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HB4781 • 2026

Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase. Amends secs. 4 & 5 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.364 & 15.365).

Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase. Amends secs. 4 & 5 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.364 & 15.365).

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Sponsor
Jay DeBoyer (District 63), Mike Harris (District 52), Mike Hoadley (District 99), Joseph Aragona (District 60), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Timothy Beson (District 96), Ken Borton (District 105), David Prestin (District 108), Angela Rigas (District 79), Jerry Neyer (District 92), Matt Bierlein (District 97), Brian BeGole (District 71), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Jason Woolford (District 50), Tim Kelly (District 93), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), John Roth (District 104), Ron Robinson (District 58), Rylee Linting (District 27), Jason Morgan (District 23)
Last action
2025-08-21
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 08/21/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase. Amends secs. 4 & 5 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.364 & 15.365).

Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase.

What This Bill Does

  • Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase.
  • Amends secs.
  • 4 & 5 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.364 & 15.365).

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-21 HJ 74 Pg. 858

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jay DeBoyer

  2. 2025-08-21 HJ 74 Pg. 858

    read a first time

  3. 2025-08-21 HJ 74 Pg. 858

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

  4. 2025-08-21 HJ 74 Pg. 861

    bill electronically reproduced 08/21/2025

Official Summary Text

Labor: fair employment practices; penalties and payment of back wages for violations of the whistleblowers' protection act; increase. Amends secs. 4 & 5 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.364 & 15.365).