On Tuesday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed more than 80 bills into law. The bills are outlined below:
• HB 4159
Amends the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act to increase oversight of brownfield redevelopment authorities (BRAs). The act allows municipalities to create BRAs to develop and implement brownfield projects.
Sponsored by Rep. Brandt Iden (R- Oshtemo Twp.)
• HB 4170
Designates a portion of highway M-52 as the "Trooper Byron J. Erickson Memorial Highway" in honor of Michigan State Police Trooper Erickson who died from injuries from the line of duty.
Sponsored by Rep. Bronna Kahle (R-Adrian)
• HB 4223
Establishes a dental assessment requirement for children who register for kindergarten or first grade for the first time.
Sponsored by Rep. Scott VanSingel (R-Grant)
• HB 4313
Requires a pheasant hunting license to hunt pheasants and to allow collectors to obtain a pheasant hunting stamp. The bill specifies that a license registered in this way will not be recognized as a valid hunting license.
Sponsored by Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch)
• HB 4395
Eliminates requirement of audible signal when being overtaken and passed by another vehicle on the right.
Sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittenberg (Huntington Woods)
• HB 4396
Repeals Section 19 or Public Act 368 which prohibits obstructions and encroachments as a result of moving on public highways.
Sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittenberg (Huntington Woods)
• HB 4437
Amends the Occupational Code to create new requirements for individuals seeking a license to practice mortuary science.
Sponsored by Rep. Rodney Wakeman (R- Lake Ann)
• HB 4508
Changes the definition of travel insurance and to add a new chapter to regulate the sale of travel insurance
Sponsored by Rep. Michael Webber (R- Rochester Hills)
• HB 4694
Modifies a provision that allows certain retirees to work without losing retirement benefits while serving as a school renewal coach or high impact leadership facilitator under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Lilly (R- Park Township)
• HB 4923
Prohibits a person from importing, manufacturing, selling, distributing, installing, or reinstalling a counterfeit supplemental restraint system or a nonfunctional airbag. The bill also prohibits a person from selling, leasing, or trading a vehicle known to have been installed with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system or a nonfunctional airbag.
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Lilly (R- Park Township)
• HB 4924
Amends the sentencing guidelines in the Code of Criminal Procedure to include the felony prescribed in House Bill 4924 (H-2) as a Class F felony against public safety, with a statutory maximum of 4 years' imprisonment.
Sponsored by Rep. Sarah Anthony (D- Lansing)
• HB 5002
Allows individuals under the age of 17 to take and possess aquatic species in Michigan waters without an all-species fishing license. The bill also prescribes a $2 fee for a resident or nonresident under the age of 17 who chose to obtain an all-species fishing license
Sponsored by Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch)
• HB 5003
Amends Part 435 of the Natural Resources Environmental Protection Act to exempt individuals under 17 years of age from an additional $1 fee for an all-species fishing license.
Sponsored by Rep. Julie Brixie (D- East Lansing)
• HB 5024
Allows townships to levy a tax up to one mil for up to six years on all of the taxable property for mosquito abatement. The bill also sets rules on ballot proposals as well as tax levies and collections.
Sponsored by Rep. Tim Sneller (D- Burton)
• HB 5025
Allows townships to finance mosquito abatements performed by private contractors through special assessment.
Sponsored by Rep. Gary Howell (R- North Branch)
• HB 5054
Amends the Sexual Assault Victim’s Access to Justice Act to provide that notices and responses sent under this act to enrollees in the Address Confidentiality Program must be sent to their program address not their residence.
Sponsored by Rep. Diana Farrington (R- Utica)
• HB 5055
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require that notices provided to victims by officers after investigating or intervening in a domestic violence incident include information regarding the address confidentiality program.
Sponsored by Rep. Julie Calley (R- Portland)
• HB 5056-58
Together amend the William Van Regenmorter Crime Victim’s Rights Act to allow a program participant to use their program-designated address to receive various notices of court proceedings and outcomes in their abuser’s case.
Reps. Kristy Pagan (D- Canton), Daire Rendon (R- Lake City), and Kyra Bolden (D- Southfield)
• HB 5059
Amends the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act to provide for reimbursement to intermediate school districts (ISDs) for tax increment funds captured by a brownfield authority.
