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Mike Sauger
Tracking group: WPOA
College Campuses
Johnsen
Allows concealed carry on college campuses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Face Masks
DeSana
Prohibits requirement for individual to wear a face mask to enter certain facility.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Slavery
Tisdel
Eliminates exception to prohibition on slavery.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Employees
Theis
Protects certain state employee communications with members of the legislature under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/17/2023; To Labor Committee)
Slavery
Webber
Eliminates exception to prohibition on slavery.
Text & Analysis
HB 4001
PA 4
Income Tax Changes
Witwer
Revises limitations and restrictions on deductions of certain retirement or pension benefits and revenue distribution to state school aid fund.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/7/2023; Signed: March 7, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
HB 4004
PA 9
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
HB 4007
PA 10
Prevailing Wage
Carter, B.
Reenact prevailing wage.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
Retirement/Pension Benefits
Beeler
Modifies 3-tier limitations and restrictions on deduction for retirement or pension benefits.
Text & Analysis
Motion to Discharge Passed for the Day
in House (4/19/2023)
Weapons
Green
Exempts weapon safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/12/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Traffic Control
Slagh
Modifies procedure for establishing speed limits.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure Committee (6/13/2023)
Law Enforcement
VanderWall
Includes definition of peace officer in ORV laws.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/27/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Controlled Substances
Zorn
Modifies venue for prosecution of delivery of a controlled substance causing death.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/18/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Controlled Substances
Zorn
Modifies jurisdiction for prosecution for delivery of controlled substance causing death.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/18/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Fair Employment Practices
Hope
Regulates labor service agencies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/8/2023)
Hours and Wages
Hope
Provides scheduling standards for certain employers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/19/2023; To Labor Committee)
HB 4044
PA 113
Collective Bargaining
Koleszar
Repeals provisions related to the collection of union dues by public school personnel and the freezing of wages and benefits for certain public employees during contract negotiations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
HB 4045
PA 23
Law Enforcement
Schmaltz
Establishes volunteer employee criminal history system.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/26/2023; Signed: April 26, 2023, Effective: May 1, 2023)
Unemployment Compensation
Outman, P.
Requires the unemployment agency to post on its public website amount of money in the unemployment compensation fund.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/31/2023; To Labor Committee)
Employment Security
Outman, P.
Expands prohibition against the recovery of improperly paid benefits to include certain errors made by the unemployment agency during a certain period of time and prohibit certain improperly paid benefits from being charged to certain accounts and funds.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/31/2023; To Labor Committee)
Financial Stability
Carter, B.
Repeals local financial stability and choice act.
Text & Analysis
Police Dogs
Paiz
Establishes care for retired police dogs program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/2/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Background Check
Hope
Establishes volunteer employee criminal history system.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (2/22/2023--Canceled)
Funeral Processions
Bezotte
Allows use of headlight flashers and purple flags during funeral processions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Public Service Employment
Bezotte
Eliminates requirement of notice of fire and police personnel application acceptance dates be published in a newspaper.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/7/2023; To Labor Committee)
School Emergency Operations
Schmaltz
Modifies procedures for school emergency operations plans.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Harris
Requires that public schools and nonpublic schools ensure that school workers complete certain school safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Greene
Requires safety guidelines for lockdown procedures of a school building and installation of emergency responder radio coverage systems in K-12 educational facilities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Steele
Requires inclusion of OK2SAY program contact information on certain student identification cards.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Young
Requires standardized response terminology plan that public schools and nonpublic schools adopt and implement.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Puri
Requires department to establish standardized response terminology plan.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Breen
Requires each intermediate school district to employ 1 emergency and safety manager and at least 1 mental health coordinator.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Glanville
Requires the department of state police and the office of school safety within the department of state police to provide to certain school personnel safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Education
Neeley
Requires office of school safety quarterly reporting of tips received.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
School Safety
Weiss
Provides definitions for OK2Say program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/14/2023; To Education Committee)
Property Tax
Friske
Provides exemption from state education tax for certain agricultural property.
Text & Analysis
Law Enforcement
Slagh
Increases public safety officer death benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/22/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 4121
PA 47
Health Professionals
Breen
Provides permanent revocation of license or registration if convicted of sexual conduct under pretext of medical treatment.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4122
PA 48
Health Professionals
Hope
Provides permanent revocation of license or registration if convicted of sexual conduct under pretext of medical treatment.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4123
PA 49
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Filler
Prohibits use of position of authority in preventing reporting of crime.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4124
PA 50
Public Employees
Glanville
Prohibits preventing reporting of certain alleged crimes to title IX coordinator by use of position of authority.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
HB 4125
PA 51
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Rheingans
Requires certain actions regarding pupil who reports being sexually assaulted and prohibits pupil from being expelled for reported incident.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: September 26, 2023)
Firearms/Weapons
Tsernoglou
Prohibits possession of firearms at a polling place.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (3/7/2023; With Substitute H-2; By Elections Committee)
Firearms/Weapons
Young
Prohibits firearms within 100 feet of an absentee ballot counting board while ballots are being counted.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (3/7/2023; By Elections Committee)
Traffic Control
Snyder
Allows use of automated traffic enforcement devices in work zones to enforce speed limit reductions.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/27/2023; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
Traffic Control
Mueller
Revises costs and fees to reflect the distribution of certain fines related to automated speed enforcement systems.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/27/2023; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
Land Sales
Friske
Prohibits sale or transfer of real property to foreign entities.
Text & Analysis
Hunting
Friske
Modifies natural resource commission's authority to issue an order requiring an individual to report a deer harvest within 72 hours.
Text & Analysis
Libraries
Friske
Requires restricted viewing area for obscene, pornographic material in libraries.
Text & Analysis
HB 4138
PA 19
Background Checks
Churches
Requires license or background check for purchase of firearms.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
Background Checks
MacDonell
Updates sentencing guidelines to reflect requirement for background checks when purchasing a firearm.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/26/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Firearm Safety Devices
Whitsett
Exempts firearm safety devices from use tax.
Text & Analysis
Firearm Safety Devices
Price
Exempts firearm safety devices from sales tax.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/26/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
HB 4142
PA 18
Firearms
Carter, B.
Updates references to pistol in penal code.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
Firearm Storage
Brabec
Provides penalties for storing or leaving a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/26/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Puri
Enacts the extreme risk protection order act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (4/19/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
HB 4146
PA 37
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Breen
Prohibits the purchase of a firearms or obtaining a concealed pistol license if individual has an extreme risk protection order.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 22, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
HB 4147
PA 35
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Brixie
Provides for service of process for extreme risk protection order actions and waives court fees.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 22, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
HB 4148
PA 36
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Young
Enacts guidelines for making a false statement in support of an extreme risk protection order.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 22, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Weapon-free Zones
Brixie
Includes all buildings leased or owned by the state as weapon-free zones.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/28/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Gun-Free Zones
Neeley
Expands gun-free zones to include all buildings owned or leased by the state.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/28/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Deer Hunting
Beson
Modifies penalties for failure to report a deer harvest or taking of deer over feeding or baiting.
