2023 Senate Bill 66 / Public Act 57

Education: students; information regarding sexual assault and harassment; require schools to provide to students and encourage related professional development.

An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding sections 1508 and 1526b.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 16, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-3) and 9 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Erika Geiss (D-1), Dan Lauwers (R-25), Joseph Bellino (R-16), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Sue Shink (D-14), Paul Wojno (D-10), Sean McCann (D-19), Mary Cavanagh (D-6) and Dayna Polehanki (D-5)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

April 20, 2023

Reported without amendment

April 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

May 3, 2023

Reported without amendment

May 4, 2023

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

Received in the House

May 4, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 21, 2023

Passed in the House 105 to 4 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 27, 2023

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 12, 2023