Recent Legislation Introduced January 30 – February 8, 2024

Budget

SB 0715 School aid: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the state school aid act of 1979 for bonus payments to certain teachers; provide for. Amends sec. 11 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611) & adds sec. 97m.

 

Civil Procedure

HB 5431 Civil procedure: remedies; wrongful imprisonment compensation act; modify evidence requirements. Amends secs. 2, 4, 5 & 7 of 2016 PA 343 (MCL 691.1752 et seq.).

 

Consumer Law

HB 5421 Trade: containers; hours of operation for dealers to refund bottle deposits; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 IL 1 (MCL 445.572).

 

Criminal Law

HB 5410 Crimes: other; crimes regarding certain sexual conduct; modify. Amends secs. 158 & 159 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.158 & 750.159).

HB 5411 Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines and certain court procedures for certain offenses related to sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 9, ch. VI & sec. 16i, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 766.9 & 777.16i).

HB 5412 Criminal procedure: biometric data; references to certain sexual conduct related offenses in 1925 PA 289; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 1925 PA 289 (MCL 28.243).

HB 5431 Civil procedure: remedies; wrongful imprisonment compensation act; modify evidence requirements. Amends secs. 2, 4, 5 & 7 of 2016 PA 343 (MCL 691.1752 et seq.).

 

Education Law

SB 0710 Education: other; student opportunity scholarship accounts; create. Creates new act.

SB 0711 Individual income tax: credit; credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts; provide for. Amends sec. 30 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30) & adds secs. 279 & 679.

SB 0712 Education: elementary; requirements for addressing reading deficiencies and informing parents and legal guardians; modify. Amends sec. 1280f of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1280f).

SB 0713 Education: other; student retention; allow parent or legal guardian to request that the parent’s or legal guardian’s child be retained in a grade level for a specified school year. Amends sec. 1137 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1137).

SB 0714 Education: teachers and administrators; science of reading training for tutors; require. Amends sec. 23g of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1623g).

SB 0715 School aid: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the state school aid act of 1979 for bonus payments to certain teachers; provide for. Amends sec. 11 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611) & adds sec. 97m.

 

Election Law

SB 0707 Elections: offenses; false statements or misrepresentations concerning elections; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 931c.

 

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

HB 5428 Vehicles: registration; recreation passport fee; include in renewal of vehicle registration unless applicant opts out. Amends sec. 805 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.805).

SB 0704 Environmental protection: funding; solid waste management fund; establish account to fund material waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and recovery. Amends secs. 11550 & 11582 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.11550 & 324.11582).

 

Family Law

HB 5429 Children: services; court-appointed special advocate program; create. Creates new act.

 

FOIA

HB 5422 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to appeals that may be taken for alleged violations of FOIA; modify. Amends secs. 10 & 10a of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.240 & 15.240a).

HB 5423 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to the exemption of certain public records from disclosure; modify. Amends secs. 13 & 14 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.243 & 15.244).

HB 5424 Civil rights: public records; open government commission with authority to receive and investigate citizen complaints of alleged FOIA violations and to hear and decide appeals regarding those alleged violations; create. Amends 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 & 15.246) by adding sec. 10c.

HB 5425 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to remedies available for alleged violations of FOIA; modify. Amends secs. 10b & 11 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.240b & 15.241).

HB 5426 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to record retention and production duties of public bodies, to fees they may charge for record searches, inspections, and production, and to their designation of FOIA coordinators; modify. Amends secs. 3, 4, 5 & 6 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.233 et seq.).

HB 5427 Civil rights: public records; revisions to certain defined terms in FOIA, including the term "public body" to include the governor, the lieutenant governor, the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and state legislators; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.232).

 

Healthcare Law

HB 5416 Health occupations: medical assistants; licensure for medical assistants; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 173A.

HB 5417 Health occupations: medical assistants; licensure for medical assistants; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 16328a, 17353, 17355, 17357, 17358, 17359 & 17361.

SB 0701 Human services: medical services; rural hospital access pool; modify. Amends sec. 110a of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.100a).

 

Insurance Law

SB 0708 Insurance: no-fault; penalties for lapse of insurance policy; provide waiver for certain individuals. Amends sec. 2120 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2120).

SB 0709 Insurance: no-fault; penalties for lapse of insurance policy; provide waiver for certain individuals. Amends sec. 2118 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2118).

 

Juvenile Law

HB 5429 Children: services; court-appointed special advocate program; create. Creates new act.