Text & Analysis
Juvenile Corrections
Young
Provides parole of certain offenders less than 19 at time of conviction under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice Committee (5/9/2023)
Juvenile Sentencing
Wilson
Amends public health code penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility to exclude application to individuals less than 19.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice Committee (5/9/2023)
Juvenile Sentencing
Hope
Prohibits sentencing individuals less than 19 to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice Committee (5/9/2023)
Juvenile Sentencing
VanderWall
Amends probate code of 1939 to prohibit sentencing individuals less than 19 to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice Committee (5/9/2023)
Criminal Justice Policy Commission
Aiyash
Creates criminal justice policy commission.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Firearms
Hoadley
Eliminates requirement to register newly purchased handguns and eliminates pistol-free zones.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
HB 4176
PA 43
Police Training
Carter, T.
Allows agreements requiring reimbursement for law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits in certain situations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/13/2023; Signed: June 13, 2023, Effective: June 13, 2023)
History Museum Authorities
Carter, T.
Creates history museum authorities act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/19/2023; By Regulatory Reform Committee)
Assisted Reproduction
Roth
Prohibits false representation in assisted reproduction and provides penalties.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/17/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Assisted Reproduction
Whitsett
Provides sentencing guidelines for false representation regarding assisted reproduction.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/17/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Assisted Reproduction
Breen
Provides disciplinary action for making a false representation in assisted reproduction.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/17/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Assisted Reproduction
Steckloff
Provides civil action for making a false representation in assisted reproduction.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/17/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Assisted Reproduction
St. Germaine
Provides statute of limitations for certain criminal sexual conduct offenses related to a false representation in assisted reproduction.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/17/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Firearms
Rogers
Prohibits unaccompanied minors using or possessing certain BB guns outside of their property.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Asbestos
Mentzer
Modifies provisions related to civil penalties with respect to repeated violations and asbestos-related violations.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/18/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Natural Resources, Environment, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee)
Asbestos
McKinney
Requires certain local government contracts to contain provision allowing the withholding of payment to asbestos abatement contractors or demolition contractors for environmental violations and requires require certain disclosures by asbestos abatement contractors and demolition contractors.
Text & Analysis
Asbestos Emissions Program
Aiyash
Requires annual report on sufficiency of number of asbestos emissions program inspectors for demolition or renovation activity.
Text & Analysis
Asbestos Emissions Program
Aiyash
Imposes fee on notification of demolition or renovation.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/18/2023; Substitute H-1 adopted; By Natural Resources, Environment, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee)
Asbestos
VanderWall
Requires public contracts for asbestos abatement projects under certain circumstances background investigation, public posting of certain information, and public hearings.
Text & Analysis
Asbestos
VanderWall
Requires disclosure of environmental violations for public contracts for asbestos abatement projects.
Text & Analysis
Corrections
Aiyash
Provides program to provide driver license and state identification cards to parolees.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Corrections
Brabec
Provides program to provide driver license and state identification cards to parolees.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Corrections
Edwards
Provides program to provide state identification cards to parolees.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Identification Cards
McFall
Updates cross-reference to 1972 PA 222.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
School Privacy
Fox
Provides restriction of student access to certain restrooms and changing areas based on biological sex.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Vital Records
Carra
Modifies time frame for vital records search time frame for vital records search
Text & Analysis
Firearms
Glanville
Allows local units of government imposing certain restrictions on firearms.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
HB 4202
PA 77
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Pohutsky
Repeals defense to criminal sexual conduct charges based solely on mental incapacitation of the victim if the victim is the actor's spouse.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: July 11, 2023)
Weapons
Tsernoglou
Prohibits sale of weapons to individual under 21 years of age.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Firearms
Tsernoglou
Increases age requirement for purchase of a firearm.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Assault Weapons
Skaggs
Prohibits openly carrying an assault weapon within 1,000 feet of certain places.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Assault Weapon
Grant
Provides sentencing guidelines for openly carrying an assault weapon in certain places.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/7/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Firearms
Hood
Provides 14-day waiting period for all pistol purchases.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Firearms
Morse
Provides civil liability for improper storage of firearms.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Trigger Locks
Fitzgerald
Establishes trigger lock distribution program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Sales Tax
Carter, T.
Provides sales tax distribution for trigger locks.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Employment Discrimination
DeSana
Prohibits discrimination in employment based on certain vaccination status.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Township Designation
St. Germaine
Designates Harrison Township as Boat Town USA.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (6/7/2023)
School Safety
Rogers
Requires installation of high-visibility markers on all rooms and exterior doors of a school building.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Public Service Employment
Wilson
Removes prohibition against deduction from a public employee's wages for certain political purposes.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (5/16/2023; By Elections Committee)
Open Competition
Hill
Repeals fair and open competition in governmental construction act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Prohibits an employer from offering or granting status as permanent replacement employee to certain individuals who work for the employer during a labor dispute.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
HB 4233
PA 114
Public Service Employment
Churches
Removes prohibition against labor organizations' assistance in collecting dues from public school employee.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Union Dues
Farhat
Provides credit for the payment of qualified union dues paid to a labor organization.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Mentzer
Prohibits the public employer from discriminating against the public employee based on public employee's refusal to participate in certain meetings or communications sponsored by a public employer.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Labor Regulations
Andrews
Repeals local government labor regulatory limitation act, 2015 PA 105.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
Employment Discrimination
Scott
Prohibits an employer from inquiring about job applicant's credit history.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/21/2023; To Labor Committee)
Police Funding
Morgan
Provides department of state police appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Conference Committee
in House (6/8/2023)
Labor and Economic Opportunity
Snyder
Provides department of labor and economic opportunity appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Corrections Funding
O'Neal
Provides department of corrections appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Conference Committee
in House (6/8/2023)
Gender Transition Surgeries
Carra
Provides penalties for parents or guardians who procure gender transition surgeries or irreversible hormonal procedures for children under 18.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Child Abuse
Rigas
Modifies references to crime of child abuse in the code of criminal procedure.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Child Abuse
Smit
Modifies references to crime of child abuse in the corrections code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Child Abuse
Meerman
Modifies references to crime of child abuse in the prison code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Revenue Sharing
O'Neal
Creates the revenue sharing trust fund.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; Substitute H-1 adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
Tisdel
Provides for the distribution of sales tax revenue for the revenue sharing trust fund.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; Substitute H-3 adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
Concealed Weapons
Johnsen
Removes certain restrictive carrying of concealed weapons.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public School Employees
Snyder
Modifies waiting period for employment of certain retired coaches.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/21/2023; To Education Committee)
Nonprofit Corporations
Roth
Authorizes conversion of summer resort associations into nonprofit corporations.
