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Senate adopts amended rewrite of Earned Sick Time Act; final passage and immediate effect granted
Summary
The Michigan Senate adopted an amended substitute to House Bill 4002, which would amend the Earned Sick Time Act. A proposed Nesbitt amendment failed on a tie; the bill passed final passage and was granted immediate effect.
The Michigan Senate on Feb. 20, 2025, adopted an amended substitute to House Bill 4002, a bill to amend the Earned Sick Time Act, advanced the bill to third reading and then approved final passage. Senators later voted to give the bill immediate effect.
The action followed committee consideration in the Committee of the Whole and several floor amendments. Majority Floor Leader Sen. Darrin Singh offered the substitute and a series of amendments identified on the session website as amendment 1, including parts labeled 1A and 1C; amendment 1B was moved then withdrawn. The substitute as amended was adopted and the bill advanced to final passage.
Sen. James Nesbitt offered a separate amendment (identified in the transcript as the Nesbitt amendment). The roll call on the Nesbitt amendment produced a tie: 18 aye votes, 18 no votes and one excused, resulting in insufficient support and the amendment’s failure. The Senate then proceeded to final passage of House Bill 4002; the chair announced the final tally as 26 aye votes, 10 no votes and one excused, and declared the bill passed. Senators subsequently voted to grant the bill immediate effect; the chair announced 28 aye votes for immediate effect and the bill was referred to the secretary for enrollment, printing and presentation to the governor with immediate effect.
The transcript records no floor debate describing the bill’s substantive provisions during the final passage sequence; descriptions available on the session website and committee reports were referenced for amendment identification. The actions taken on the bill at this session were procedural adoption of a substitute, adoption and withdrawal of enumerated amendments, a recorded defeat of the Nesbitt amendment on a tied vote, final passage and a successful vote to grant immediate effect.
The Committee of the Whole and the Senate secretary provided the vote tallies and formal announcements on the record. No additional substantive policy debate or statements about implementation were recorded in the transcript excerpts for the final passage and immediate-effect votes.
