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SB 1: Make legislative and governor records subject to FOIA
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

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

Sponsor: Jeremy Moss
Cosponsors: Ed McBroom
Referred to Senate WHOLE Committee

Votes on this bill

01/29/25  Senate roll call vote #1 On passage: Passed 33 – 2 (See how they voted)


SB 2: Make legislative and governor records subject to FOIA
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

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

Sponsor: Ed McBroom
Cosponsors: Jeremy Moss
Referred to Senate WHOLE Committee

Votes on this bill

01/29/25  Senate roll call vote #2 On passage: Passed 33 – 2 (See how they voted)


SB 3: New law to impose price controls on drugs and cause shortages
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Health: pharmaceuticals; prescription drug cost and affordability review act; create.

Sponsor: Darrin Camilleri
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee

SB 4: New law to impose price controls on drugs and cause shortages
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Insurance: health insurers; compliance with the prescription drug cost and affordability review act; require.

Sponsor: Veronica Klinefelt
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee

SB 5: New law to impose price controls on drugs and cause shortages
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Human services: medical services; compliance with the prescription drug cost and affordability review act; require.

Sponsor: Sue Shink
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee

SB 6: Restrict ability of companies to use independent contractors
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Labor: fair employment practices; various employer requirements; provide for.

Sponsor: Kevin Hertel
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Labor Committee

SB 7: Restrict ability of companies to use independent contractors
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain employer violations; provide for.

Sponsor: Darrin Camilleri
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Labor Committee

SB 8: Raise minimum wage and outlaw working-class jobs
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify

Sponsor: Kevin Hertel
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

Votes on this bill

02/13/25  Senate roll call vote #6 Republican amendment: Failed 14 – 18 (See how they voted)
02/13/25  Senate roll call vote #7 On passage: Passed 20 – 12 (See how they voted)
02/19/25  House roll call vote #8 On passage: Passed 69 – 40 (See how they voted)
02/21/25: Signed into law, PA 1 of 2025

SB 9: Prohibit transgender bathrooms in public schools
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Education: facilities; requirements concerning restrooms and other certain areas in public schools; modify.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 10: Prohibit selling land to foreign governments
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Property: land sales; sale or transfer of real property to foreign entities; prohibit.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 11: Prohibit “sanctuary cities”
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Local government: other; local government sanctuary policy prohibition act; create.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 12: Include pre-born fetus as dependent for income tax purposes
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Individual income tax: deductions; definition of dependent; include fetus.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 13: Create “beginning farmer tax credit”
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Individual income tax: credit; beginning farmer tax credit; provide for.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 14: Allow cash payment for high school athletic admissions
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Education: athletics; admission fee for high school interscholastic athletic activities; allow for cash as accepted form of payment.

Sponsor: Joe Bellino
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

SB 15: Mandate business give paid sick time (causing lower wages)
Introduced January 8, 2025
Official text and analysis

Labor: benefits; earned sick time; modify.

Sponsor: Sam Singh
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

SB 16: Revise farmland easement boundary detail
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Land use: farmland and open space; relinquishment of portion of farmland from agreement or easement; allow to make boundaries more regular.

Sponsor: Kevin Daley
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee

SB 17: Designate Diwali as a holiday
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Holidays: other; Diwali; designate as a holiday.

Sponsor: Michael Webber
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

SB 18: Direct department to apply for federal benefits for children in foster care
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide.

Sponsor: Jeff Irwin
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 19: Allow tenants to unionize against their landlords
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Housing: landlord and tenants; tenants rights to repair; provide for.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 20: Allow tenants to unionize against their landlords
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Housing: landlord and tenants; cross-reference to the revised statutes of 1846; remove.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 21: Allow tenants to unionize against their landlords
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Housing: landlord and tenants; prohibition against tenants forming a union; disallow in truth in renting act.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 22: Allow return of security deposits by electronic transfers
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Housing: landlord and tenants; return of security deposit by electronic transfer; allow.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 23: Authorize dividing of tracts of unused farmland
Introduced January 22, 2025
Official text and analysis

Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase.

Sponsor: Kevin Hertel
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee

SB 24: Allow researchers to obtain court records subject to redactions
Introduced January 23, 2025
Official text and analysis

Juveniles: juvenile justice services; certain information sharing for research purposes in juvenile justice cases; allow.

Sponsor: Stephanie Chang
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee

Votes on this bill

02/25/25  Senate roll call vote #12 On passage: Passed 32 – 0 (See how they voted)
03/05/25  Senate roll call vote #13 On passage: Passed 29 – 6 (See how they voted)


SB 25: Allow owners of auto repair facilities operate multiple locations with one license
Introduced January 23, 2025
Official text and analysis

Occupations: vehicles, dealers, and repair facilities; owner of a motor vehicle repair facility to operate an additional facility under the same registration; allow.

Sponsor: John Cherry
Cosponsors: Sue Shink, Rosemary Bayer, Stephanie Chang, Sean McCann, Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

SB 26: Remove an expired reference
Introduced January 23, 2025
Official text and analysis

Traffic control: driver license; reference to fire protection fund in the natural resources and environmental protection act; remove.

Sponsor: Veronica Klinefelt
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 27: Rebrand "procurement technical assistance center" to "Apex Accelerator" where used in law
Introduced January 23, 2025
Official text and analysis

Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; procurement technical assistance center (PTAC); update to APEX Accelerator.

Sponsor: Veronica Klinefelt
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Economic and Community Development Committee

SB 28: Repeal mandate that eggs be “cage-free”
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Agriculture: other; requirements for egg-laying hens; revise.

