2023 House Bill 4125 / Public Act 51

Education: discipline; certain actions regarding a pupil who reports being sexually assaulted; require, and prohibit a pupil from being expelled or suspended for certain actions related to the incident.

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 section 1310e.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4125 would, with some exceptions, prohibit a student from being suspended for more than 10 days or expelled based on the student’s actions immediately preceding, following, or tied to an incident reported as a sexual assault.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 22, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-47) and 27 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Julie Rogers (D-41), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Graham Filler (R-93), Pat Outman (R-91), Carol Glanville (D-84), Jim Haadsma (D-44), John Roth (R-104), Robert Bezotte (R-50), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Jason Morgan (D-23), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Reggie Miller (D-31), Jaime Greene (R-65), Rachel Hood (D-81), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Kelly Breen (D-21), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Christine Morse (D-40), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Julie Brixie (D-73), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

April 19, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

May 23, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

May 24, 2023

Passed in the House 97 to 10 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

May 25, 2023

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

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 14, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)

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

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

June 29, 2023