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Senate advances several bills to third reading, adopts resolutions and grants immediate effect to workforce-wage bill
Summary
During the Feb. 20, 2025 session the Michigan Senate advanced multiple bills to third reading, adopted two resolutions including designation of Conductive Education Day, and granted immediate effect to Senate Bill 8 amending the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act.
The Michigan Senate on Feb. 20, 2025, advanced a slate of bills to the order of third reading, adopted resolutions commemorating February as Michigan 2-1-1 month and designating Conductive Education Day, and voted to grant immediate effect to Senate Bill 8 amending the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act.
In Committee of the Whole action, the committee reported Senate Bills 55 and 56 with amendments, recommending the amendments be agreed to and that the bills as amended do pass. The committee also reported Senate Bills 41, 52 and 27 without amendment, recommending they do pass; those bills were placed on the order of third reading. For one appropriations item the chair recorded an amendment offered by Sen. Anthony; the amendment was adopted on the record.
On the resolutions calendar, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 11, and later adopted Senate Resolution 12, designating Feb. 20, 2025 as Conductive Education Day in Michigan. Sen. Heisinger introduced the Conductive Education Day resolution and spoke briefly in support, saying it recognizes a teaching model used by children and adults with disabilities.
From messages the House returned Senate Bill 8, a bill amending the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act; the Senate voted to grant that bill immediate effect by roll call (the chair announced 26 aye votes) and referred it to the secretary for enrollment, printing and presentation to the governor with immediate effect.
The session also received a series of first and second readings for newly introduced bills (including Senate Bills 93–98 listed on the transcript) and completed standard housekeeping motions such as excusing absent senators and authorizing committees to meet. The transcript shows those introductions were referred to the committees named on the record.
Most of the items advanced or adopted in this session were placed on the order of third reading for future final passage votes or were sent on for enrollment and presentation after the immediate-effect votes.