Sponsored by Rep. Bradley Slagh (R- Zeeland)
• HB 5085
Allows veterinarian to consult with pet owners on the use of marihuana and industrial hemp for the pet’s consumption
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock)
• HB 5126
Amends the procedure for amending a drainage district and the notice procedure for levying drain special assessments
Sponsored by Rep. Steve Johnson (R- Wayland)
• HB 5178
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, a uniform community mental health services credentialing program for state department or agency use.
Sponsored by Rep. Hank Vaupel (R- Howell)
• HB 5197
Allows municipalities to reproduce certain construction documents in electronic or digital file format, and dispose of the original documents, as long as certain conditions are met.
Sponsored by Rep. Matt Maddock (R- Milford)
• HB 5198
Amends Michigan Penal Code to provide that disposal of official records be subject to the changes to the Records Reproduction Act proposed by HB 5197.
Sponsored by Rep. Matt Maddock (R- Milford)
• HB 5298
Requires DHHS to establish psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) for Medicaid patients under age 21 and enables the department to establish a Medicaid policy and promulgate rules as necessary.
Sponsored by Rep. Mary Whiteford (R- Casco Twp.)
• HB 5314
Allows a county road commission to enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of real or personal property for public purposes, to be paid for in installments over a period of up to 30 years.
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock)
• HB 5333
Amends the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to restrict the use of money in the Forest Development Fund.
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock)
• HB 5426
Creates the “Michigan cyber civilian corps advisor” position which allows individuals to serve as non-deployable advisors in the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps (MiC3).
Sponsored by Rep. Matt Hall (R- Emmett Twp.)
• HB 5427
Requires that the Michigan cyber civilian corps advisory board meet at least twice annually to meet criteria to qualify as a volunteer, to , review and make recommendations on individuals applying for advisor status, and track volunteer trainings to ensure compliance with DTMB standards.
Sponsored by Rep. Greg VanWoerkom (R- Norton Shores)
• HB 5470
Amends the Revised School Code to allow the Michigan Department of Education to submit annual and quarterly interim reports on deficits incurred or projected by school districts, intermediate school districts (ISDs), and public school academies (PSAs) electronically, by mail, or in person.
Sponsored by Rep. Aaron Miller (R- Sturgis)
• HB 5504
Amends the Drain Code of 1956 to allow for costs incurred for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of a drain to be financed and assessed for up to 10 years.
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Lower (R- Eureka Twp.)
• HB 5553
Designates a portion of I-75 located in the city of Taylor in honor of Private First Class Holly McGeogh, a US Army Service Member killed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 31, 2004.
Sponsored by Rep. Alex Garza (D- Taylor)
• HB 5570
Designates portion of Highway M-60 in Jackson County as the “Sergeant Matthew R. Soper Memorial Highway.” Sergeant Soper was a member of the Michigan Army National Guard who died serving in Iraq due to injuries sustained from an IED that struck his vehicle. He was 25 years old.
Sponsored by Rep. Julie Alexander (R- Hanover)
• HB 5611
Modifies number of years an interest, claim, or charge can be preserved for a marketable record title
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Lower (R- Eureka Twp.)
• HB 5679
Identifies certain offenses for which registration on the state sex offender’s registry is required and brings SORA into constitutional compliance by aligning it with federal SORNA.
Sponsored by Rep. Jim Lower (R- Eureka Twp.)
• HB 5770
Prohibits a third-party delivery service from using any likeness or intellectual property of a restaurant or other retailer without prior written consent.
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Mueller (R- Linden)
• HB 5825
Amends the General Property Tax Act, so that retroactively between April 6, 2020 and through December 31, 2020 reviews of assessments and delivery of completed assessment rolls will be considered timely if completed before the effective date of this bill, April 6, 2020.
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R- Hancock)
• HB 5827
Amends the Public Health Code to specify requirements needed for an individual to be licensed as a dental therapist.
Jason Sheppard (R- Temperance)
• HB 5920
Requires the Secretary of State develop and issue a fund-raising license plate recognizing sickle cell anemia education and treatment.
Sponsored by Rep. Ronnie Peterson (D- Ypsilanti)
• HB 6333
Removes the current lottery-style seat selection system and grants of authority to the Clerk to allocate seats in the hall between the political parties elected to the office of state representative at the immediately preceding general election.
