Legislation Recently Introduced August 25-27

Animal Law

HB 6317 Animals: cats; establishment and promotion of community cat programs; provide for.

 

Budget

HB 6298 Appropriations: supplemental; funding for the youth and family justice bureau; provide for.

 

Business Law

HB 6244 Trade: business regulation; responsibilities and duties of app stores; provide for. Creates new act.

HB 6251 Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for.

HB 6252 Businesses: other; thermal impact assessment requirements for certain data centers; provide for.

HB 6264 Businesses: other; clean and renewable energy requirements for data centers; provide for.

HB 6265 Businesses: other; water and electricity usage reporting requirements for data centers; provide for.

 

Civil Procedure

HB 6268 Civil procedure: venue; determination of venue; modify.

 

Civil Rights

HB 6299 Civil rights: public records; applicability of the freedom of information act to the legislature and governor's office; provide for.

HB 6300 Civil rights: public records; applicability of the freedom of information act to the legislature and governor's office; provide for.

 

Construction Law

HB 6303 Construction: code; code requirement to use air tightness testing to test a commercial building's building envelope; prohibit.

HB 6304 Construction: code; definitions under Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act; modify.

 

Consumer Law

HB 6305 Consumer protection: unfair trade practices; applicability of consumer protection act; revise.

HB 6306 Consumer protection: other; applicability and enforcement of consumer protection act; expand.

HB 6307 Consumer protection: other; procedures relating to investigative demands; establish.

 

Corrections

HB 6276 Corrections: parole; period of parole for certain offenses; modify. Amends sec. 42 of 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.242).

HB 6279 Corrections: state facilities; certain health and safety standards in state correctional facilities; provide for. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding secs. 67c, 67e & 67f.

HB 6280 Corrections: state facilities; use of certain recording devices in medical settings in state correctional facilities; provide for. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 67d.

 

Courts

HB 6301 Courts: other; failure to appear reporting requirements; mandate, and require court to publish certain public information related to warrants.

 

Criminal Law

HB 6259 Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify.

HB 6260 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; modify.

HB 6261 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree; modify.

HB 6262 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify.

HB 6263 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree; modify.

HB 6275 Criminal procedure: evidence; applicability of rules of evidence at preliminary examination; modify. Amends sec. 11b, ch. VI of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 766.11b).

 

Disability & Elder Law

HB 6274 Human services: medical services; basic health program for certain low-income residents; establish. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding secs. 112l, 112m, 112n, 112o & 112p.

HB 6288 Human services: medical services; primary care spending target; establish. Amends sec. 105d of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105d) & adds sec. 105k.

HB 6320 Human services: adult foster care; enhanced standards on adult foster care facilities; provide for.

HB 6321 Human services: adult foster care; enhanced standards on adult foster care facilities; provide for.

HB 6322 Human services: adult foster care; enhanced standards on adult foster care facilities; provide for.

 

Education Law

HB 6245 School aid: other; funding for learner-first district; provide for. Amends sec. 11 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611) & adds sec. 72.

HB 6291 Higher education: financial aid; medical education debt stabilization for students program; establish.

HB 6302 Education: school districts; requirement to display an American flag in classrooms; provide for.

 

Elections Law

HB 6318 Elections: voters; denying the right to vote on the basis of sex; prohibit.

 

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

HB 6247 Environmental protection: air pollution; regulation of carbon sequestration; provide for.

HB 6248 Natural resources: gas and oil; definitions in the crude oil and petroleum act; update.

HB 6249 Natural resources: gas and oil; ownership and conveyance rights associated with pore space; establish.

 

Family Law

HB 6296 Children: services; juvenile justice and child welfare training institute and youth and family justice bureau; establish.

HB 6297 Children: child abuse or child neglect; initial screening for suspected child abuse and neglect cases; require.

 

Firearms

HB 6284 Weapons: firearms; sentencing guidelines; update. Amends sec. 16m of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16m).

HB 6285 Weapons: firearms; regulations regarding silencers, shotguns, and short-barreled rifles; eliminate. Amends secs. 222, 224 & 231 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.222 et seq.) & repeals sec. 224b of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.24b).

 

Healthcare Law

HB 6267 Health facilities: nursing homes; nursing home reporting requirements; provide for.

HB 6289 Health: other; primary care access, improvement, and transformation commission; establish.

HB 6290 Health: other; office of primary care transformation; establish.

HB 6292 Health occupations: physicians; Michigan doctors in underserved, rural, and systemic equity settings (MIDOCS) program; establish.

HB 6293 Health: other; program to increase recruitment, placement, and retention of nurses in certain areas of this state; establish.

HB 6295 Health: other; grant program for promoting health professions in primary care to students in this state; establish.

HB 6319 Mental health: code; definition of mental health professional; expand to include physician assistants, certified nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists-certified, and allow them to perform certain examinations.
 