Text & Analysis
Nonprofit Corporations
Coffia
Authorizes conversion of summer resort associations into nonprofit corporations.
Text & Analysis
School Safety
Meerman
Creates school safety guardian program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/21/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Sexually Explicit Material
MacDonell
Provides penalties for coercing vulnerable adult into providing sexually explicit visual material.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (6/27/2023; Substitute H-1 adopted; By Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
Environmental Protections
Carter, T.
Provides criminal penalties and civil fines for unlawful dumping of garbage.
Text & Analysis
Law Enforcement
DeSana
Creates 21-foot protection zone around a patrol vehicle.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/22/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Election Laws
DeSana
Expands definition of identification for election purposes to include current concealed pistol license.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/22/2023; To Elections Committee)
Environmental Protection
Scott
Provides criminal penalties and civil fines for unlawful dumping of garbage.
Text & Analysis
Land Sales
DeBoyer
Prohibits sale or transfer of real property to foreign entities.
Text & Analysis
Home Rule
Whitsett
Increases penalties for certain blight offenders.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/27/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Firearm-Related Crimes
Hall
Prohibits prosecuting attorney from amending charges in certain ways.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/23/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
State Management
Cavitt
Prohibits awarding contracts to entities that economically boycott certain businesses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/11/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Open Meetings
Coleman
Allows municipal public employee retirement boards meetings subject to open meetings act to be conducted remotely.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/27/2023; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
HB 4354
PA 115
School Employment
Weiss
Removes performance evaluation standards, merit pay standards, and decisions on layoff, recall, hiring, position eliminations, classroom observation, teacher placement, evaluation, discipline, and discharge from prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employers.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Updates reference to reference to 1947 PA 336, the state school aid act of 1979.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (6/13/2023; With committee substitute H-1 adopted.)
HB 4356
PA 143
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Removes a public school employer's decision to contract with a third party for noninstructional support services from prohibited subjects of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
HB 4357
PA 144
Collective Bargaining
Hood
Updates reference to the state school aid act of 1979
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
Weapons
Steckloff
Expands requirement to disclose possession of concealed weapon to include fire personnel and emergency medical services personnel.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/11/2023; To Labor Committee)
Environmental Protection
Brabec
Repeals act preempting local regulation of plastic bags and other containers.
Text & Analysis
Emergency Service Authories
Brabec
Allows emergency services authorities to serve partial municipalities.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (6/21/2023; H1 sub adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
HB 4375
PA 52
Economic Development
Grant
Modifies definition of qualified city.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/29/2023; Signed: June 29, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Cheboygan County
Cavitt
Provides funding for Cheboygan County.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/11/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Retirement Benefits
Rigas
Modifies duties of an investment fiduciary.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/12/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Drains
Morse
Revises chapter 22 of drain code process through determination of sufficiency of petition and proposed boundaries.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (6/14/2023)
Sentencing Commission
Meerman
Provides duties of the Michigan sentencing commission.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Criminal Procedure
Markkanen
Provides statutory warrant requirement for department of natural resources.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/12/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Sexually Explicit Material
MacDonell
Provides sentencing guidelines for crime of coercing vulnerable adult into providing sexually explicit visual material.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (6/27/2023; By Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
Nondisclosure of Wages
Hood
Enacts sentencing guideline for employer requiring nondisclosure of wages.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/12/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Crime Victims
Filler
Modifies definition of serious misdemeanor in the crime victims act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/28/2023; By Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Public Records
Young
Provides limited access to public records for incarcerated individuals.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Public Notices
Coleman
Revises publication of legal notices and creates the local government public notice act.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Rigas
Eliminates provision allowing employers to prohibit employees to carry at work.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Sodomy
Arbit
Eliminates crime of sodomy between consenting adults.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Sodomy
Dievendorf
Removes reference to sodomy in 1925 PA 289
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Sodomy
Rheingans
Eliminates sentencing guidelines for crime of sodomy between consenting adults.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Law Enforcement
Wegela
Modifies presumption of admissibility for a juvenile's self-incriminating responses obtained through deceptive police practices.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Compulsory Arbitration
Breen
Includes corrections officers in compulsory arbitration for local police and firefighters.
Text & Analysis
Returned from Senate
(10/4/2023; With Substitute S-1 with immediate effect.)
Passed
in Senate (10/4/2023; 31-7; Given Immediate Effect)
Compulsory Arbitration
Bezotte
Makes certain references in 1969 PA 312 regarding arbitration for local police officers and firefighters gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Enrolled
in House (10/4/2023)
Passed
in Senate (10/4/2023; 31-7; Given Immediate Effect)
Impaired Driving
Meerman
Provides penalties for crime of operating while intoxicated and causing property damage.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/20/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Impaired Driving
Meerman
Modifies penalties for property damage as a result of operating while intoxicated.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/20/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Productivity Time Credit
Carter, T.
Creates provision of prison code relating to productivity time credit system.
Text & Analysis
Productivity Credits
Grant
Updates code of criminal procedure to reflect creation of productivity credits.
Text & Analysis
Productivity Credits
McKinney
Updates corrections code of 1953 to reflect creation of productivity credits.
Text & Analysis
Productivity Credits
Farhat
Requires notice to crime victim when a prisoner is eligible to receive credits toward sentence.
