Offered
by
To ask the state Supreme Court to give an opinion on whether the state constitution permits the legislature to enact an initiative petition into law and then subsequently amend that law during the same legislative session. This refers to the process used to enact-and-amend two initiated laws in 2018; see <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/2018-SB-1171">Senate Bill 1171</a> and <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/2018-SB-1175">Senate Bill 1175</a> of 2018, which were adopted and amended measures increasing the state minimum wage and imposing a paid-leave mandate on employers.
Adopted in the Senate by voice vote