Juvenile Law

HB 6296 Children: services; juvenile justice and child welfare training institute and youth and family justice bureau; establish.

HB 6297 Children: child abuse or child neglect; initial screening for suspected child abuse and neglect cases; require.

HB 6298 Appropriations: supplemental; funding for the youth and family justice bureau; provide for.
 

Labor & Employment Law

HB 6254 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain employers that provide positional asphyxiation training; provide for.

HB 6271 Individual income tax: credit; credit for permits associated with building a new single-family residential unit; provide for.

HB 6282 Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility consumer participation board; provide for. Creates new act.

HB 6294 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain health professionals who serve as a preceptor; provide for.

HB 6311 Employment security: administration; notice requirements for determination of benefits; modify.

HB 6312 Employment security: administration; digital retention of certain documents; require.

HB 6313 Employment security: administration; unemployment insurance agency reporting requirements on shared-work plans; modify to include benefit error rate.

HB 6314 Employment security: other; conspiracy and fraud provisions; modify.

HB 6315 Employment security: administration; employing unit's books, records, and papers; prohibit the unemployment agency from requiring that they be in a different form.

HB 6316 Employment security: administration; unemployment insurance agency procedures to electronically access certain departments' databases; require.
 

Licensing & Regulation

HB 6250 Traffic control: violations; penalty for damaged registration plate; modify.

HB 6253 Occupations: plumbers; testing requirements for backflow prevention assemblies; modify.

HB 6266 Public utilities: other; development of clean technologies accelerator tariff; require.

HB 6272 Traffic control: speed restrictions; general gravel road speed limits; modify.

HB 6273 Traffic control: speed restrictions; modification requirements for speed restrictions in school zones; revise.

HB 6278 Liquor: licenses; issuance of special licenses; modify. Amends 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1101 - 436.2303) by adding sec. 528.

HB 6283 Occupations: barbers; instructor requirements; modify. Amends sec. 1110 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1110).
 

Motor Vehicles
HB 6310 Watercraft: traffic control; emergency no wake orders; allow to be issued year round.

Negligence & Intentional Tort
HB 6286 Torts: negligence; negligence claims against freight brokers; allow. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 2980.

 

Real Property

HB 6269 Use tax: exemptions; exemption for building materials purchased for the construction of a new single-family residence; provide for.

HB 6270 Sales tax: exemptions; exemption for building materials purchased for the construction of a new single-family residence; provide for.

HB 6277 Property tax: assessments; correction of errors in certain property valuations and in processing certain exemption applications; provide for. Amends secs. 27a & 53b of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.27a & 211.53b).
 

State & Local Government

HB 6246 State agencies (proposed): authorities; travel commission and travel bureau; reestablish. Amends secs. 2 & 2a of 1945 PA 106 (MCL 2.102 & 2.102a).

HB 6250 Traffic control: violations; penalty for damaged registration plate; modify.

HB 6255 Legislature: reports; fiscal note on the financial impact of legislation to local governments; require.

HB 6256 Transportation: funds; local agency infrastructure disaster relief fund and board; create.

HB 6257 State management: other; independent verification and validation services; require for certain information technology projects.

HB 6258 State management: purchasing; commercial-off-the-shelf software products; prohibit the acquisition of under certain circumstances.

HB 6266 Public utilities: other; development of clean technologies accelerator tariff; require.

HB 6272 Traffic control: speed restrictions; general gravel road speed limits; modify.

HB 6273 Traffic control: speed restrictions; modification requirements for speed restrictions in school zones; revise.

HB 6276 Corrections: parole; period of parole for certain offenses; modify. Amends sec. 42 of 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.242).

HB 6279 Corrections: state facilities; certain health and safety standards in state correctional facilities; provide for. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding secs. 67c, 67e & 67f.

HB 6280 Corrections: state facilities; use of certain recording devices in medical settings in state correctional facilities; provide for. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 67d.

HB 6281 Transportation: motor fuel tax; areas requiring certain vapor pressure; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 10d of 1984 PA 44 (MCL 290.643 & 290.650d).

HB 6282 Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility consumer participation board; provide for. Creates new act.

HB 6287 Records: birth; certificate of birth requirements; modify. Amends secs. 2831, 2872 & 2891 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2831 et seq.).
 

Tax

HB 6254 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain employers that provide positional asphyxiation training; provide for.

HB 6269 Use tax: exemptions; exemption for building materials purchased for the construction of a new single-family residence; provide for.

HB 6270 Sales tax: exemptions; exemption for building materials purchased for the construction of a new single-family residence; provide for.

HB 6271 Individual income tax: credit; credit for permits associated with building a new single-family residential unit; provide for.

HB 6294 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain health professionals who serve as a preceptor; provide for.

HB 6294 Individual income tax: credit; credit for certain health professionals who serve as a preceptor; provide for.