Sponsor: Lana Theis
Cosponsors: Joe Bellino, Michele Hoitenga, Jim Runestad, Rick Outman, Ed McBroom
Referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee

SB 29: Create a commission to investigate racial disparities in maternal health
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Records: death; commission to investigate racial disparities related to maternal health; create.

Sponsor: Erika Geiss
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 30: New law to mandate reporting procedures for mistreatment during perinatal period
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Civil rights: general discrimination; reporting procedures for mistreatment during perinatal period; provide for.

Sponsor: Erika Geiss
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 31: Impose additional mandates on hospitals for patients giving birth
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Health facilities: hospitals; certain policies on patients who are giving birth; require a hospital to adopt.

Sponsor: Mary Cavanagh
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 32: Mandate information be made available on medical malpracitce insurance
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Insurance: health insurers; provision of information on medical malpractice insurance relating to perinatal care services to the department of health and human services; require on request.

Sponsor: Mary Cavanagh
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 33: Allow pregnant women to die
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Probate: patient advocates; withholding life-sustaining treatment for a patient who is pregnant; allow.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 34: Allow lawsuits for discrimination based on “lactating status”
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Civil rights: sex discrimination and harassment; definition of sex; modify to include lactating status for employment situations and include pregnancy and lactating status for places of public accommodation or public service.

Sponsor: Stephanie Chang
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 35: Revise details of mandatory reporting of child abuse involving drugs or alcohol
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Children: child abuse or child neglect; mandatory reporting of certain events at birth of a child; modify.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 36: Include midwives in Michigan “essential health provider recruitment strategy” scheme
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Health: occupations; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include midwives.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 37: Mandate insurance cover gynecological and perinatal services
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for gynecological and perinatal services; require.

Sponsor: Sylvia Santana
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 38: Mandate DHHS cover gynecological and perinatal services
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Human services: medical services; guidelines for coverage for perinatal and gynecological services; provide for.

Sponsor: Sylvia Santana
Cosponsors: none
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 39: Mandate DHHS cover gynecological and perinatal services
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Human services: medical services; medical assistance coverage for ultrasound procedures and fetal nonstress tests performed in certain locations; provide for.

Sponsor: Sara Anthony
Cosponsors: Erika Geiss
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 40: Create a deportation task force
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Law enforcement: other; deportation task force; create.

Sponsor: Jonathan Lindsey
Cosponsors: Michele Hoitenga, Joe Bellino
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 41: Name a road
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Highways: memorial; portion of M-22; designate as the "Company K Indian Veterans 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Civil War Memorial Highway".

Sponsor: John Damoose
Cosponsors: Stephanie Chang, Sean McCann, Erika Geiss, Ed McBroom
Referred to Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Votes on this bill

03/06/25  Senate roll call vote #14 On passage: Passed 36 – 0 (See how they voted)


SB 42: Create an immigration law enforcement grant
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Law enforcement: other; law enforcement immigration enforcement support grant; provide for.

Sponsor: Thomas Albert
Cosponsors: Jonathan Lindsey, Jim Runestad, Kevin Daley, Lana Theis, Joe Bellino, Michele Hoitenga, Roger Hauck
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 43: Mandate enforcement of federal immigration laws
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Law enforcement: other; requirement to enforce federal immigration laws; provide for.

Sponsor: Thomas Albert
Cosponsors: Jonathan Lindsey, Jim Runestad, Kevin Daley, Lana Theis, Joe Bellino, Michele Hoitenga, Roger Hauck
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 44: Prohibit illegal immigration
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Crimes: other; illegal immigration; prohibit, and provide penalties.

Sponsor: Thomas Albert
Cosponsors: Jonathan Lindsey, Jim Runestad, Kevin Daley, Lana Theis, Joe Bellino, Michele Hoitenga, Roger Hauck
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 45: Prohibit illegal immigration
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crimes related to illegal immigration; create.

Sponsor: Thomas Albert
Cosponsors: Jonathan Lindsey, Jim Runestad, Kevin Daley, Lana Theis, Joe Bellino, Michele Hoitenga, Roger Hauck
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 46: Impose regulations on mobile home park water delivery systems
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Water supply: systems; mobile home park water delivery systems; regulate.

Sponsor: Jeff Irwin
Cosponsors: Dayna Polehanki, Stephanie Chang, Sue Shink, Mallory McMorrow, Erika Geiss, John Cherry, Sylvia Santana, Mary Cavanagh, Rosemary Bayer
Referred to Senate Housing and Human Services Committee

SB 47: Create process to transfer corrections officer to state police retirement system
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Retirement: state employees; election process to transfer a corrections officer to the Michigan state police retirement system; provide for.

Sponsor: Ed McBroom
Cosponsors: Sylvia Santana, John Damoose
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 48: Create process to transfer corrections officer to state police retirement system
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Retirement: state police; membership in the retirement system of a corrections officer first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain corrections officers' service under the state employees' retirement system.

Sponsor: Sylvia Santana
Cosponsors: Ed McBroom, John Damoose
Referred to Senate Government Operations Committee

SB 49: Make expansive changes to the occupational health and safety act
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Labor: health and safety; revisions to the occupational safety and health act; provide for.

Sponsor: John Cherry
Cosponsors: Veronica Klinefelt, Sue Shink, Erika Geiss, Mary Cavanagh, Rosemary Bayer, Stephanie Chang
Referred to Senate Labor Committee

SB 50: Companion to SB 49
Introduced February 4, 2025
Official text and analysis

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; reference to section of the Michigan occupational safety and health act; amend to reflect repeal.

Sponsor: John Cherry
Cosponsors: Veronica Klinefelt, Sue Shink, Erika Geiss, Mary Cavanagh, Rosemary Bayer, Stephanie Chang
Referred to Senate Labor Committee


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