 

Licensing & Regulation

HB 5416 Health occupations: medical assistants; licensure for medical assistants; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 173A.

HB 5417 Health occupations: medical assistants; licensure for medical assistants; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 16328a, 17353, 17355, 17357, 17358, 17359 & 17361.

HB 5421 Trade: containers; hours of operation for dealers to refund bottle deposits; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 IL 1 (MCL 445.572).

SB 0702 Occupations: cosmetologists; minimum hours of training for licensure as instructor, manicurist, and esthetician; increase. Amends secs. 1206, 1209 & 1210 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1206 et seq.).

SB 0703 Occupations: cosmetologists; branch facilities for a school of cosmetology; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding sec. 1205b.

 

Motor Vehicles

HB 5418 Vehicles: equipment; use of blue lights on tow trucks; allow. Amends secs. 2, 698, 716 & 907 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.2 et seq.).

HB 5428 Vehicles: registration; recreation passport fee; include in renewal of vehicle registration unless applicant opts out. Amends sec. 805 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.805).

SB 0706 Traffic control: driver license; removal of failure to pay driver responsibility fees from centralized driving record and sunset of certain reinstatement fees; provide for. Amends secs. 204a, 320e & 732a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.204a et seq.).

SB 0716 Vehicles: registration plates; personalized license plates for historical vehicles; provide for. Amends secs. 803a & 803b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803a & 257.803b).

 

Poverty Law

HB 5419 Property tax: special assessments; income eligibility cap for special assessment deferment program; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1976 PA 225 (MCL 211.763 & 211.764).

HB 5420 Property tax: special assessments; special assessment deferment program; reinstate. Amends secs. 1 & 2 of 1976 PA 225 (MCL 211.761 & 211.762).

 

State & Local Government

HB 5413 Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; good jobs for Michigan program; modify. Amends secs. 9, 90g & 90h of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2009 et seq.).

HB 5414 Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; good jobs for Michigan program; modify. Amends secs. 90i & 90j of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2090i & 125.2090j).

HB 5422 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to appeals that may be taken for alleged violations of FOIA; modify. Amends secs. 10 & 10a of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.240 & 15.240a).

HB 5423 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to the exemption of certain public records from disclosure; modify. Amends secs. 13 & 14 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.243 & 15.244).

HB 5424 Civil rights: public records; open government commission with authority to receive and investigate citizen complaints of alleged FOIA violations and to hear and decide appeals regarding those alleged violations; create. Amends 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 & 15.246) by adding sec. 10c.

HB 5425 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to remedies available for alleged violations of FOIA; modify. Amends secs. 10b & 11 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.240b & 15.241).

HB 5426 Civil rights: public records; certain FOIA provisions relating to record retention and production duties of public bodies, to fees they may charge for record searches, inspections, and production, and to their designation of FOIA coordinators; modify. Amends secs. 3, 4, 5 & 6 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.233 et seq.).

HB 5427 Civil rights: public records; revisions to certain defined terms in FOIA, including the term "public body" to include the governor, the lieutenant governor, the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and state legislators; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.232).

SB 0698 Transportation: funds; debt service funding; modify. Amends sec. 51d of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.51d).

SB 0699 Transportation: funds; debt service funding; modify. Amends secs. 10 & 11 of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.660 & 247.661).

SB 0700 Economic development: downtown development authorities; definition of downtown district; modify. Amends sec. 201 of 2018 PA 57 (MCL 125.4201).

SB 0705 Counties: employees and officers; request for transcript and abstract of paper or record; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1895 PA 161 (MCL 48.101).

 

Tax

HB 5415 Individual income tax: revenue distributions; deposit into the good jobs for Michigan fund; revise to reflect the name change of the fund. Amends secs. 51f & 711 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.51f & 206.711).

HB 5419 Property tax: special assessments; income eligibility cap for special assessment deferment program; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1976 PA 225 (MCL 211.763 & 211.764).

HB 5420 Property tax: special assessments; special assessment deferment program; reinstate. Amends secs. 1 & 2 of 1976 PA 225 (MCL 211.761 & 211.762).

HB 5430 Individual income tax: credit; state historic preservation tax credit program; modify. Amends secs. 266a & 676 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.266a & 206.676).

SB 0711 Individual income tax: credit; credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and deduction of funds distributed to student opportunity scholarship accounts; provide for. Amends sec. 30 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.30) & adds secs. 279 & 679.