Recent Legislature Votes and Adoptions 2025 House Resolution 17: Adopted in the House on Jan. 30, 2025 A resolution of tribute offered as a
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants the Michigan Legislature to preserve the state's current tipped wage system at least until July 1 and work out a plan for what to do next.
Both chambers of the Michigan Legislature will be up for grabs. Voters will select two justices for the Michigan Supreme Court. Michigan will have another open U.S. Senate race. On top of all that, voters will be asked whether we should rewrite the state constitution.
Record-Eagle Business correspondent Bill O’Brien reported on the improved committee assignments several legislators from this region have attained in the hierarchy of the Michigan Legislature.
A state judge will rule on a dispute between the Michigan House and Senate over the fate of nine bills that the last Legislature failed to present to Whitmer.
Thursday night, the Michigan Legislature passed a bill that amends the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA), which the Michigan Supreme
Attorneys for the House and Senate argued their cases to a state judge Monday morning in a case over nine bills passed last year.
The governor will speak to state representatives and senators from the Michigan State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. She will begin her address at 7 p.m. from the Michigan House of Representatives chamber.
The tip credit, or subminimum wage, was expected to increase to 48% of the minimum wage on Feb. 21, 2025, continue to increase, and then be phased out completely by Feb. 21, 2029. The laws Whitmer signed made it so the subminimum wage remained at 38% and will instead increase by 2% each year through Jan. 1, 2031, when it will reach 50%.
Changes have been made to Michigan’s minimum wage, tipped wage, and sick time laws. Two bills to amend Michigan’s minimum wage, tipped wage, and sick time laws were signed into law by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. The bills go into effect immediately and are retroactive.
With the clock ticking before changes go into effect, paid sick time reforms are on the agenda for the Michigan Legislature Thursday.