HR 7 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A resolution to create the Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses.

This resolution creates a 15-member Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses, appointed by the House Speaker (9 Republicans, 6 Democrats). The committee's sole purpose is to study and recommend legislation regarding Michigan's minimum wage (including for service workers) and earned sick time policies. It does not change current laws but will review potential future bills on these topics. The resolution was introduced and adopted on January 9, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Jan 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Last action Jan 9, 2025

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House Introduced Resolution → House Adopted Resolution · 2 edits

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The resolution was formally adopted by adding the names of the sponsoring representatives and reformatting the text for official adoption. The substantive policy content regarding the creation of the Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses, its 15-member composition, and its legislative focus on minimum wage and earned sick time remained unchanged.

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Added the names of 14 sponsoring representatives (Hall, Alexander, Bollin, Fairbairn, Kelly, Kunse, Lightner, Linting, Maddock, Robinson, Schuette, Smit, Thompson, and Woolford) to the header, converting the document from a draft to an officially introduced resolution.

Reformatted the text layout and line breaks to match standard legislative adoption formatting, while preserving all original policy language and committee specifications.

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jan 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

adopted

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Jan 9, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Matt Hall

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1 primary · 13 co-sponsors