Public Act 138 of 2005

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• Introduced by Sen. Gerald Van Woerkom (R) on June 16, 2005, to require all schools to perform criminal background checks on all employees, and prohibit persons convicted of certain sex offenses or other serious felonies from being allowed to work in schools.
  • Referred to the Senate Education Committee on June 16, 2005, which amended it to also reguire background checks on employees hired before 1995.
    • Reported in the Senate on June 28, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 29, 2005, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires background checks on all existing emloyees, not just new ones. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 29, 2005.
• Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on June 30, 2005, to require all schools to perform criminal background checks on all current and prosepctive employees, and prohibit persons convicted of certain sex offenses or other serious felonies from being allowed to work in schools. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 30, 2005.
  • Referred to the House Education Committee on June 30, 2005.
    • Reported in the House on August 24, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on August 31, 2005, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the legislative package as previously described. Some of the bill's previous provisions have been placed in other bills in the package, notably House Bill 4928. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on August 31, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Brian Palmer (R) on August 31, 2005, to strike out a duplicative provision. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on August 31, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Barb Vander Veen (R) on August 31, 2005, to allow a school superintendant to exempt an individual from the employment ban proposed by the bill in specified cases such as those where the "sex crime" that appears on the person's record involved consensual activity by the person when he or she was a minor. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on August 31, 2005.
• Passed in the House (107 to 0) on August 31, 2005, to require all schools to perform criminal background checks on all prosepctive employees, and prohibit persons convicted of certain sex offenses or other serious felonies from being allowed to work in schools. House Bill 4928 as passed by the Senate applies similar background check provisions to current employees. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on September 6, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Gerald Van Woerkom (R) on September 13, 2005, to remove the amendment added by the House to allow a school superintendant to exempt an individual from the employment ban proposed by the bill in specified cases such as those where the "sex crime" that appears on the person's record involved consensual activity by the person when he or she was a minor. The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on September 13, 2005.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on September 13, 2005, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill, except with a . [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on September 13, 2005, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, but only after removing the provision added by the VanderVeen amendment. Passed in the House (107 to 0) on September 13, 2005. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 28, 2005.