Text & Analysis
Firearms
Stone
Provides requirement for hobbyist-built firearms to contain serial numbers on frames or receivers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Gun Safety
Stone
Requires gun locks and a pamphlet on gun safety to be included with every point of sale for gun purchases.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Good Time System
Hood
Updates corrections code to reflect good time system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Disciplinary Credits
Wilson
Eliminates provision of revised judicature act relating to disciplinary credits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Good Time System
O'Neal
Modifies good time system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Disciplinary Time
Paiz
Eliminates reference to disciplinary time in code of criminal procedure.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/25/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Hate Crimes
Arbit
Creates elements for commission of a hate crime.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/21/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Hate Crimes
Grant
Provides sentencing guidelines for the commission of a hate crime.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/21/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Malicious Destruction
Arbit
Creates crime of institutional desecration.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/21/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Malicious Destruction
Puri
Provides sentencing guidelines for crime of institutional desecration.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/21/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Sexual Assault Kit
Breen
Modifies certain procedures pertaining to sexual assault kit evidence.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/27/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Sexual Assault Kit
Conlin
Allows individuals receiving a sexual assault medical forensic examination to shower at the medical facility following the examination.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/27/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Rheingans
Provides collective bargaining rights for graduate assistants and student athletes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
School Buildings
DeSana
Prohibits placement of certain antennas on public school buildings, rooftops, and adjacent structures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/2/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Bollin
Makes ending day of school year prohibited subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/3/2023; To Labor Committee)
Public School Restrooms
Maddock
Modifies requirements concerning restrooms and other certain areas in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/4/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Child Restraint Safety Seats
Rheingans
Requires positioning of car seats to depend on weight of child and makes other revisions.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (10/3/2023; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
Child Restraint Safety Seats
Fitzgerald
Revises waiver of civil fine and costs for a violation of section 710d.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (10/3/2023; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
Domestic Violence
Coffia
Allows domestic violence prevention and treatment fund to provide funding to tribal domestic and sexual violence shelters and service providers.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/28/2023; By Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Fall Prevention Training
Scott
Requires employers to pay wages to employees for participating in fall prevention training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/4/2023; To Health Policy Committee)
Date Designation
Scott
Designates "Negro Leagues Day" as May 2 of each year.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/24/2023)
Assault
Mueller
Modifies penalties for certain kinds of assault.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/28/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Assault
Breen
Modifies penalties for certain kinds of assault.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/28/2023; To Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Mining
Outman, P.
Provides sentencing guidelines for violation of intentional false statement in a mining permit application or report.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (6/13/2023)
Voting Information
Stone
Requires department of corrections to provide certain voting information on release.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/19/2023; H1 sub adopted; By Elections Committee)
Sexually Explicit Material
Stone
Prohibits electronic transmission of unsolicited and nonconsensual sexually explicit material.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
County Elections
Aragona
Modifies schedule of election of county executive in a charter county to the presidential election years.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Elections Committee (5/23/2023)
Fair Employment Practices
Andrews
Prohibits employers from obtaining noncompete agreements from employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Andrews
Allows the commission to certify labor organizations an exclusive bargaining representative of public employees based on petition and hearing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Minors
Paquette
Enacts sentencing guideline for providing puberty-blocking drugs or genital gender reassignment surgery to anyone under 18 years of age.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Minors
Paquette
Prohibits providing puberty-blocking drugs or genital gender reassignment surgery to anyone under 18 years of age.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Notaries Public
Young
Provides fee for remote notarization.
Text & Analysis
Local Government Reimbursement Fund
Fitzgerald
Creates local government reimbursement fund.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (10/4/2023; 75-33; Given Immediate Effect)
Local Government Reimbursement Fund
Mentzer
Provides distribution of money to the local government reimbursement fund.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (10/4/2023; 76-32; Given Immediate Effect)
Criminal Sentencing
Hope
Provides process for resentencing upon petition of certain prisoners.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Corrections
Neeley
Amends corrections code of 1953 to reflect requirement for department of corrections to provide certain notification to prisoners.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Crime Victims
Wilson
Amends crime victim's rights act to reference rights of crime victims in certain prisoner resentencing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Criminal Sentencing
McKinney
Amends public health code to reflect potential resentencing penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Criminal Sentencing
Aiyash
Amends Michigan penal code to reflect potential resentencing penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Family Leave
Scott
Provides family leave optimal coverage benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Labor Committee)
Family Leave
Scott
Provides deduction for family leave optimal coverage benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Income Tax Exemptions
Schmaltz
Exempts department of corrections retirement and pension benefits from income taxes.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Bargaining Representatives
Alexander
Requires bargaining representatives to receive majority vote every year.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Bargaining Representative
Bierlein
Requires bargaining representatives to represent only those public employees who voted for or authorized representation from the bargaining representative.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Thompson
Requires agreements between employers and unions that require employees to pay union due to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Martin
Requires agreements between public employers and unions that require public employees to pay union dues to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Right-To-Work Zones
BeGole
Allows local units of government to establish right-to-work zones.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Beson
Requires labor organizations to prepare quarterly report regarding expenditures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Campaign Finances
Beeler
Prohibits exemption of a labor organization under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Labor Organizations
Aragona
Prohibits labor organization's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Service Employment
Aragona
Prohibits bargaining representative's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the public employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Wildlife
Borton
Allows wildlife feeding under certain conditions.
Text & Analysis
Sales Tax Distribution
Shannon
Provides distribution of certain sales tax revenue into the public safety and violence prevention fund.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
State Mangement
Farhat
Creates public safety and violence prevention fund.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
Health Occupations - EMS
Prestin
Modifies certain temporary licenses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/23/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Health Occupations - EMS
Fitzgerald
Makes technical changes to certain temporary licenses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/23/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Regional Airports
Coffia
Includes regional airport authorities in the publicly funded health insurance contribution act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/12/2023; Presented 9/12/2023; By Economic Development and Small Business Committee)
Children's Services
Morse
Increases county child care fund reimbursement rate.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/26/2023; H-2 substitute adopted.; By Criminal Justice Committee)
Pregnancy Resource Centers
Beeler
Provides credit for contributions to certain pregnancy resource centers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/24/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Bail
Young
Provides procedure for pretrial release determinations, criteria a court must consider for pretrial release determination, and reporting of data on pretrial release decisions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/24/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Bail
Hope
Provides criteria a court must consider before imposing certain conditions of release and due process hearing related to pretrial detention.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/24/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Modifies interim bail bonds for misdemeanors.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/24/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
State Police Retirement
Snyder
Provides membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date and allows for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Labor Committee)
State Police Retirement System
O'Neal
Provides election process to transfer certain law enforcement officers to the Michigan state police retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Labor Committee)
State Employees Retirement System
Hill
Provides membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date and allows and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Labor Committee)
Land Banks
Grant
Modifies land bank fast track act taxable status.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/4/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Bonds
Grant
Modifies revenue bond act definitions.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/4/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Recreational Trespassing
Slagh
Modifies responsibilities of property owners under the recreational trespassing law.
Text & Analysis
Abortion
Friske
Prohibits administering with intent to procure.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Friske
Prohibits publication or sale of items used to prevent conception or produce miscarriage or abortion.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Friske
Prohibits advertising or sale to procure.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Friske
Provides sentencing guidelines for performing abortion unless necessary to save the life of a mother.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/25/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Haadsma
Makes minimum staffing levels within a bargaining unit a mandatory subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (9/14/2023)
Substance Abuse
Coffia
Modifies notice of a defendant's right to secular substance abuse disorder treatment.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (6/21/2023)
Open Meetings
Fitzgerald
Allows nonelected and noncompensated public bodies to meet remotely.
