2011 Senate Bill 486 / Public Act 134

Ban future municipal “minimum staffing requirements”

Introduced in the Senate

June 16, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

To prohibit a county from adopting a charter, ordinance, or resolution that imposes any minimum staffing requirement on the number of its government employees. The bill “grandfathers” existing minimum staffing requirements.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections

June 22, 2011

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To adopt a version that creates an exception to the proposed future "minimum staffing" mandates for future local resolutions "involving a collective bargaining agreement" with a government employee union.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 26 to 12 (details)

To prohibit a county from adopting a charter, ordinance, or resolution that imposes any minimum staffing requirement on the number of its government employees, except for "a resolution involving a collective bargaining agreement" with a government employee union. The bill “grandfathers” existing minimum staffing requirements.

Received in the House

June 22, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs

June 28, 2011

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 30, 2011

Amendment offered by Rep. Hugh Crawford (R-38)

To strip out a provision inserted by a Senate committee that would allow local governments to continue imposing minimum staffing requirements on themselves through contracts with government employee unions.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 62 to 46 (details)

To prohibit a county from adopting a charter or ordinance that imposes any minimum staffing requirement on the number of its government employees. The bill “grandfathers” existing minimum staffing requirements.

Received in the Senate

Aug. 24, 2011

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which stripped out the Senate provision allowing local governments to impose minimum staffing levels on themselves to be imposed through employee union contracts.

Passed in the Senate 26 to 12 (details)

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Sept. 13, 2011