Legislation to Watch

UPDATED: Monday, February 1, 2010

Includes summary of legislation that impacts firefighters and working families of Michigan and links to full details and status (there may be a small time delay) at the Michigan Legislature web site. NOTE: New session started January 2009.

• SB 85 - Novelty Lighters (Whitmer)
  Regulates sale of novelty lighters.
• SB 109 - Cancer Presumption Reintroduction (Garcia)
  Worker's compensation; disabilities; occupational cancer; provide presumption for certain firefighters regarding.
• SB 0205 - FIRE, Other (Cherry)
  Clarify standards for university fire safety inspections.
• SB 0264 - Tobacco; fire safety (Hunter)
  Fire-safe cigarettes; require. Creates & repeals new act.
  
• SB 0265 - Tobacco; fire safety (Hunter)
  Authority of department of treasury to investigate and enforce fire-safe cigarette statute; provide.
• SB 0784 - MIOSHA Legislation (Jansen)
  The bill proposes to eliminate MIOSHA and send Part 74 (covers firefighters) of the General Industry to the Bureau of Fire Services. This is not good legislation for the safety of Michigan workers, including firefighters (8/28/09).
• Statewide Trauma System (Kahn)
  SB 1002 - Crime victims; other; assessments against certain criminal defendants and juvenile offenders; increase. (12/3/09)
  SB 1003 - Crime victims; other; allocation of excess revenue in crime victim's rights fund; modify. (12/3/09)
  SB 1004 - Crime victims; compensation; amount of awards; increase. (12/3/09)
• SB 1018 - Right to Work Zones (Cassis)
  Provides for right to work zones in renaissance zones. (12/10/09)
  
• SB 1046 - Health Care (Jansen)
  Provide for mandated public employee contribution to employer-provider health care benefits. (12/18/09)
  
• SB 1047 - Health Care (Sanborn)
  Provide for public employee access to health plan available to state employees. (12/18/09)
  
• SB 1072 - Labor; Arbitration (Richardville)
  Labor; arbitration; training of arbitrators and arbitration deadline; revise. (1/20/10)
  
• SB 1085 - Local Government (Jansen)
  Local government; intergovernmental affairs; intergovernmental transfers of functions and responsibilities; revise contents of contracts. (1/25/10)
  
• SB 1086 - Local Government (Hardiman)
  Local government; intergovernmental affairs; intergovernmental transfers of employees and responsibilities; revise contents of contracts. (1/25/10)
  

• HB 4026 - Fire Inspections (Hammel)
  Allows for fees for fire inspection services.
  
• HB 4029 - Revenue Sharing (Moore)
  Provides for a per capita distribution of revenue sharing for cities, villages and townships.
• HB 4031 - Fire Prevention Code (Geiss)
  Requires remediation and removal of above ground storage and diesel fuel tanks within 3 years of dormancy. This bill amends 3 years of dormancy.
• HB 4062 - Residency Requirement (Lemmons)
  Repeals public service employment residency requirement.
• HB 4081 - Right to Work Zone (Knollenberg)
  Permits right to work zones.
• HB 4142 - Vacant Property (Jackson)
  Enhance property requirements for maintenance on vacant property.
• HB 4151 - Urban Cooperation Act (Opsommer)
  Local government; intergovernmental affairs; intergovernmental transfers of functions and responsibilities; revise contents of contracts.
• HB 4181 - Public Employees and Officers (Denby)
  Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employee access to health plan that is available to state employees; provide for. Creates new act.
• HB 4245 - Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures (Miller)
  Public employee payroll deductions for donations to union political action committees; allow.
• HB 4255 - Payroll Deductions (Miller)
  Allows public employee payroll deductions for donations to union political action committees.
• HB 4284 - Campaign Finance (Miller)
  Eliminates annual signature requirement for political action committee checkoff for payroll deductions.
• HB 4320 - Millage Levy (Hansen)
  Permits millage levy assessed for police and fire districts on a per parcel or ad valorem basis.
• HB 4451 - 911 Emergency Help (Wheeler Smith)
  Requires calling 911 when someone knows an individual needs emergency help.
• HB 4458 - Trauma Scene Waste Management (Miller)
  Requires registration of trauma scene waste management practitioners.
• HB 4459 - Medical Waste (Miller)
  Modifies medical waste regulatory act.
• HB 4473 - Cancer Presumption (Haase)
  Worker's compensation; disabilities; occupational cancer; provide presumption for certain firefighters regarding.
  