Text & Analysis
HB 4696
PA 83
Elections
Tsernoglou
Provides sentencing guidelines for certain early voting violations under the Michigan election law.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/19/2023; Signed: July 18, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Elections
Morgan
Updates references to sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (6/15/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
HB 4702
PA 88
Precinct Boundaries
Tsernoglou
Increases precinct size.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/19/2023; Signed: July 18, 2023, Effective: SD)
Juvenile Crimes
Mueller
Clarifies transportation of juvenile who commits a crime with an adult.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Weapons
Rigas
Repeals certain provisions regarding weapons.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Firearms and Weapons
Posthumus
Updates sentencing guideline references.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Firearms
Fox
Updates Michigan retired law enforcement officer’s firearm carry act references.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Firearms
Beeler
Updates natural resources and environmental protection act references.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Firearms
Hoadley
Updates corrections code of 1953 references.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Firearms
DeBoyer
Updates 1927 PA 372 references.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Law Enforcement Funds
BeGole
Modifies allowable uses for fee revenue related to salvage vehicle inspection.
Text & Analysis
Absent Voters
Wendzel
Provides sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations dealing with absent voter ballot applications.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Emergency Responders
Snyder
Extends presumption of causation of heart and respiratory diseases to certain members of police, fire, and public safety departments.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Opioid Antagonist Training
Koleszar
Requires local health departments to provide to schools with opioid antagonist training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
Opioid Antagonists
Bezotte
Requires local health departments to provide opioid antagonists to schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Education Committee)
Property Tax Exemptions
Greene
Holds local taxing units harmless for disabled veteran exemption.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Employment Security
Greene
Requires the unemployment agency to create immobilization and demobilization plan.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Mental Health
Steele
Provides outpatient treatment for misdemeanor offenders with mental health issues.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/14/2023; To Health Policy Committee)
Community Mental Health
Harris
Provides community mental health oversight of competency exams for defendants charged with misdemeanors.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/14/2023; To Health Policy Committee)
Public School Employees
Koleszar
Allows employment of retirant without forfeiting the retirant's retirement allowance for retirant earning less than a certain dollar amount.
Text & Analysis
Presented
in House (10/3/2023; Presented 10/3/2023)
Public Employees and Officers
Roth
Limits severance pay for executive and legislative branch employees and officers and requires reporting if greater than a certain amount.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/14/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Election Law Violations
Tsernoglou
Updates sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (6/20/2023; By Elections Committee)
Gender Neutral References
Morgan
Makes certain references in public act relating to disability compensation for peace officer gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Gender Neutral References
Morgan
Makes certain references in public act relating to disability compensation for firefighters gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Gender Neutral References
Paiz
Makes certain references in the penal code gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Gender Neutral References
MacDonell
Makes certain references in the city income act gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Gender Neutral References
Haadsma
Makes certain references in the worker's compensation act gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Gender Neutral References
Morgan
Makes certain references in the public safety officers benefit act gender neutral.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Retire State Employees
Kunse
Allows employment of retired state employee without forfeiting retirement benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 4820
PA 116
Teachers and Administrators
Skaggs
Modifies factors for personnel decisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 1, 2024)
Teachers and Administrators
O'Neal
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Teachers and Administrators
Shannon
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Probate Court Judges
Wozniak
Increases number of judges in Macomb County probate court.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Administrative Procedures
Hill
Updates cross-reference to administrative procedures act within the state police retirement act of 1986.
Text & Analysis
Firearms
Tisdel
Prohibits felony firearm crimes from pleading charge down.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Gun Sales
Johnsen
Prohibits use of merchant codes to identify gun sales.
Text & Analysis
Concealed Pistol Licenses
Wendzel
Exempts retired law enforcement and veterans concealed pistol license fees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/27/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Psychological screening
Kuhn
Requires psychological screening when arrested while in possession of a firearm.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/27/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Milkweed
Steckloff
Prohibits classification of milkweed as a noxious or exotic weed by local governments.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Agriculture Committee (10/4/2023)
Township Officials
Mentzer
Requires conflict of interest policy for township officials.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; Substitute H-1 adopted; By Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
State Property
Snyder
Provides transfer of certain state-owned property in Muskegon County.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (9/6/2023)
Income Tax
Aragona
Prohibits taxing income of nonresidents.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Annexation
Koleszar
Revises procedures to approve annexation petition.
Text & Analysis
Public Buildings
DeSana
Prohibits placement of certain antennas in relation to fire stations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Campaign Finance
Bollin
Requires candidate to establish a separate account used for funds donated to a candidate for recall efforts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Elections
Bollin
Prohibits ballot on demand systems.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Election Officials
Wendzel
Requires secretary of state to send each elector a notice every 10 years to verify the elector’s address information.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Qualified Voter
DeBoyer
Provides use of juror qualifications questionnaire to update the qualified voter file under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Election Officials
DeBoyer
Requires secretary of state to post on department of state website a list of local clerks who are not current with continuing election education training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Election Officials
Smit
Provides procedure to remove certain electors listed on the qualified voter file who have not recently voted.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Election Officials
Smit
Requires data and reports received from and transmitted to multistate programs and services be available to the house and senate election committees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Sanctuary Policies
Cavitt
Creates sanctuary policy prohibition act.
Text & Analysis
Law Enforcement
Hall
Creates county law enforcement protection act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Economic Development
Hall
Prohibits economic incentives to certain foreign countries and entities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Disable Veterans
Shannon
Provides replacement of disabled veterans property tax exemption with a property tax credit for disabled veterans.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (9/13/2023)
Disabled Veterans
Roth
Replaces disabled veteran exemption with process to apply for an income tax credit.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (9/13/2023)
Disabled Veterans
Fitzgerald
Modifies exemption for disabled veterans.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (9/13/2023)
Road Commissions
Shannon
Provides equipment sharing between department of transportation and county and local road commissions.
Text & Analysis
Controlled Substances
Breen
Prohibits sale, distribution, or possession of xylazine.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/18/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Safety Inspections
Martus
Allows union representatives to be present.
Text & Analysis
Assault and Battery
Steckloff
Provides sentencing guideline for assault and battery on certain vehicle operators and employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/18/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Assault or Battery
Steckloff
Prohibits assault or battery of certain vehicle operators and employees under certain circumstances, and provides for penalties.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/18/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
County Judges
Fitzgerald
Increases number of judges in Kent County district court.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/13/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Speed Restrictions
Fitzgerald
Provides speed limit enforcement mechanisms in school zones.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee (9/27/2023)
Medical Billing
Carter, B.
Modifies surprise medical billing to include certain emergency medical services operations and personnel.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance and Financial Services Committee (9/14/2023)
School Vehicles
Shannon
Allows school bus stop-arm cameras and provides civil sanctions for violations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (9/19/2023)
School Vehicles
Carter, T.
