Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing

MI - Senator Mark Jansen (R)

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Committee Chair

MI - Senator Patrick Colbeck (R)

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Majority Vice Chair

MI - Senator Tom Casperson (R)

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Member

MI - Senator Mike Kowall (R)

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Member

MI - Senator David B Robertson (R)

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Member

MI - Senator Coleman II Young (D)

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Minority Vice Chair

MI - Senator Rebekah Warren (D)

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Member

MI - HB4998 Labor; public service employment; entrepreneur-in-residence project; create. Creates new act.

MI - SB1132 Retirement; state employees; Tier 2 vesting schedule for qualified participants appointed by governor or legislature after December 31, 2014; modify. Amends sec. 64 of 1943 PA 240 (MCL 38.64).

MI - SB1144 Retirement; public school employees; certain retirants' purchase of service credit for service performed at certain university reporting units; allow. Amends sec. 64 of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1364).

MI - SR112 A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to raise the national minimum wage and set it to annually increase according to the Consumer Price Index.

MI - SB1006 Labor; fair employment practices; local regulations that conflict with federal labor laws; prohibit. Creats new act.

MI - SB543 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; election of 80% limitation on health care expenditures; clarify when vote must occur. Amends sec. 4 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.564).

MI - SB1012 Labor; hours and wages; leave time for employees to vote on election days; provide for, and provide sanctions for noncompliance. Creates new act.

MI - SB1019 Employment security; contribution rate; client employers of a professional employer organization; clarify lookback period length. Amends sec. 13m of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.13m).

MI - HB5961 Retirement; state employees; investment committee duties; modify. Amends sec. 13g of 1965 PA 314 (MCL 38.1133g).

MI - SB545 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; local governing body exemption from expenditure limits; require vote before the beginning of the medical benefit plan coverage year. Amends sec. 8 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.568).

MI - SB486 Labor; fair employment practices; employer mandate for employee to work 7 days a week; prohibit. Creates new act.

MI - SJR5 Legislature; sessions; part-time legislature; provide for. Amends sec. 13, art. IV of the state constitution.

MI - SJR4 Legislature; other; budget process; require legislature to present all general appropriation bills to the governor 90 days before the start of a fiscal period and require forfeiture of certain legislators' salaries for failure to present those bills by that date. Amends sec. 31, art. IV & adds sec. 55 to art. IV of the state constitution.

MI - SB358 Occupations; electricians; electrical work for which licensure is required; exclude certain work in manufacturing or mining operations. Amends sec. 7 of 1956 PA 217 (MCL 338.887).

MI - SB449 Labor; hours and wages; family education leave act; create. Creates new act.

MI - SB656 Human services; medical services; utilization of maximum allowable cost pricing for generic drugs; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109l.

MI - SB576 Public employees and officers; ethics; supplemental conflict of interest standards for certain regulatory bodies; establish. Creates new act.

MI - SB542 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; maximum public employer contribution limit; clarify, and provide for adjustment. Amends sec. 3 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563).

MI - SB577 Health; occupations; investigation and discipline of licensed health professionals; revise, and provide sanctions for certain conduct. Amends secs. 16221, 16222, 16226 & 16227 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221 et seq.).

MI - SB541 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; definition of medical benefit plan; clarify exclusion of employer funding for retirement health care benefits and include certain expenses from medical benefit plan costs. Amends sec. 2 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.562).

MI - SB517 State financing and management; purchasing; buy Michigan preference; create. Amends sec. 261 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1261).

MI - SB686 Employment security; benefits; eligibility criteria for unemployment benefits; clarify. Amends sec. 43 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.43).

MI - SB544 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; exclusion of existing contracts; clarify date after which the expenditure limits apply. Amends sec. 5 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.565).

MI - SB387 Worker's compensation; definitions; worker's disability compensation act; expand employee definition to include reserve and auxiliary officers. Amends sec. 161 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.161).

MI - SB575 Health; occupations; disciplinary subcommittees; provide for removal of members for conflicts of interest. Amends secs. 16231 & 16232 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16231 & 333.16232) & adds sec. 16216a.

MI - SB578 Health; occupations; decisions of disciplining subcommittees; establish process for review before decision is final. Amends sec. 16216 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16216).

MI - SB395 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; modify limitation on coverage amount. Amends secs. 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.562 et seq.)

MI - SB323 Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; modify limitation on coverage amount. Amends sec. 3 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563).

