Tracking Status Report
Katie Witkowski
Legislative Rules
Bollin
Modifies requirements for bill passage.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House Government Operations Committee (2/11/2025)
Elections
Posthumus
Requires verification of an elector's United States citizenship and modifies voter identification requirements.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (3/11/2025; By Election Integrity Committee)
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Schuette
Provides governor-appointed superintendent of public instruction.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
Minimum Wage
Roth
Modifies minimum hourly wage rate.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (2/4/2025; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
HB 4002
PA 2
Benefits
DeBoyer
Modifies requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(2/21/2025; Presented 2/21/2025; Signed: February 21, 2025, Effective: February 21, 2025; earlier Presented at 1:30 a.m.)
Education
Arbit
Repeals educational instruction access act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/28/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Privacy
Fox
Provides restriction of student access to certain restrooms and changing areas based on biological sex.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/28/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Athletics
Greene, J.
Requires publicly funded individual sports programs that provide separate programs for males and females athletes to be scored according to their biological sex.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/28/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Education Programs
Rheingans
Removes authorization and distance education reciprocal exchange act sunset.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/29/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Fair Employment Practices
Mentzer
Prohibits employers from requiring employees to enter into certain noncompete agreements unless certain conditions are met
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/30/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Education
VanderWall
Modifies requirements concerning taxes levied for area career and technical education programs.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (3/12/2025; 107-2; Given Immediate Effect)
Liquor Licenses
Aragona
Allows license to serve alcohol at Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center Complex.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (3/6/2025)
School Athletics
Woolford
Requires single-sex sports teams.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/11/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Minimum Wage
Wegela
Modifies minimum wage.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/12/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
School Buildings
DeSana
Prohibits placement of certain antennas on public school buildings, rooftops, and adjacent structures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/20/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Small Businesses
Mentzer
Provides funding for small business payroll.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/20/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
School Curriculum
Harris
Modifies recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for health education and certain guidelines for health education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/25/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Economic Growth Authority
VanWoerkom
Modifies definition of new construction under the Michigan economic growth authority act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/25/2025; To Finance Committee)
Financial Aid
Jenkins-Arno
Modifies Michigan reconnect program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/25/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Education Programs
McFall
Creates nuclear and hydrogen education grant program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Energy Committee (3/4/2025)
Education Programs
Steckloff
Creates fund for nuclear and hydrogen education grant program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Energy Committee (3/4/2025)
Communication Devices
Tisdel
Requires the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy to implement a wireless communications device policy.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Aid
Farhat
Provides rate increase to Corporate Income Tax and earmark of increased revenue to school aid fund.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
Psychology
Schmaltz
Modifies supervised postgraduate experience requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Health Policy Committee)
School Aid Fund
Steele
Allows use of funding for consolidation of administrative and service functions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Board of Education
Cavitt
Requires State Board of Education members to be selected from districts.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Information
Kuhn
Requires a school district, an intermediate school district, or a public school academy to post information online.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Teacher Applications
Tisdel
Removes fees for evaluation of teacher applications.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (3/12/2025; 83-26; Given Immediate Effect)
Teachers and Administrators
Martin
Modifies endorsement requirements.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (3/11/2025)
Teacher Preparation Program
Schmaltz
Creates certain requirements for the approval of teacher preparation institutions.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (3/11/2025)
Teachers and Administrators
DeBoer
Provides district-level certifications.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (3/12/2025; 57-52; Given Immediate Effect)
Trade Schools
BeGole
Includes trade schools in the postsecondary enrollment options act.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (3/13/2025; By Rules Committee)
School Curriculum
St. Germaine
Requires the department to provide recommendations for curriculum companies and assessment companies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
School Curriculum
Greene, J.
Modifies merit curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
School Examinations
Greene, J.
Creates pilot programs for a state-administered assessment system.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
School Examinations
Thompson
Modifies references to M-STEP to include a state-administered assessment system under section 104d of the state school aid act of 1979.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
School Curriculum
Linting
Modifies core academic curriculum requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education and Workforce Committee (3/19/2025)
Department Appropriations
Bollin
Provides appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (3/12/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
School Aid
Bollin
Provides appropriations for K-12 school aid.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (3/12/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Wages
Koleszar
Prohibits employer offset of wages due an employee in a pay period based on the amount of gratuities the employee receives.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Avian Influenza
Rheingans
Provides funding to test for avian influenza (H5N1) in hospital settings.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Avian Influenza
Rheingans
Provides funding for bird flu testing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Avian Influenza
Rheingans
Provides funding to test facilities and backyard flocks for bird flu (H5N1).
