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Legislation to Watch

UPDATED: Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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 2011.

House Bills:

  • HB 4003 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE (Opsommer) Clarifies definition of public employee regarding recognition of union based on receipt of government subsidy or interlocal agreement. Amends 1947 PA 336 by amending sections 1 and 14 (MCL 423.201 and 423.214) section 1 as amended by 1999 PA 204. Referred to second reading on 5/24/11. Full Text
  • HB 4052 UNION ACTIVITIES (Pscholka) Prohibits use of taxpayer-funded equipment, supplies, and facilities for union or political activities. Amends 1947 PA 336 by amending section 9 (MCL 423.209). Full Text
  • HB 4054 RIGHT TO WORK (Knollenberg) Permits local right to work zones. Amends 1939 PA 176 by amending section 14 (MCL 423.14) and by adding section 14a. Full Text
  • HB 4059 EMPLOYER CONTRACTS (Knollenberg) Prohibits public employer contracts that pay union officials for time conducting union business Amends 1947 PA 336 by amending section 10 (MCL 423.210). Full Text
  • HB 4060 PENSION (Geiss) Limits amount of defined benefit pension of municipal fire and police as a percent of base pay. Amends 1937 PA 345 by amending section 6 (MCL 38.556), as amended by 2003 PA 8. Full Text
  • HB 4123 PENSION (Geiss) Local government; audits; pension board subject to audit by municipalities; require. Full Text
  • HB 4135 POLICE/FIRE BOARD (Durhal) Makes membership of trustees of certain police and fire retirement systems a prohibited subject of collective bargaining. SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR on 5/10/11. Full Text
  • HB 4140 UNIFORM EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE (Melton) Creates a uniform health coverage plan for public employees and implements the plan. Full Text
  • HB 4152 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WAGES (Knollenberg) Freezes wages and benefits for certain public employees during contract negotiations. PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON 5/18/11. Full Text
  • HB 4172 HEALTH CARE BENEFITS (Farrington) Labor; public service employment; public employee contribution to employer-provider health care benefits; increase. Full Text
  • HB 4181 DISABILITY COMPENSATION (Brown) Worker's compensation; disabilities; occupational cancer; provide presumption for certain firefighters regarding. Full Text
  • HB 4205 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS(Haveman) Labor; arbitration; compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in police and fire departments; repeal. Full Text
  • HB 4206 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (Haveman) Labor; arbitration; reference to repealed law; remove. Full Text
  • HB 4214 FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY (Pscholka) Local government; other; local government and school district fiscal accountability act; create. Assigned PA 4'11 with immediate effect on 3/17/11. Full Text
  • HB 4216 FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY (Pscholka) Local government; financing; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the revised municipal finance act. Assigned PA 5'11 with immediate effect on 3/17/11. Full Text
  • HB 4217 FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY (Pscholka) Elections; recall; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the Michigan election law. Assigned PA 6'11 with immediate effect on 3/17/11. Full Text
  • HB 4218 FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY (Pscholka) Cities; home rule; reference to local government and school district fiscal accountability act; provide for in the home rule city act. Assigned PA 7'11 with immediate effect on 3/17/11. Full Text
  • HB 4219 REVENUE SHARING (Knollenberg) Revenue sharing; other; revenue sharing distribution; require to be distributed evenly based on population. Full Text
  • HB 4246 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Pscholka) Labor; collective bargaining; certain provisions in public service contracts; require. Full Text
  • HB 4257 REVENUE SHARING (Forlini) Revenue sharing; other; revenue sharing formula; modify. Full Text
  • HB 4326 STATE RULES (Farrington) Prohibits adoption of rules by state agencies from being more stringent than federal regulations. Full Text
  • HB 4572 COMPENSATION/BENEFITS (Johnson) Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; cap on public employer contributions to health insurance; create. Full Text
  • HB 4588 UNION DUES (Shirkey) This bill prohibits public employers from collecting union dues from all public employees. This bill could have an impact equivalent to Right to Work legislation. Full Text
  • HB 4760 VILLAGE EMPLOYEES (Bumstead) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for village employees. Full Text
  • HB 4761 VILLAGE EMPLOYEES (Bumstead) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for village employees. Full Text
  • HB 4762 CITY EMPLOYEES (Denby) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for city employees. Full Text
  • HB 4763 COUNTY EMPLOYEES (Denby) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for county employees. Full Text
  • HB 4764 COUNTY EMPLOYEES (Crawford) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for employees of an optional unified form of county government. Full Text
  • HB 4765 COUNTY EMPLOYEES (Crawford) Prohibits minimum staffing requirements for county employees. Full Text

Senate Bills:

  • SB 0007 HEALTH CARE (Jansen) Labor; public service employment; mandated public employee contribution to employer-provider health care benefits; provide for. Referred to Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics on 5/18/11. Full Text
  • SB 008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Jansen) Local government; intergovernmental affairs; municipal partnership act; create. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0009'11, SB 0010'11 Full Text
  • SB 0009 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE (Jansen) Labor; public service employment; reference to municipal partnership act; provide for in public employment relations act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0008'11 Full Text
  • SB 0010 ELECTIONS (Jansen) Elections; other; reference to municipal partnership act; provide for in the Michigan election law. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0008'11 Full Text
  • SB 0011 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE (Jansen) Labor; public service employment; definition of public employee; clarify regarding persons who receive payments from government subsidies. Full Text
  • SB 0012 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY (Jansen) Employment security; employers; certain practices in the calculation of contribution rate; prohibit. Referred to Committee on Commerce on 5/3/11. Full Text
  • SB 0014 HEALTH & SAFETY (Jansen) Labor; health and safety; Michigan occupational safety and health act; repeal. Full Text
  • SB 0094 DISABILITY COMPENSATION (Rocca) Worker's compensation; disabilities; occupational cancer; provide presumption for certain firefighters regarding. Full Text
  • SB 0116 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Meekhof) Labor; collective bargaining; right-to-work zones; allow local units of government to establish. Full Text
  • SB 0120 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Proos) Labor; collective bargaining; right-to-work zones; allow local units of government to establish. Full Text
  • SB 0142 PROPERTY TAX (Caswell) Property tax; personal property; personal property of certain businesses; exempt. Full Text
  • SB 0397 ARBITRATION (Jones) Labor; arbitration; procedures for arbitration of police and fire labor disputes; revise. Full Text
  • SB 0409 INCOME TAX (Hansen) Income tax; deductions; certain pension income; exclude. Full Text