MI - HB4958 Employment security; benefits; eligibility criteria for unemployment benefits for mineral landmen and certain visa holders; clarify, and prescribe treatment of wages for certain purposes. Amends secs. 26a, 42 & 43 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.26a et seq.).

MI - SB30 Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; reduce. Amends secs. 50b & 79 of 1957 PA 261 (MCL 38.1050b & 38.1079).

MI - SB208 Employment security; employers; charging of unemployment benefits against reimbursing employer when 2 or more reimbursing employers are involved; clarify, and remove obsolete language. Amends sec. 20 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.20).

MI - SB173 Labor; benefits; ordinance regarding employer leave requirements; provide for statewide uniformity. Creates new act.

MI - SB141 Employment security; funds; self-employment assistance program; implement in lieu of regular unemployment compensation. Amends 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.1 - 421.75) by adding sec. 27d.

MI - HB4953 Employment security; benefits; presumption that benefits are properly paid; revise. Amends sec. 32 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.32). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'13, HB 4950'13, HB 4951'13, HB 4952'13, HB 4954'13

MI - SB140 Employment security; funds; self-employment assistance program for extended benefits; implement. Amends 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.1 - 421.75) by adding sec. 64a.

MI - HB4952 Employment security; benefits; positive drug test; treat as refusal of suitable employment for purposes of disqualification. Amends sec. 29 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.29). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'13, HB 4950'13, HB 4951'13, HB 4953'13, HB 4954'13

MI - SB96 Labor; collective bargaining; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; allow in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector. Amends secs. 9, 10 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.209 et seq.).

MI - HB4949 Employment security; sanctions; benefits improperly paid to claimant; revise requirements for waiver of repayment and effects of misrepresentations. Amends sec. 62 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.62). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4950'13, HB 4951'13, HB 4952'13, HB 4953'13, HB 4954'13

MI - SB95 Labor; collective bargaining; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; allow in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in private sector. Amends secs. 1, 2, 8, 14, 17 & 22 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1 et seq.).

MI - SB2 Occupations; nurses; advanced practice registered nurse (a.p.r.n.); establish license for nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists and provide other general amendments. Amends secs. 2701, 5119, 16125, 16161, 16163, 16216, 16231, 16231a, 16327, 17201, 17210, 17211, 17212, 17221, 17607, 17708, 17745, 17820, 17822, 18301 & 20201 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2701 et seq.) & adds secs. 17202, 17210a, 17211a, 17214 & 17221a.

MI - HB4951 Employment security; administration; distribution of certain deductions and recoveries; revise. Amends sec. 54 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.54). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'13, HB 4950'13, HB 4952'13, HB 4953'13, HB 4954'13

MI - HB4954 Employment security; funds; unemployment compensation fund; allow crediting of certain payments. Amends sec. 26 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.26). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'13, HB 4950'13, HB 4951'13, HB 4952'13, HB 4953'13

MI - HB4950 Employment security; administration; charging benefits to an employer's account; require for a pattern of failure to submit certain information. Amends sec. 20 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.20). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'13, HB 4951'13, HB 4952'13, HB 4953'13, HB 4954'13

MI - HB5479 Worker's compensation; administration; liability of various self-insurer funds; establish. Amends 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.101 - 418.941) by adding sec. 501a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14

MI - HB4656 Labor; youth employment; exemption from the youth employment standards act; expand to include 16-year-olds who obtain a high school equivalency certificate. Amends sec. 16 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.116).

MI - HB4642 Labor; notices; notice requirements in advertising for replacements for striking workers; repeal. Amends title of 1962 PA 150 (MCL 423.251 - 423.254) & repeals sec. 3a of 1962 PA 150 (MCL 423.253a).

MI - HB5481 Worker's compensation; administration; reimbursement from second injury fund; provide for private employer group self-insurers security fund. Amends sec. 356 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.356).

MI - HB5478 Worker's compensation; administration; private employer group self-insurers security fund; create. Amends sec. 501 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.501). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14

MI - SB1055 State financing and management; purchasing; state printing requirements; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1937 PA 153 (MCL 24.61).

MI - SB427 Employment security; benefits; eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits; exempt oil, gas, and mineral landmen. Amends sec. 43 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.43).

MI - SB1031 Labor; fair employment practices; paid sick leave; require certain employers to provide. Creates new act.

