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2023 PA 33 Allowed a Guard member to pass tuition assistance to a spouse or child

Catalog reconciledEnactedScope changed

Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Lets a Guard member pass tuition assistance to a spouse or child.

Amended MCL 32.433 to permit the adjutant general to establish a policy allowing a lawfully married spouse, or a dependent child, stepchild or legally adopted child who has graduated high school or obtained an equivalency certificate or has turned 18, to use an eligible member’s Michigan National Guard tuition assistance. A child must use it before turning 26. Tracked because of the form of the grant: the section says the adjutant general "may establish a policy", so the transfer exists by departmental choice rather than by statutory entitlement, and a member relying on it should confirm the policy is current rather than cite the act. Immediate effect May 22, 2023.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, House Military, Veterans and Homeland Security
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 102-6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 37-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Public Act 33 of 2023
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Jennifer ConlinSponsor, House, District 48
  • Jimmie Wilson Jr.Co-sponsor, House, District 32
  • Penelope TsernoglouCo-sponsor, House, District 75
  • Carrie RheingansCo-sponsor, House, District 47
  • Veronica PaizCo-sponsor, House, District 11
  • Mike HoadleyCo-sponsor, House, District 99
  • Denise MentzerCo-sponsor, House, District 61
  • Mike McFallCo-sponsor, House, District 8
  • John FitzgeraldCo-sponsor, House, District 83
  • Robert BezotteCo-sponsor, House, District 50
  • Jason MorganCo-sponsor, House, District 23
  • Gregory MarkkanenCo-sponsor, House, District 110
  • Tom KunseCo-sponsor, House, District 100
  • Jim HaadsmaCo-sponsor, House, District 44
  • Kelly BreenCo-sponsor, House, District 21
  • Tyrone CarterCo-sponsor, House, District 1
  • Jasper MartusCo-sponsor, House, District 69
  • Sharon MacDonellCo-sponsor, House, District 56
  • Matt KoleszarCo-sponsor, House, District 22
  • Rachel HoodCo-sponsor, House, District 81
  • Gregory AlexanderCo-sponsor, House, District 98
  • Donavan McKinneyCo-sponsor, House, District 14
  • Helena ScottCo-sponsor, House, District 7

What it touches

  • MCL § 32.433

Catalog entry

Official record

Read 2023 PA 33 on the jurisdiction's own record