santana
Requires employers to post notices of employment discrimination website and phone number.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
McMorrow
Requires written job descriptions for companies with more than five employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment discrimination
Ananich
Requires the state to report on and plan to reduce pay differentials for men and women.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment discrimination
Polehanki
Creates a pay equity in the workplace award program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment discrimination
Bayer
Creates a requirement for private businesses that contract with the state to provide pay equity compliance certification.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
Hollier
Revises notice period for certain deductions related to garnishment from wages without written consent of an employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/21/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
railroads
Zorn
Creates a Local Grade Separation Fund and grant program.
Text & Analysis
Discharged
in House (12/16/2020; Placed on second reading)
SB 417
PA 311
epi-pens
Lucido
Allows prescribers to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense to firefighters and law enforcement agencies for purposes of the law enforcement and firefighter access to epinephrine act.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/29/2020; Signed: December 29, 2020, Effective: December 29, 2020)
employment practices
McCann
Increases the penalties for wage and fringe benefit payment violations with the intent to defraud.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
Brinks
Increases penalties for employers requiring nondisclosure of wages by employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
public employees ombudsman
Wojno
Creates an ombudsman for state employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
whistleblowers
Bayer
Expands state whistleblower protections to include employees reporting to the state employee ombudsman or to the press.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
McMorrow
Prohibits employers requiring certain noncompete agreements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
whistleblower protections
Santana
Expands the definition of employee and protected activities under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
independent contractors
Hertel, C.
Provides for penalties and remedies for misclassification of independent contractors.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
Polehanki
Prohibits the disclosure to an employer if requested by an employee of a civil claim being made under the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
employment practices
Bullock
Prohibits disclosure by the state to an employer of the identity of an employee if the employee requests to not be identified who has filed a labor complaint to the state.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
overtime pay
Ananich
Specifies for certain employees the minimum compensation amounts for exemption from overtime pay.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/8/2019; To Government Operations Committee)
secondary road patrol
Stamas
Restores secondary road patrol funding for fiscal year 2019-20.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/8/2019; To Appropriations Committee)
employer incentives
Hollier
Provides for an incentive for employers to hire certain unemployed military members.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/24/2019; To Finance Committee)
SB 686
Vetoed
public employees
Barrett
Creates a prohibition of a state department or agency from taking disciplinary action against an employee for communication with a member of the state House or Senate or their staff unless the communication is specifically prohibited by law.
Text & Analysis
Veto Override Defeated
in Senate (7/23/2020; 22-15)
SB 690
PA 123
supplemental appropriations
Stamas
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019-20.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/1/2020; Signed: July 1, 2020; Effective: July 1, 2020)
job training
McBroom
Provides for job development and training in communities where a correctional facility closure occurs.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/11/2019; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
whistleblowers
Irwin
Expands the Whistleblowers' Protection Act to include those who report on a planned violation of the law.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/8/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
labor and economic opportunity budget
Horn
Provides appropriations for the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2020-21.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/22/2020; To Appropriations Committee)
arbitration
Horn
Allows for corrections officers to be included in compulsory arbitration for local police and firefighters.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2020; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
medical services
MacGregor
Suspends certain restrictions and requirements governing the provision of emergency medical services during a declared state of emergency.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee (5/20/2020)
income tax deduction
Victory
Provides for a state individual income tax deduction for income attributable to services as a qualified first responder.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Finance Committee)
worker's compensation
Hertel, C.
Creates benefits for emergency first responders who contract COVID-19 with presumption that personal injury arose out of and in the course of employment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
firefighter training
Lucido
Earmarks portion of Fireworks Safety Fund for firefighter training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/5/2020; To Appropriations Committee)
surveillance technology
Runestad
Creates State Technology Oversight Board to monitor law enforcement use of technology monitoring.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/5/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
SB 910
PA 323
student work permits
Victory
Modifies application and approval process for student work permits during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/29/2020; Signed: December 29, 2020, Effective: March 24, 2021)
essential employees worker's compensation
McCann
Provides presumption of infectious disease in worker's compensation claims for essential employees during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
miosha violations
Chang
Increases penalties for certain Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Act violations.
Text & Analysis
employer retaliation
Santana
Prohibits employers taking adverse action against employees raising infection control concerns.
Text & Analysis
employer retribution
Moss
Prohibits employers from taking adverse actions against employees absent during declared emergencies.
Text & Analysis
covid-19 testing
Brinks
Requires employers to post COVID-19 testing locations.