Allows school bus stop-arm cameras.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (9/19/2023)
Youth Employment
Skaggs
Modifies penalties for certain violations of youth employment standards act
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/20/2023; To Labor Committee)
Governmental Immunity
Filler
Clarifies that governmental tort liability act applies to county road commissions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure Committee (10/3/2023)
Concealed Firearms
Harris
Prohibits ability of the Michigan State Capitol Commission to ban certain individuals from carrying a concealed firearm.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/7/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Sentencing Guidelines
O'Neal
Updates sentencing guidelines.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (10/3/2023; By Criminal Justice Committee)
Firearms
O'Neal
Prohibits possession of firearms and ammunition by persons convicted of misdemeanor involving domestic.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (10/3/2023; H1 Sub adopted ; By Criminal Justice Committee)
Rent Control
Rheingans
Allows local governments to establish rent control policies.
Text & Analysis
Employment Discrimination
Snyder
Prohibits employers and labor organizations from requesting or maintaining a record of certain criminal history information about a job applicant or employee.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice Committee (10/3/2023)
Employment of Minors
Scott
Provides sentencing guidelines for crimes related to the employment of minors
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/7/2023; To Labor Committee)
Special Assessments
Zorn
Allows special assessment districts for police and fire equipment.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/7/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Fair Employment Practices
Dievendorf
Prohibits employers from entering agreements that prohibit employees from disclosing certain information about violations of the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act unless certain conditions are met.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Civil Procedure
Dievendorf
Prohibits confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Dievendorf
Removes certain exclusions from definition of employee in 1939 PA 176.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Occupations - Electrician
Outman, P.
Provides electrician licensing reciprocity.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/13/2023; To Labor Committee)
Domestic Nonprofit Corporations
Outman, P.
Authorizes conversion of summer resort and assembly associations into domestic nonprofit corporations.
Text & Analysis
Sheriffs
BeGole
Modifies eligibility requirements for county sheriff.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Elections Committee (10/3/2023)
Voter Registration
Tsernoglou
Modifies automatic voter registration.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (10/4/2023; 56-52; Given Immediate Effect; Earlier amended)
Income Tax
Brabec
Modifies administration, enforcement, and collection procedures.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/20/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
HB 5000
PA 136
Fingerprinting
Wilson
Eliminates sunset on fees for fingerprinting and criminal record check.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/29/2023; Signed: September 29, 2023, Effective: September 29, 2023)
Public School Employees
Rogers
Modifies unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution amount for a university reporting unit.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/20/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
MCOLES
Thompson
Modifies Michigan commission on law enforcement standards (MCOLES) to include grappling training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Corrections
O'Neal
Requires reentry services and support for certain individuals after resentencing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/19/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Schriver
Requires a union to obtain authorization from a public employee to obtain before expending the public employee's union dues on a political purpose, and creates sorting requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public School Employees
Koleszar
Revises default option for newly hired employees.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (10/3/2023; By Education Committee)
State Police
Farhat
Prohibits requirements for towing contracts with third parties.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Educational Instruction Access
Arbit
Repeals educational instruction access act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Education Committee)
Labor
Martus
Establishes community and worker economic transition office.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Labor Committee)
Law Enforcement
Rigas
Modifies color vision employment standards for law enforcement officers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Dog Prohibitions
Paiz
Prohibits city or village enacting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, resolution, or rule that regulates a dog based upon breed or perceived breed.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Agriculture Committee)
Medical Examiners
Mueller
Modifies requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2023; To Health Policy Committee)
Elected Officials
Markkanen
Provides initiative for term limits of elected general law village officers.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/27/2023; To Elections Committee)
Job Development
O'Neal
Repeals Michigan economic and social opportunity act of 1981.
Text & Analysis
Labor and Economic Opportunity
Glanville
Creates bureau of community services and a commission on economic and social opportunity.
Text & Analysis
State Devices
Fink
Prohibits use of certain applications on state devices.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Local Contracting
Markkanen
Establishes procedures to limit foreign influence in local contracting.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Foreign Influence
Schuette
Prohibits foreign influence of public bodies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/28/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Tax Increment Financing
Snyder
Allows retroactive application.
Text & Analysis
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Bezotte
Allows consecutive sentencing for certain criminal sexual conduct offenses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Criminal Justice Committee)
Police Canines
Hoadley
Provides emergency medical transport and treatment for retired police canines.
Text & Analysis
Utilities
Wilson
Decriminalizes violation of tampering with utility shut-off procedures under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Utilities
McKinney
Amends sentencing guidelines for tampering with utility shutoff to residence to reflect decriminalization of certain acts.
Text & Analysis
Retirement/Pension Benefits
Hertel, K.
Revises limitations and restrictions on deductions of certain retirement or pension benefits and revenue distribution to state school aid fund.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (1/26/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Passed
in Senate (1/26/2023; 23-15; earlier advanced to Third Reading with floor substitute S-2 adopted)
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
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 Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
State Technology
Theis
Prohibits use of TikTok on state devices.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/17/2023; To Labor Committee)
SB 32
PA 44
Law Enforcement Training
Santana
Allows agreements requiring reimbursement for law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits in certain situations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/13/2023; Signed: June 13, 2023, Effective: June 13, 2023)
SB 34
PA 8
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
Employment Security
Wojno
Increases maximum number of unemployment benefit weeks.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/24/2023; To Labor Committee)
SB 56
PA 78
Crimes
Chang
Repeals lewd and lascivious cohabitation prohibiton.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: July 11, 2023)
SB 59
PA 56
Law Enforcement
Cherry
Modifies definition of a peace officer in the mental health code.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: July 11, 2023)
SB 67
PA 58
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Lauwers
Prohibits sexual contact and sexual penetration under pretext of medical treatment and provides penalties.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
SB 68
PA 59
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Geiss
Modifies sentencing guidelines for sexual contact or sexual penetration under pretext of medical treatment.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 12, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
SB 70
PA 61
Health Professionals
Johnson, R.
Enacts sentencing guidelines for the crime of performing certain medical treatments on a minor without consent and another individual present.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
SB 72
PA 63
Criminal Procedure
McDonald Rivet
Enacts sentencing guidelines for the crime of intentionally failing to document certain services in a medical record.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
Firearms and Weapons
Hertel, K.
