Michigan / State / 2023-2024 Regular Session
2024 PA 197 (House Bill 5736) Required every Michigan employer to post a veterans resource notice
Created the veteran’s employee resource notification act, MCL 35.1271 to 35.1275, effective April 2, 2025. Every employer with one or more full-time employees must display, in a conspicuous place accessible to employees, a poster listing at least nine items: the state and federal veterans department contacts, the veterans crisis line telephone number, mental health and substance abuse services, education and job training resources, tax benefits, how to obtain the veteran designation on a driver licence or state identification card, unemployment benefit eligibility, and legal services. The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity must create the poster with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and supply it free. The act carries no penalty and names no enforcement agency.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done,
- In committee Done, House Labor
- Passed one chamber Done, House, 56-54
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 20-16
- Signed by the governor Done, Public Act 197 of 2024
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Denise Mentzer
- Nate Shannon
- Tullio Liberati
- Sharon MacDonell
- Mike McFall
- Carrie Rheingans
- Jennifer Conlin
- Jason Morgan
- Jenn Hill
- Alabas Farhat
- William Bruck
- Will Snyder
What it touches
- MCL § 35.1271
- MCL § 35.1273
- MCL § 35.1275
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Official record
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