Text & Analysis
retired ems license
Zorn
Provides for special volunteer license for retired emergency medical services personnel.
Text & Analysis
labor regulations
Brinks
Repeals Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/4/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
paid medical leave
Geiss
Allows all workers to accumulate medical leave time.
Text & Analysis
official misconduct
Lucido
Prohibits using public funds to settle claims or pay judgements for gross negligence, intentional misconduct or criminal conduct by public officials.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/11/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
police excessive force
Johnson, R.
Requires law enforcement officers be trained in excessive force intervention.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/11/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
police holds
Lucido
Prohibits holds by law enforcement officers that include pressure on throat or windpipe.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/11/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
police sexual conduct
Hertel, C.
Prohibits sexual contact between law enforcement officers and those in custody.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/25/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
excessive force
Irwin
Requires disciplinary action for peace officers present during excessive use of force.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/25/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
police misconduct
Irwin
Provides Department of Attorney General oversight authority for investigation of police misconduct.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/25/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
unemployment benefits
Bayer
Allows for low-wage school employees to collect unemployment benefits during the summer months.
Text & Analysis
benefits
Alexander
Modifies the Michigan Employment Security Act related to nonmonetary eligibility and qualifications for benefits.
Text & Analysis
law enforcement standards
Ananich
Modifies membership of Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/25/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
search warrants
Lucido
Modifies execution of search warrants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/22/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
labor employment practices
Schmidt
Prohibits employer from taking adverse employment action against an employee who is absent from work during a declared emergency.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee (9/10/2020)
SB 1108
PA 228
open meetings
Theis
Changes procedures for electronic meetings of public bodies.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/19/2020; Signed: October 16, 2020, Effective: October 16, 2020)
pregnant incarcerated women
Geiss
Establishes standards for the care of pregnancy women held in county jails and lockups.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (10/13/2020; S-1 substitute adopted; By Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
social work
Chang
Creates a Social Work and Police Partnerships Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
mental health
Santana
Requires the Mental Health Diversion Council to create recommendations to law enforcement for situations dealing with individuals with mental illness.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
law enforcement
Bullock
Provides for a standard form for reporting sexual misconduct by employees of a law enforcement agency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
crime
Bullock
Provides police sexual misconduct incident form to certain victims of criminal sexual conduct and require in certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
law enforcement
Ananich
Allows individuals filing complaints against law enforcement to remain private.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
false reports
Geiss
Provides for penalties for false reports of a crime to law enforcement based solely upon the alleged perpetrator's race or ethnicity.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
false reports
Geiss
Enacts penalties for false reports being made of a crime to law enforcement based solely upon the alleged perpetrator's race or ethnicity.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/1/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
labor
Irwin
Repeals the Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/3/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
law enforcement
Irwin
Creates requirement for parent or guardian to consent to law enforcement questioning of a minor.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/3/2020; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
SB 1244
PA 357
legal representation
Barrett
Modifies options for a governmental agency to provide legal representation to an employee or public official.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/30/2020; Signed: December 30, 2020, Effective: December 30, 2020)
employees
Schmidt
Exempts essential critical infrastructure, water, and wastewater workers from requirement that a worker not report to work if the worker tests positive for COVID-19 or displays a principal symptom of COVID-19.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/10/2020; To Session)
SB 1258
PA 339
labor
MacGregor
Exempts essential critical energy infrastructure workers from requirement that an employee not report to work if the employee tests positive for COVID-19 or displays a principal symptom of COVID-19.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/29/2020; Signed: December 29, 2020, Effective: December 29, 2020)
law enforcement mental health
Mueller
A resolution to declare March 19, 2019, as Law Enforcement Mental Health Awareness Day in the state of Michigan.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (3/19/2019; Voice vote)
worker autonomy
Nesbitt
A resolution to oppose policies that restrict the autonomy of workers and employers and memorialize the President and Congress of the United States to support and defend the rights and freedoms of workers and employers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2020; To Government Operations Committee)
critical infrastructure workers
Outman, R.
A resolution to urge the Governor to use the most current federal guidelines on identifying essential critical infrastructure workers.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (4/28/2020; Adopted)
labor agreements
Nesbitt
A concurrent resolution to oppose the inclusion of labor peace agreements in the Marijuana Regulatory Agency's permanent rules and to oppose the inclusion of labor peace agreements or any similar construct in the administrative rules of this state.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (1/30/2020; Voice vote)
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