2024 House Bill 5594

Labor: youth employment; youth employment standards act; modify work permit issuance procedures.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled “Youth employment standards act,” by amending sections 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 20 (MCL 409.102, 409.104, 409.105, 409.107, 409.108, 409.110, and 409.120), section 2 as amended by 1996 PA 438, section 4 as amended by 2011 PA 80, and section 5 as amended by 2020 PA 323, and by adding sections 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends the Youth Employment Standards Act to create a registration system for minors and employers, centralize the issuance of work permits, and enhance regulatory oversight and transparency.

Introduced in the House

March 14, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Phil Skaggs (D-80) and two co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Veronica Paiz (D-11) and Helena Scott (D-7)

Referred to the Committee on Labor

Nov. 14, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 13, 2024

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Phil Skaggs (D-80)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 56 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Dec. 18, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations

Dec. 20, 2024

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Amendment offered by Sen. Mark Huizenga (R-30)

1. Amend page 7, following line 7, by inserting:

“(4) The department shall establish and implement digital data security protection standards for registry data involving minors that prevents the leaking of personal data of any Michigan citizen in the registry. The security data standards must be equal to or greater than those used for Amazon.com customer data. The department must yearly review and update these data security standards in order to protect the sensitive data of minors and their work locations.”.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)