Sponsored by Rep. Steve Johnson (R- Wayland)
• SB 070
Creates the new Address Confidentiality Program Act. This establishes a program in which the Department of the Attorney General (DAG) and the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) oversee a designated address for registered individuals electing to participate who are victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking and who face physical harm if their residential addresses are disclosed.
Sponsored by Senator Ruth Johnson (R- Holly)
• SB 071
Makes the voter registration application, qualified voter file, and absentee ballot application of participants under the Address Confidentiality Act confidential and not subject to disclosure under FOIA
Sponsored by Senator Tom Barrett (R- Charlotte)
• SB 072
Prohibits the Department, Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, education management organization, or authorizing body from disclosing the confidential address of a student under the Address Confidentiality Program.
Sponsored by Senator Ruth Johnson (R- Holly)
• SB 073
Amends the Michigan Vehicle Code to include the confidential address of an individual enrolled in the address confidentiality program within the definition of “highly restricted personal information.”
Sponsored by Senator Stephanie Chang (D- Detroit)
• SB 074
Allows the Secretary of State to issue an enhanced driver license or enhanced official state personal ID card to a Address Confidentiality Program participant, along with the other required documents.
Sponsored by Senator Erika Geiss (D- Taylor)
• SB 075
Provides personal identification cards in similar way to SB 73 and SB 74.
Sponsored by Senator Lana Theis (R- Brighton)
• SB 076
Provides that an application assistant or victim advocate’s assistance provided in accordance with the address confidentiality program does not violate section 915 of the act prohibiting non-legal and non-licensed professionals from practicing law in Michigan.
Sponsored by Senator Kim LaSata (R- Bainbridge)
• SB 082
Allows bars and restaurants to obtain a liquor license that allows them to sell liquor and spirits for costumers to take and consume at home.
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 1015
Aligns Michigan Law with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Credit for Reinsurance Model Law #785.
Sponsored by Senator Lana Theis (R- Brighton)
• SB 1021
Reinstitutes the ability for licensed Canadian health professionals to be licensed, registered, or certified in Michigan, provided that they meet the educational, examination, and billing requirements in Michigan law.
Sponsored by Senator Wayne Schmidt (R- Traverse City)
• SB 1052
Amends Michigan Promise Zone Act to allow fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction to be included as a "qualified educational expense" if those expenses were provided for in a promise zone's development plan.
Sponsored by Senator Jon Bumstead (R- Newaygo)
• SB 1053
Allows for the deferral of special assessments on the principal residences of limited-income senior citizens (65 or older) or totally and permanently disabled persons.
Sponsored by Senator Roger Victory (R- Hudsonville)
• SB 1075
Convey or transfer state-owned property consisting of two parcels in Marenisco Township, Gogebic County
Sponsored by Senator Ed McBroom (R- Vulcan)
• SB 1091
Amends the Friend of the Court Act to add a new section that requires monthly support payment be abated, by operation of law, when the parent becomes incarcerated for 180 days or more and has no ability to pay support.
Sponsored by Senator John Bizon (R- Battle Creek)
• SB 1133
Creates a Propane Commission within the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by creating a new Act. The Commission will be responsible for fostering, developing, and promoting the sale and safe use of propane throughout Michigan through research, promotion, advertising, market expansion, development of new markets, education, publicity programs, and developing and disseminating market and industry information.
Sponsored by Senator Ed McBroom (R- Vulcan)
• SB 1160
Changes certificate of need requirements for an extended care services program
Sponsored by Senator Rick Outman (R- Six Lakes)
• SB 1182
Revises annual license fees for mortuary science, funeral director, and funeral home establishment licensees
Sponsored by Senator Jim Stamas (R- Midland)
• SB 1186
Amends the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act to suspend the apprval process to use electronic records and signatures from April 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by Senator Peter MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 1187
Amends the Michigan Law on Notarial Acts to extend the validity of a notary public’s commission that is set to expire after March 1, 2020 and before June 30, 2021, rendering it valid through June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by Senator Peter MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 1188
Amends the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act to allow the register of deeds to accept electronic documents between April 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by Senator Peter MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 1189
Amends the Estates and Protected Individuals Code to allow for the use of 2-way real-time audiovisual technology to sign and witness the execution of documents.
Sponsored by Senator Peter MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 1258
Amends the protections for workers from retaliation for quarantining or isolating under circumstances specified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include utility workers and any other works designated by the Director of DHHS.