MI - SR113 A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to restore the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.

MI - SB1044 Labor; fair employment practices; reproductive health coverage information act; create. Creates new act.

MI - SB1105 Retirement; pension oversight; investment in a hazardous waste deep disposal well facility by an investment fiduciary of a large sponsored system; limit. Amends secs. 12d & 13 of 1965 PA 314 (MCL 38.1132d & 38.1133).

MI - HB5390 Civil procedure; garnishment; writ of garnishment regarding periodic payments; modify liability of garnishee. Amends sec. 4012 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.4012). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5391'14

MI - HB5391 Labor; fair employment practices; deductions from wages without written consent of employee; include certain reimbursements related to garnishment. Amends sec. 7 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.477). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5390'14

MI - SB1107 Labor; public service employment; the decision to contract for certain noninstructional services; modify requirements for making a prohibited subject of bargaining. Amends sec. 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.215).

MI - SB1116 Labor; employment preference; sanctions for advertisements that discriminate in hiring unemployed individuals; provide for. Creates new act.

MI - SB1112 Labor; hours and wages; employee scheduling accommodation act; implement. Creates new act.

MI - SB850 Labor; arbitration; limitation on wage increases during collective bargaining agreement negotiations; provide for exceptions. Amends sec. 15b of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.215b).

MI - SB720 Employment security; benefits; maximum number of benefit weeks; cap at 26 weeks. Amends sec. 27 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.27).

MI - SB907 Retirement; public school employees; retirant employed in a critical shortage discipline area or to provide substitute teaching services without forfeiting retirement allowance; extend sunset. Amends sec. 61 of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1361).

MI - SB884 Labor; fair employment practices; recognition of bargaining unit without an election; allow under certain conditions and regulate practices during organization and before entering into the initial agreement. Amends sec. 27 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.27) & adds secs. 27a, 27b, 27c & 27d.

MI - HB4964 Retirement; investments; automatic enrollment in certain retirement plans; allow public employers to provide and limit liability for default investment decisions. Amends title of 1965 PA 314 (MCL 38.1132 - 38.1141) & adds sec. 19b.

MI - SB900 Worker's compensation; funds; limitations on reimbursement from the Michigan compensation supplement fund; modify. Amends secs. 352 & 391 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.352 & 418.391).

MI - SB944 Public employees and officers; other; residency requirement for certain public employees to reside in city of employment when population is greater than 500,000; permit certain cities to establish. Amends sec. 2 of 1999 PA 212 (MCL 15.602).

MI - SB911 State financing and management; purchasing; state printing act; repeal. Repeals 1937 PA 153 (MCL 24.61 - 24.62).

MI - HB5490 Worker's compensation; administration; rights of certain funds; establish as same as an employer or carrier. Amends sec. 541 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.541). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5489'14

MI - HB5489 Worker's compensation; administration; certain payments from the self-insurers' security fund; authorize. Amends sec. 537 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.537). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5487'14

MI - HB5480 Worker's compensation; administration; trustee authorization of payments from the private employer group self-insurers security fund; provide for. Amends 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.101 - 418.941) by adding sec. 538. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5483'14

MI - HB5488 Worker's compensation; administration; reimbursement for delinquent carriers; restrict. Amends sec. 555 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.555). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5489'14, HB 5490'14

MI - HB5482 Worker's compensation; administration; reimbursement from the compensation supplement fund; provide for the private employer group self-insurers security fund. Amends sec. 391 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.391). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14

MI - HB5487 Worker's compensation; administration; calculation of and increased assessment limits for certain claims; authorize, and provide for audits and for sanctions for delinquent payments. Amends sec. 551 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.551). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5489'14

MI - HB5483 Worker's compensation; administration; authority to assess for insufficiencies in the private employer group self-insurers security fund; establish. Amends 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.101 - 418.941) by adding sec. 501b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14

MI - HB5486 Worker's compensation; administration; availability of private self-insurer's records in bankruptcy; provide for private employer group self-insurers security fund. Amends sec. 561 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.561). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14

MI - HB5484 Worker's compensation; administration; attorney general representation of the private employer group self-insurers security fund; provide for. Amends sec. 515 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.515). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14

MI - HB5485 Worker's compensation; administration; rights against insolvent employer; establish for private employer group self-insurers security fund. Amends sec. 553 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.553). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5478'14, HB 5479'14, HB 5480'14, HB 5483'14