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
SENATE BILLS:
- 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.
HOUSE BILLS:
- 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.