Sponsored by Senator Peter MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 195
Creates a Family Reunification Advisory Board within the Department of Corrections (MDOC) and requires MDOC to create a family reunification policy.
Sponsored by Senator Stephanie Chang (D- Detroit)
• SB 379
Requires the Michigan Department of Transportation to research the use of agricultural additives to control ice on public roads, highway, and bridges and report those findings to the legislature.
Sponsored by Senator Roger Victory (R- Georgetown Twp.)
• SB 417
Allows law enforcement officers, firefighters, and eligible entities to govern who my purchase, possess, and distribute auto-injectable epinephrine.
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 418
Creates the “Law Enforcement and Firefighter Access to Epinephrine Act.”
Sponsored by Senator Mike MacDonald (R- Macomb Twp.)
• SB 464
Requires financial institution to implement a policy for training employees to recognize signs of covered financial exploitation and for reporting that activity to a law enforcement agency or Adult Protective Services
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 465
Amends the Social Welfare Act to allow a county department of social services to notify a financial institution of the status of a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation that was made by that financial institution
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 533
Changes the definition of armed robbery to possession of an article "used or fashioned in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to believe the article is a dangerous weapon."
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 592
Allows retired employees of the Department of Corrections (DOC) who have been retired for at least 30 days to provide certain services through a third-party contractual arrangement without forfeiting their retirement benefits.
Sponsored by Senator Ed McBroom (R- Vulcan)
• SB 611
Amends amend the Library Privacy Act to allow libraries to share patron information with collections agencies and law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by Senator Pete MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 657
Amends Revised School Code to provide for an interim teaching certificate (ITC) via an alternate route for those seeking to teach special education.
Sponsored by Senator Lana Theis (R- Brighton)
• SB 809
Amends the Health Care False Claim Act to expand an exception for certain acts from being considered violations of the prohibition against kickbacks and bribes.
Sponsored by Senator Jim Stamas (R- Midland)
• SB 813
Amends the Mental Health Code to require DHHS to investigates and report both suicides and deaths occurring soon after discharge from certain psychiatric facilities.
Sponsored by Senator Jim Ananich (D- Flint)
• SB 820
Includes PGA Tour Champions Tournament as a sports-related event eligible to receive a national sporting event license that allows the sale of alcohol on the premises
Sponsored by Senator Kim LaSata (R- Bainbridge Twp.)
• SB 843
Allows school employees in good faith to administer auto-injectable epinephrine without being civilly or criminally liable unless the conduct was willful or wanton misconduct.
Sponsored by Senator Pete Lucido (R- Shelby Twp.)
• SB 844
Allows agency employees or agents to administer opioid antagonists under this act in good faith without civil liability for injury, death, or damages for the administration or failure to administer.
Sponsored by Senator Mike MacDonald (R- Macomb Twp.)
• SB 879
Amends the Insurance Code to require health insurance policy coverage of emergency and early refills
Sponsored by Senator Pete MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 910
Removes the requirement that a minor apply for a work permit in person and the requirement that work permits for minors under 16 be printed on different color paper than those for minors over 16. Instead, the bill requires only that the work permits for minors under 16 clearly indicate that the minor is under 16.
Sponsored by Senator Roger Victory (R- Georgetown Twp.)
• SB 920
Allows pharmacists to dispense emergency refills of up to a 60-day supply of a prescription drug that is not a controlled substance until March 31, 2021.
Sponsored by Senator Pete MacGregor (R- Rockford)
• SB 921
Designates a portion of highway M-35 in Forsyth Township as “Ben Lauren and Don Riling Memorial Highway.” Benjamin Lauren was a fire captain at the Forsyth Township Fire Department, a volunteer department. On March 12, 2020, he was injured fatally while fighting a structure fire. Don Riling was a professional firefighter with the United States Air Force and a firefighter with the Forsyth Township Fire Department. On March 19, 1988, he died while fighting a fire in Forsyth Township.
Sponsored by Senator Ed McBroom (R- Vulcan)
• SB 970
Amends the Tobacco Products Tax Act to revise provisions concerning the sale of tobacco products in Michigan by out-of-state sellers.
Sponsored by Senator Jim Runestad (R- White Lake)
• SB 991
Amends the Lawful Internet Gaming Act to allow the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) to enter into agreements to facilitate multijurisdictional internet poker.
Sponsored by Senator Curtis Hertel (D- East Lansing)
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