Requires license or background check for purchase of firearms.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
Firearms
Moss
Updates references to pistol in penal code.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
Firearms
Cavanagh
Updates references in sentencing guidelines.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/22/2023)
SB 79
PA 17
Firearms/Weapons
Bayer
Provides penalties for storing or leaving a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
SB 80
PA 16
Updates sentencing guidelines reference.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
SB 81
PA 15
Sales Tax
Irwin
Exempts firearm safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
SB 82
PA 14
Use Tax
Chang
Exempts firearm safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/13/2023; Signed: April 13, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die)
SB 83
PA 38
Injunctions
McMorrow
Enacts extreme risk protection order act.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(5/22/2023; Signed: May 22, 2023, Effective: 90 days after sine die )
Firearms/Weapons
Polehanki
Prohibits purchase of firearms if individual has an extreme risk protection order.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/12/2023; By Judiciary Committee)
Injunctions
Anthony
Enacts guidelines for making a false statement in support of an extreme risk protection order.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (4/12/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Judiciary Committee)
Abortion
Anthony
Modifies penalties for the sale of drugs or medicine to procure a miscarriage.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/8/2023; To Judiciary Committee)
Passed
in Senate (3/8/2023; 20-18; Earlier advanced to Third Reading)
Abortion
Daley
Increases penalties for partial-birth abortion and coercion to have abortion.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Daley
Modifies sentencing guidelines for partial-birth abortion and coercion to abortion.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Webber
Prohibits abortion based on screening or diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Webber
Provides sentencing guidelines for crime of abortion based on screening or diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Johnson, R.
Provides penalties for failure to render immediate medical care if abortion results in a live birth.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Lauwers
Provides sentencing guidelines for failure to render immediate medical care if abortion results in a live birth.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Abortion
Theis
Provides sentencing guidelines for intentionally performing an abortion in violation of the parental rights restoration act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/1/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Juvenile Sentencing
Irwin
Prohibits sentencing individuals less than 19 to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (4/20/2023)
Juvenile Corrections
Shink
Provides parole of certain offenders less than 19 at time of conviction under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (4/20/2023)
Juvenile Sentencing
Cavanagh
Amends probate code of 1939 to prohibit sentencing individuals less than 19 to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (4/20/2023)
Criminal Sentencing
Geiss
Amends public health code to exclude application penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility to individuals less than 19.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (4/20/2023)
Juvenile Sentencing
Santana
Amends Michigan penal code to exclude application penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility to individuals less than 19.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (4/20/2023)
Controlled Substances
McCann
Creates overdose fatality review act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/27/2023; Substitute S-1 adopted ; By Health Policy Committee)
History Museum Authorities
Santana
Creates history museum authorities act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee (4/26/2023)
Family Leave Policies
McMorrow
Requires employers to disclose family leave policies to employees and potential employees.
Text & Analysis
Fair Employment Practices
McMorrow
Requires written job descriptions for employers with more than 5 employees.
Text & Analysis
Fair Employment Practices
McMorrow
Prohibits employers from obtaining noncompete agreements unless certain conditions are met.
Text & Analysis
Law Enforcement
Outman, R.
Creates Michigan public safety citizen communications system modernization act.
Text & Analysis
Crime Victims
Wojno
Provides notification to crime victims using the Michigan public safety citizen communications system.
Text & Analysis
Police Retirement System
Santana
Provides election process to transfer a corrections officer to the Michigan state police retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Police Retirement System
McBroom
Provides membership in the retirement system of a corrections officer first hired after certain date and allows for purchasing service credit for certain corrections officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
State Police Retirement
Cherry
Provides membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date and allows for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/14/2023; S-1 substitute adopted; By Labor Committee)
Police Retirement System
McDonald Rivet
Provides election process to transfer certain law enforcement officers to the Michigan state police retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/14/2023; S-2 substitute adopted; By Labor Committee)
Police Retirement System
Shink
Provides membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date and allows for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/14/2023; S-1 substitute adopted; By Labor Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Cherry
Requires public employers to provide public employee contact information to bargaining representatives.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (6/8/2023; To Labor Committee)
Passed
in Senate (6/8/2023; 20-18)
Open Competition
McCann
Repeals fair and open competition in governmental construction act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/21/2023; By Labor Committee)
Labor Regulations
McCann
Repeals local government labor regulatory limitation act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/21/2023; By Labor Committee)
Campaign Finance
Irwin
Allows automatic payroll deductions for PAC contributions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
Webber
Provides for distribution of sales tax revenue for the revenue sharing trust fund.
Text & Analysis
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
Moss
Creates Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.
Text & Analysis
University and Colleges Safety
Webber
Provides supplemental 2022-23 fiscal year appropriations for universities and community colleges safety grants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/15/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Graduate Assistant Unions
Irwin
Removes exclusion of certain graduate assistants from definition of public employee.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/28/2023; By Labor Committee)
2023-24 Corrections Appropriations
Shink
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year Department of Corrections appropriations.
Text & Analysis
Notice of Intent to Discharge
in House (5/16/2023)
2023-24 LEO Appropriations
Cavanagh
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
Text & Analysis
Referred to Conference Committee
in Senate (6/7/2023)
2023-24 State Police Appropriations
Hertel, K.
Provides for 2023-24 fiscal year appropriations to the Department of State Police.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/16/2023; To Appropriations Committee)
Vulnerable Adults
Klinefelt
Provides for penalties for coercing a vulnerable adult into providing sexually explicit visual material.
Text & Analysis
Local Firearm Regulations
Irwin
Eliminates preemption of local firearm regulations on property owned or leased by local units of government.
Text & Analysis
Public Employees
Runestad
Prohibits spouse of a member of the legislature from engaging in certain lobbying activities.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/21/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Public Employees
Runestad
Prohibits former members of the legislature from engaging in certain lobbying activities for a period of time.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/21/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Pollution Prevention
Shink
Repeals act preempting local regulation of plastic bags and other containers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Energy and Environment Committee (4/27/2023--Canceled)
Distracted Driving
Johnson, R.
Enhances penalties for operating a vehicle while sending or receiving a message on an electronic wireless device.
Text & Analysis
SB 236
PA 65
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Irwin
Modifies criminal sexual conduct involving a mentally incapacitated individual.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/12/2023; Signed: July 11, 2023, Effective: October 9, 2023)
Distracted Driving
Hertel, K.
Enhances forwarding abstract of record or report to secretary of state for penalties for operating a vehicle while sending or receiving a message on an electronic wireless device.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (5/4/2023)
Worker's Compensation
Bumstead
Extends presumption of causation of heart and respiratory diseases to certain members of police, fire, and public safety departments.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (4/20/2023)
School Employees
Wojno
Modifies waiting period for employment of certain retired coaches.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/11/2023; To Education Committee)
Fire Prevention
Irwin
Exempts certain tents from fire resistance requirements.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (9/12/2023; By Regulatory Reform Committee)
Address Confidentiality
Wojno
Modifies address confidentiality program act definitions to include kidnapping.
Text & Analysis
Address Confidentiality
Shink
Modifies address confidentiality program for certain victims and individuals.