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
School Curriculum
Glanville
Modifies merit curriculum requirement.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/6/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Sales Tax
Linting
Modifies distribution of revenue.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (3/18/2025)
School Safety
Tisdel
Requires mobile panic alert system in schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/11/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety
Steele
Provides funding for mobile panic alert system in schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/11/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
Income Tax
Schmaltz
Exempts department of corrections retirement and pension benefits from income taxes.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/11/2025; To Finance Committee)
Downtown Development Authorities
Jenkins-Arno
Modifies certain requirements for initial assessed value.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/11/2025; To Finance Committee)
School Buses
Paquette
Modifies procedures when approaching a school bus displaying yellow flashing lights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
School Safety
Schmaltz
Modifies procedures for school emergency operations plans.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety
Harris
Requires that public schools and nonpublic schools ensure that certain school workers complete certain school safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety
Greene, J.
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
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Identification Cards
Steele
Requires inclusion of OK2SAY program contact information on certain student identification cards.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety Drills
Linting
Modifies number of school fire and security drills.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety
Fairbairn
Requires each intermediate school district to employ 1 emergency and safety manager and at least 1 mental health coordinator.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce 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 certain school safety and security training.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
School Safety
Neeley
Requires office of school safety quarterly reporting of tips received.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Education and Workforce Committee)
State Devices
Smit
Prohibits use of certain applications on state devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (3/20/2025)
Public Schools
Jenkins-Arno
Regulates certain programs and agreements between public schools and foreign countries of concern.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (3/20/2025)
Higher Education
Bruck
Prohibits foreign influence of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (3/20/2025)
Economic Incentives
Hoadley
Prohibits economic incentives to certain foreign countries.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (3/20/2025)
Employment Practices
Hertel, K.
Provides various employer requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/8/2025; To Labor Committee)
Employer Violations
Camilleri
Provides sentencing guidelines for certain employer violations.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/8/2025; To Labor Committee)
SB 8
PA 1
Minimum Wage
Hertel, K.
Modifies minimum hourly wage rate.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(2/21/2025; Signed: February 21, 2025, Effective: February 21, 2025)
Public School Facilities
Bellino
Modifies requirements concerning restrooms and other certain areas in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/8/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Benefits
Singh
Modifies earned sick time.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (2/12/2025; Substitute S-1 adopted; By Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Occupational Health and Safety
Cherry
Provides revisions to the occupational safety and health act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/4/2025; To Labor Committee)
Occupational Health and Safety
Cherry
Amends reference to section of the Michigan occupational safety and health act to reflect repeal.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/4/2025; To Labor Committee)
Wages
Cherry
Exempts certain state projects paid for by bond or bond proposals from prevailing wage act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/4/2025; To Labor Committee)
School Aid
Anthony
Provides school aid supplemental.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/13/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (3/13/2025; 19-17)
Water Supply
Hoitenga
Exempts requirement for installation of filtration systems in child care centers and schools if child care center or school does not test positive for lead.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/5/2025; To Energy and Environment Committee)
Water Supply
Hoitenga
Exempts requirement for installation of filtration systems in child care centers and schools if child care center or school does not test positive for lead.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/5/2025; To Energy and Environment Committee)
Natural Resources
Hoitenga
Modifies Michigan natural resources trust fund recipients to include state department.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/5/2025; To Appropriations Committee)
Occupations - Electricians
Cherry
Modifies ratio of electrician apprentices to journey or master licensees on a jobsite and requires joint responsibility for supervision between electrical contractors and master electricians.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/11/2025; To Labor Committee)
Liquor Licenses
Wojno
Allows license to serve alcohol at Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center Complex.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/11/2025; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Worker's Compensation
Cherry
Modifies various provisions to worker's disability compensation benefits.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/11/2025; To Labor Committee)
Worker's Compensation
Cavanagh
Modifies compensation for death resulting from personal injury.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/11/2025; To Labor Committee)
Gifts
Moss
Modifies reporting requirements and definition of gift.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (2/27/2025; By Oversight Committee)
Gifts
McBroom
Modifies definition of gift.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (2/27/2025; By Oversight Committee)
Gifts
Singh
Modifies definition of gift.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (2/27/2025; By Oversight Committee)
Records
Wojno
Modifies request for transcript and abstract of paper or record.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2025; To Local Government Committee)
School Curriculum
Lindsey
Modifies biology content standards to require instruction on human development and subject area content expectations and guidelines
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Education Committee)
Voting Procedures
Lindsey
Modifies process for voting without identification for election purposes to include proof of identity and proof of state residency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/5/2025; To Elections and Ethics Committee)
Income Tax Deductions
Hoitenga
Provides deduct overtime compensation from taxable income.
Text & Analysis
Trade Commissions
McCann
Establishes Michigan-Ireland trade commission.
Text & Analysis
Fair Employment Practices
Anthony
Prohibits an employer from seeking or asking about certain information about a job applicant's compensation history and credit history.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/12/2025; To Labor Committee)
Health Insurance
Damoose
Includes regional airport authorities in the publicly funded health insurance contribution act.
Text & Analysis
Wages
Johnsen
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to pass legislation temporarily freezing the Adverse Effect Wage Rate for the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers Program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/4/2025; To Agriculture Committee)
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