• HB 4639 - Residency Requirements (Johnson)
  Labor; public service employment; residency requirement for public employees; modify.
• HB 4665 - Public Employer Contracts (Knollenberg)
  Prohibit public employer contracts that pay union officials for time conducting union business.
• HB 4917 - Labor; public service labor disputes (Durhal)
  Membership of board of trustees of police and fire retirement system; make a prohibited subject of bargaining.
• HB 5090 - Local government, intergovernmental affairs; Law, contracts (Denby)
  Local government; intergovernmental affairs; intergovernmental transfers of employees and responsibilities; revise contents of contracts.
• HB 5154 - Tax Credit Smoke Detectors (Pearce)
  Rep. Pearce introduced HB 5154 which would allow for a tax credit for the installation of photoelectric or ionized smoke detectors.
• Pension Boards Bills
  HB 5181 – Requires pension board subject to audit by municipalities.
  HB 5182 – Requires public disclosure of public fund expenditures by pension boards.
  HB 5183 – Clarifies and amends certain benefits for airport authority employees.
  HB 5185 – Clarifies record retention of the Detroit Police and Fire and other public pension boards.
• HB 5209 - EMS Bill (McMillin)
  Health; local health departments; local medical control authorities requirements; prohibit from being more strict than state requirements regarding minimum staffing of all life support agencies. (7/30/09)
  
• HB 5325 - Arbitration (Haveman)
  Labor; arbitration; arbitration requirements; modify. (9/15/09)
  
• HB 5345 - Health Coverage (Dillon)
  Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; uniform health coverage plan; create and implement. (9/15/09)
  
• HB 5570 - Retirement (Miller)
  RETIREMENT SERVICES; Pension Oversight, Provide for salary cap for a public pension of employees in the general law counties. (11/3/09)
  
• HB 5571 - Retirement (Miller)
  RETIREMENT SERVICES; Pension Oversight, Provide for salary cap for a public pension of employees under the charter county law. (11/3/09)
  
• HB 5572 - Retirement (Miller)
  RETIREMENT, Public School Employees, Modify criteria for final average compensation on school employee pensions. (11/3/09)
  
• HB 5638 - Health Care (Hildenbrand)
  Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; mandated public employee and elected official contributions to employer-provider health care benefits; provide for. (12/3/09)
  
• Statewide Trauma System
  HB 5661 -  (McDowell) Crime victims; other; assessments against certain criminal defendants and juvenile offenders; increase. (12/9/09)
  HB 5666 -  (Bauer) Crime victims; other; allocation of excess revenue in crime victim's rights fund; modify. (12/9/09)
  HB 5667 - (Schuitmaker) Crime victims; compensation; amount of awards; increase. (12/9/09)
  
• HB 5665 - Arbitration (Amash)
  Labor; arbitration; compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in police and fire departments; repeal. (12/9/09)
  
• Public Employee Health Benefits
  HB 5688 -  (Dillon) Retirement; public school employees; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with the Michigan health benefits program act. (12/10/09)
  HB 5689 -  (Dillon) Retirement; state police; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with the Michigan health benefits program act. (12/10/09)
  HB 5690 - (Dillon) Retirement; municipal employees; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with municipal retirees. (12/10/09)
  HB 5691 - (Dillon) Retirement; judges; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with the Michigan health benefits program act. (12/10/09)
  HB 5692 - (Dillon) Retirement; other; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with city library retirees. (12/10/09)
  HB 5693 - (Dillon) Retirement; other; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with municipal police and firefighter retirees. (12/10/09)
  HB 5694 - (Dillon) Retirement; legislative; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with legislative retirees. (12/10/09)
  HB 5695 - (Dillon) Retirement; state employees; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with Michigan health benefits program act. (12/10/09)
  HB 5696 - (Dillon) Retirement; other; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with optional retirement act retirees. (12/10/09)
  HB 5697 - (Dillon) Retirement; county employees; public employee health benefit system; require to harmonize with county retirees. (12/10/09)
  
• HB 5740 - Labor, Collective Bargaining (Knollenberg)
  Wages and benefits for certain public employees; freeze during contract negotiations. (1/13/10)
  
• HB 5741 - Insurance, Health (Segal)
  Certain public employee's rights to invoke the patient's rights to independent review law; create. (1/13/10)