Text & Analysis
No-Fault Insurance
Santana
Provides penalties for lapse of insurance policy waiver for certain individuals.
Text & Analysis
Public Utilities
Runestad
Requires certain money spent by electric or natural gas utilities to be reported to the public service commission.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/26/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Service Commission
Runestad
Provides election of members to the Michigan public service commission.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/26/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Service Commission
Runestad
Provides election of members to the Michigan public service commission.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/26/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Weapons
Theis
Repeals certain provisions regarding weapons.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Lindsey
Updates 1927 PA 372 references.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Hoitenga
Updates references to natural resources and environmental protection act.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Johnson, R.
Updates references to sentencing guidelines.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Bellino
Updates references to corrections code of 1953.
Text & Analysis
Weapons
Lauwers
Updates references to Michigan retired law enforcement officer’s firearm carry act.
Text & Analysis
Corrections
Wojno
Amends corrections code of 1953 to reflect requirement for department of corrections to provide certain notification to prisoners.
Text & Analysis
Crime Victims
Polehanki
Amends crime victim's rights act to reference rights of crime victims in certain prisoner resentencing.
Text & Analysis
Criminal Procedure
Bayer
Amends public health code to reflect potential resentencing penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Criminal Procedure
Irwin
Amends Michigan penal code to reflect potential resentencing penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility.
Text & Analysis
Smoke Alarms
Hertel, K.
Requires certain battery and power source standards for certain smoke alarm devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee (10/5/2023)
Family Leave
Geiss
Provides family leave optimal coverage benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/11/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Family Leave
Geiss
Provides deduction for family leave optimal coverage benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/11/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Health Occupations - Nurses
Chang
Prohibits mandatory overtime for nurses except under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/11/2023; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Land Use
Polehanki
Modifies certified survey map requirements.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (9/26/2023; To Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee)
Passed
in Senate (9/26/2023; 38-0)
County Elections
Wojno
Modifies election of county executive in a charter county schedule to presidential election years.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Elections and Ethics Committee (5/24/2023)
SB 359
PA 112
Collective Bargaining
Chang
Modifies method of compensation for teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 27, 2023)
Natural Gas
McCann
Modifies penalties for natural gas safety violations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/30/2023; To Energy and Environment Committee)
Election Law Violations
Moss
Updates references to sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations
Text & Analysis
Re-referred
in Senate (10/3/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Runestad
Repeals provision related to seduction of an unmarried woman.
Text & Analysis
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Runestad
Removes reference to crime of seduction of an unmarried woman to reflect repeal.
Text & Analysis
Teachers and Administrators
Polehanki
Modifies performance evaluation systems for public school teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (10/3/2023--Canceled)
Teachers and Administrators
McDonald Rivet
Modifies references regarding teacher performance evaluations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (10/3/2023--Canceled)
Voting Rights
Camilleri
Creates state voting rights act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/22/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Elections
Moss
Creates voting and elections database and institute act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/22/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Elections
Chang
Creates language assistance for elections act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/22/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Construction
Lauwers
Establishes prompt payment law for contractors to pay subcontractors and suppliers in a timely manner.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/28/2023; To Labor Committee)
Disabled Veterans
Hertel, K.
Provides replacement of disabled veterans property tax exemption with a property tax credit for disabled veterans.
Text & Analysis
Public Employees
Bayer
Incudes authority by municipalities in the publicly funded health insurance contribution act.
Text & Analysis
Snowplows
Singh
Provides restrictions for following snowplows.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (10/3/2023)
Concealed Firearms
Hoitenga
Allows concealed pistols in state capitol.
Text & Analysis
Child Care Licensees
Hoitenga
Expands locations to obtain fingerprint requirement for child care licensees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/7/2023; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Firearms
Chang
Prohibits possession of firearms and ammunition by persons convicted of misdemeanor involving domestic violence.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/28/2023; S-2 substitute adopted; By Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Sentencing Guidelines
Chang
Updates sentencing guidelines.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/28/2023; By Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
Special Assessments
Bellino
Allows special assessment districts for police and fire equipment.
Text & Analysis
Abortion
Chang
Amends sentencing guidelines and other references to certain abortion crimes to reflect repeal.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/7/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Land Division
Hertel, K.
Modifies number of parcels resulting from division.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Local Government Committee (9/26/2023)
Decennial Census Data
Santana
Updates to reflect pre-incarceration address of incarcerated individuals and requires the independent citizens redistricting commission to consider.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Elections and Ethics Committee (10/4/2023)
Compensation and Benefits
Albert
Creates retention program for certain public employees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/14/2023; To Labor Committee)
State Employees Retirement
Albert
Provides annuity option.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/14/2023; To Labor Committee)
Controlled Substances
Irwin
Exempts conduct associated with entheogenic plants and fungi from criminal penalties in certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/14/2023; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Election Laws
Polehanki
Provides sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations dealing with intimidating an election official.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/19/2023; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Evidence
Bayer
Provides admissibility of certain hearsay testimony in certain human trafficking and prostitution prosecutions.
Text & Analysis
Evidence
Shink
Provides admissibility of evidence of other acts in certain human trafficking and prostitution prosecutions.
Text & Analysis
Evidence
Chang
Modifies use of truthful testimony, evidence, or other truthful information against certain witnesses.
Text & Analysis
Elected Officials
Albert
Restricts elected officials signing nondisclosure agreements.
Text & Analysis
Child Abuse
McBroom
Modifies definition of child abuse.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Water Utilities
Irwin
Decriminalizes violation of tampering with utility shut-off procedures under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Utility Shutoff
Wojno
Amends sentencing guidelines for tampering with utility shutoff to residence to reflect decriminalization of certain acts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/3/2023; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Month Designation
Prestin
A resolution to declare January 2023 as Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (1/12/2023; Voice Vote)
Week Designation
Shannon
A resolution to declare April 17-21, 2023, as National Work Zone Awareness Week in the state of Michigan.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (4/13/2023; Voice Vote)
Date Designation
Cherry
A resolution to recognize February 11, 2023, as the United Auto Workers' (UAW) White Shirt Day.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (2/8/2023; Voice Vote)
Week Designation
Singh
A resolution to recognize April 9-15, 2023, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW).
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (4/13/2023; Voice Vote)
Public Employee Compensation
Brixie
A concurrent resolution to waive the legislative notice requirement for increases in rates of compensation for certain employees in the state classified service.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (1/25/2023; By Appropriations Committee)
Public Employees
Anthony
A concurrent resolution to waive the legislative notice requirement for increases in rates of compensation for certain employees in the state classified service.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (1/26/2023; Voice Vote; Earlier discharged from the Appropriations Committee.)
Passed
in Senate (1/26/2023; Voice Vote)
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