Legislation to Watch

UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2009

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.

Recent additions are highlighted

• 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.

• HB 4026 - Fire Inspections (Hammel)
  Allows for fees for fire inspection services.
  Referred to Committee on Appropriations on April 21, 2009.
• 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 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.
  Referred to Committee on Commerce and Tourism on April 21, 2009.
• 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.