| 2011-2012 Session | House Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics |
| Bill: HB 4052 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Pscholka Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; use of taxpayer-funded equipment, supplies, and facilities for union or political activities; prohibit. Meetings: 03/08/2011 03/22/2011 09/20/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-1) on 09/20/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4053 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Pscholka Subject: Public employees and officers; ethics; holding of incompatible public offices; modify and allow under certain circumstances. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4059 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Knollenberg Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; public employer contracts that pay union officials for time conducting union business; prohibit. Meetings: 03/08/2011 03/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-2) on 03/15/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4060 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Geiss Subject: Retirement; fire and police; amount of defined benefit pension of municipal fire and police; limit as a percent of base pay. Meetings: 05/10/2011 Status: |
| Bill: HB 4081 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Slavens Subject: Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; eliminate. Meetings: Status: motion to discharge on 06/16/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4087 referred 1/18/2011 Sponsor: Johnson Subject: Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators and lieutenant governors; eliminate for participants who have not vested before January 1, 2013. Meetings: 06/14/2011 Status: Reported out with recommendation as a substitute (H-4) on 06/14/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4095 referred 1/18/2011 Sponsor: Horn Subject: Civil rights; equal protection; protection for individuals communicating with state officials; provide for. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4096 referred 1/18/2011 Sponsor: Cotter Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing of all state expenditures; create. Meetings: 05/08/2012 05/15/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-3) on 05/15/2012 |
| Bill: HB 4097 referred 3/22/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Public utilities; municipal utilities; posting on municipal water or sewage system website all contracts and expenditures exceeding $25,000.00; require. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4116 referred 1/20/2011 re-referred on 7/18/2012 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: State; interstate compacts and agreements; review by attorney general; require. Meetings: 10/04/2011 11/01/2011 11/08/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 11/08/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4123 referred 1/20/2011 Sponsor: Geiss Subject: Local government; audits; pension board subject to audit by municipalities; require. Meetings: 01/24/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HB 4135 referred 1/25/2011 Sponsor: Durhal Subject: Labor; public service labor disputes; membership of board of trustees of certain police and fire retirement systems; make a prohibited subject of bargaining. Meetings: 02/01/2011 02/08/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 02/08/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4136 referred 1/25/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; certain detailed requirements for budget expenditures to be posted on state website; implement, and provide penalty for noncompliance. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4152 referred 1/26/2011 Sponsor: Knollenberg Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; wages and benefits for certain public employees; freeze during contract negotiations. Meetings: 02/01/2011 Status: Re-referred to the committee on Education on 02/01/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4156 referred 1/26/2011 re-referred on 3/9/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Retirement; investments; posting of certain pension board expenditures; require. Meetings: 02/08/2011 02/15/2011 05/03/2011 05/05/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-2) on 02/15/2011 Reprted with recommendation as a substitute (H-7) on 05/05/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4159 referred 1/27/2011 re-referred on 1/17/2012 Sponsor: Lund Subject: Retirement; state employees; sunset on 3% employee retirement; repeal. Meetings: 02/15/2011 02/22/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 02/22/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4223 referred 2/9/2011 Sponsor: Jackson Subject: Retirement; investments; cap on alternative investments; increase. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4224 referred 2/10/2011 Sponsor: Price Subject: Labor; hours and wages; requirement of paying prevailing wages on state projects; eliminate. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4225 referred 2/10/2011 Sponsor: MacGregor Subject: Labor; hours and wages; reference to repealed law; eliminate. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4226 referred 2/10/2011 Sponsor: Jacobsen Subject: Labor; hours and wages; reference to repealed law; eliminate. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4242 referred 5/24/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Higher education; research; exemption of certain intellectual property created for a state university or community college from freedom of information act; revise. Meetings: 10/25/2011 Status: |
| Bill: HB 4254 referred 2/15/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Economic development; Michigan economic growth authority; requirement for impact statement notification to Michigan businesses of certain proposed tax breaks; provide for. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4287 referred 2/17/2011 re-referred on 6/30/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; fair and open competition in governmental construction act; create. Meetings: 02/22/2011 Status: Referred to committee on Commerce on 02/22/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4368 referred 3/2/2011 Sponsor: Brown Subject: Labor; hours and wages; prevailing wage violations database; require. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4420 referred 3/15/2011 Sponsor: Walsh Subject: Retirement; college employees; removal of community college employees from school retirement system; provide for. Meetings: 05/26/2011 Status: Reported out for further recommendation, refer to the committee on Education on 05/26/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4453 referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Local government; public services; public entities competing against private competition; prohibit under certain circumstances. Meetings: 09/20/2011 09/27/2011 10/04/2011 Status: Adopt substitute (H-1) on 09/20/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4458 referred 3/22/2011 Sponsor: Muxlow Subject: Public employees and officers; ethics; dual positions in municipalities of 3,000 or less; permit for fire chief. Meetings: 05/17/2011 06/21/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 06/21/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4467 referred 3/22/2011 Sponsor: Somerville Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; legislators' health insurance cost sharing; require. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4537 referred 4/13/2011 Sponsor: Switalski Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; salary for governor's appointees; restrict to a civil service pay range. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4572 referred 4/21/2011 Sponsor: Johnson Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; cap on public employer contributions to health insurance; create. Meetings: 05/24/2011 05/26/2011 05/31/2011 06/07/2011 06/21/2001 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-7) on 06/21/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4575 referred 4/21/2011 Sponsor: Brown Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; cap on state contribution to legislature's health care coverage; provide for. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4588 referred 4/27/2011 Sponsor: Shirkey Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; public employer collection of union dues for public employees; prohibit. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4621 referred 5/10/2011 Sponsor: MacGregor Subject: Education; school districts; cap on school district payment for employee insurance; make prohibited subject of bargaining. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4622 referred 5/10/2011 Sponsor: MacGregor Subject: Education; school districts; cap on school district contribution toward employee's health care costs; provide for. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4706 referred 6/7/2011 Sponsor: Slavens Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; restriction on health care terms for legislators; establish. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4712 referred 6/7/2011 Sponsor: Knollenberg Subject: Retirement; legislative; health benefits for retired legislators and lieutenant governors; eliminate after certain date. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4730 referred 6/9/2011 Sponsor: Genetski Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; payment of transportation construction contracts within certain time frame; require. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4770 referred 6/16/2011 Sponsor: Agema Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; medical benefits for domestic partners; prohibit public employers from providing. Meetings: 06/21/2011 Status: Reported out with recommendation on 06/21/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4771 referred 6/16/2011 Sponsor: Agema Subject: Labor; collective bargaining; domestic partner benefits; make a prohibited subject of bargaining. Meetings: 06/21/2011 Status: Reported out with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 06/21/2011 |
| Bill: HB 4797 referred 6/22/2011 Sponsor: LaFontaine Subject: Retirement; legislative; retirement health care benefits for legislators; provide for graded premium based on years of service from 10 to 30 years. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4857 referred 5/24/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Law enforcement; reports; reporting requirements relating to SWAT teams; establish. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4869 referred 7/27/2011 Sponsor: Horn Subject: Education; other; adoption of local policy concerning political activities by employees that includes prohibiting the use of school resources or students for lobbying; require. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 4929 referred 9/8/2011 Sponsor: Haveman Subject: Labor; public service employment; collection of union dues by public school personnel; prohibit. Meetings: 09/13/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 09/13/2013 |
| Bill: HB 5023 referred 9/28/2011 Sponsor: Lyons Subject: Labor; public service labor disputes; classes of public employees subject to penalties for engaging in a prohibited strike; expand. Meetings: 01/17/2012 01/24/2012 01/31/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substutite (H-1) on 01/31/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5024 referred 9/28/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Labor; fair employment practices; remedies for mass picketing; modify. Meetings: 01/17/2012 01/24/2012 01/31/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 01/31/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5025 referred 9/28/2011 Sponsor: Poleski Subject: Labor; hours and wages; employer deduction of union membership dues from wages; require annual written consent of employee. Meetings: 01/17/2012 01/24/2012 01/31/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-1) on 01/31/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5026 referred 9/28/2011 Sponsor: Price Subject: Labor; notices; notice requirements in advertising for replacements for striking workers; repeal. Meetings: 12/06/2011 01/17/2012 01/31/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 01/31/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5158 referred 11/8/2011 Sponsor: Forlini Subject: State financing and management; other; audits of contract expenditures for organizations that provide service contract for the state; provide for. Meetings: 02/07/2012 02/14/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-1) on 02/14/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5179 referred 5/24/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Criminal procedure; other; provision relating to proceedings to prevent crime; repeal. Meetings: 06/05/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HB 5192 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: Durhal Subject: Labor; public service labor disputes; membership of board of trustees of certain police and fire retirement systems as a prohibited subject of bargaining; clarify. Meetings: 12/06/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/06/2011 |
| Bill: HB 5196 referred 12/1/2011 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; details of compensation package and severance payment agreements for employees; require posting. Meetings: 02/14/2012 02/21/2012 03/06/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 03/06/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5274 referred 1/24/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: State financing and management; other; posting of contracts over $25,000.00; require. Meetings: 02/14/2012 02/21/2012 03/06/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 03/06/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5335 referred 2/1/2012 Sponsor: LeBlanc Subject: Civil rights; open meetings; physical presence required for vote; clarify. Meetings: 02/07/2012 02/14/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-1) on 02/14/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5347 referred 2/2/2012 Sponsor: Pettalia Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; opt-out provision of cost sharing for employee health benefits; provide for county road commissions. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5459 referred 3/8/2012 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Civil rights; open meetings; requirement for 18-hour notice for special meetings; clarify definition of accessible posting. Meetings: 03/20/2012 04/17/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-1) on 04/17/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5553 referred 4/24/2012 Sponsor: Denby Subject: State financing and management; budget; statewide single audit; implement. Meetings: 05/08/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 05/08/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5626 referred 5/15/2012 Sponsor: Jenkins Subject: Civil rights; open meetings; permissible purposes for closed sessions; expand. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5766 referred 6/14/2012 Sponsor: Cavanagh Subject: Family law; marriage and divorce; name change upon solemnization of marriage; make gender-neutral. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5768 referred 9/12/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Military affairs; other; restriction of activities by Michigan national guard and state and local employees; provide for under certain circumstances. Meetings: 09/25/2012 11/27/2012 Status: Reported out with recommendation as a substitute (H-1) on 11/27/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5879 referred 9/11/2012 Sponsor: Shirkey Subject: Civil rights; public records; statewide standards for freedom of information act costs; modify. Meetings: 09/25/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HB 5895 referred 9/12/2012 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Civil rights; public records; freedom of information act open government commission; create. Meetings: 09/25/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HB 5916 referred 9/19/2012 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: State; interstate compacts and agreements; duties of governmental officers regarding interstate compacts and agreements; provide for. Meetings: 11/27/2012 Status: Reported out with recommendation on 11/27/2012 |
| Bill: HB 5948 referred 9/25/2012 Sponsor: Price Subject: Construction; contracts; documents related to construction licenses and permits for private residence; exempt from freedom of information act. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5964 referred 10/17/2012 Sponsor: Liss Subject: Crimes; penalties; intentional destruction or concealment of freedom of information documents; prohibit under certain circumstances and provide penalties. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5965 referred 10/17/2012 Sponsor: Liss Subject: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of intentional destruction or concealment of document subject to request for disclosure under the freedom of information act; enact. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 5981 referred 10/17/2012 Sponsor: Hughes Subject: Labor; public service employment; public employer insurance plan; provide exemption to modify original contract without activating the 80/20 contribution or hard cap. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HB 6034 referred 11/27/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Records; public; entity receiving over certain amount of taxpayer money; require to post union contracts, financials, and salary package and salary of top 10 employees online. Meetings: 12/04/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HB 6044 referred 11/28/2012 Sponsor: Price Subject: Public employees and officers; ethics; contracts between educational institutions and public servants; revise prohibitions. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: SB 7 referred 5/18/2011 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Labor; public service employment; mandated public employee contribution to employer-provider health care benefits; provide for. Meetings: 05/24/2011 05/26/2011 05/31/2011 06/07/2011 06/30/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as a substitute (H-6) on 06/30/2011 |
| Bill: SB 21 referred 5/3/2012 Sponsor: Schuitmaker Subject: State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing all state expenditures; create. Meetings: 05/15/2012 12/04/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation on 12/04/2012 |
| Bill: SB 802 referred 5/3/2012 Sponsor: Colbeck Subject: State financing and management; budget; state departments' transparency; create financial reporting website. Meetings: 05/15/2012 12/04/2012 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-4) on 12/04/2012 |
| Bill: SB 1189 referred 9/27/2012 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Retirement; pension oversight; equal treatment of elected members of a public employee retirement system governing board; establish. Meetings: 11/27/2012 Status: Reported out with recommendation on 11/27/2012 |
| Bill: HJR A referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: Legislature; legislators; legislative salaries; modify. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HJR N referred 3/1/2011 Sponsor: Knollenberg Subject: State agencies (existing); civil service; civil service commission; abolish. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HJR R referred 3/16/2011 Sponsor: Kowall Subject: State agencies (existing); civil service; civil service commission's authority to increase public employee compensation benefits without approval of legislature and governor; prohibit. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HJR BB referred 5/24/2011 Sponsor: Olson Subject: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; authority of civil service commission as to compensation; revise. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HJR PP referred 3/21/2012 Sponsor: McMillin Subject: Higher education; state universities; constitutional requirement for annual accounting of income and expenditures; revise. Meetings: 04/24/2012 Status: |
| Bill: SJR C referred 5/18/2011 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: Labor; civil service employment; health benefits of public employees and officers; allow legislature to regulate. Meetings: 05/24/2011 05/26/2011 05/31/2011 06/07/2011 06/21/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation as substitute (H-2) on 06/21/2011 |
| Bill: HR 139 referred 10/11/2011 Sponsor: Olumba Subject: A resolution requesting that the Attorney General begin an investigation into the Office of the Wayne County Executive and other entities related to the severance payment scandal to determine if any misconduct or malfeasance occurred. Meetings: 10/18/2011 Status: |
| Bill: HR 144 referred 10/20/2011 Sponsor: Olumba Subject: A resolution to request the Auditor General to conduct a review of the practices of the Office of the Wayne County Executive pertaining to severance payments made when an officer left the county to work for the Wayne County Airport Authority and to look into contracts and agreements involving the Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: HR 278 referred 5/23/2012 Sponsor: McBroom Subject: A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact legislation to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary. Meetings: 06/05/2012 Status: |
| Bill: HCR 1 referred 1/13/2011 Sponsor: Opsommer Subject: A concurrent resolution to affirm Michigan's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to urge the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States. Meetings: Status: |
| Bill: SCR 9 referred 3/10/2011 Sponsor: Jansen Subject: A concurrent resolution to reject the proposed increase in rates of compensation recommended by the Civil Service Commission and contained in the Executive Budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 relative to the extension of health benefits to adults and their dependents living with but not related to a classified employee. Meetings: 03/15/2011 Status: Reported with recommendation on 03/15/2011 |