2013 Senate Bill 730 / 2014 Public Act 516

Mandate restaurant manager food allergy training

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 12, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Judy Emmons (R-33)

To mandate that restaurants employ at least one manager who has received training or viewed an approved video on food allergies (in addition to current requirements for a managerial employee to have acquired a food safety certification). The bill would also mandate that restaurants post a notice to customers on the menu or a window sticker that customers have an obligation to inform the server about any food allergies, and mandate a food allergy poster be posted in the non-public part of the restaurant.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 10, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Sept. 24, 2014

Passed in the Senate 31 to 7 (details)

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

Dec. 11, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Dec. 16, 2014

Substitute offered by Rep. Frank Foster (R-107)

To adopt a version of the bill that revises the certification and notice posting provisions.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-37)

To require restaurants to provide a customer who asks a list of all the ingredients in any item on the menu.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-37)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5804, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5804 would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” to the characteristics that define membership in a protected class, against whom it is a crime to discriminate under the state’s Elliott-Larsen civil rights law.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Dec. 18, 2014

Amendment offered by Rep. Klint Kesto (R-39)

To allow some of the mandated training to be a video or online program.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 90 to 19 (details)

To mandate that restaurants employ at least one manager who has received training on food allergies (in addition to current requirements for a managerial employee to have acquired a food safety certification). The bill would also mandate that restaurants post a food allergy notice to staff in the non-public part of the restaurant.

Received in the Senate

Dec. 18, 2014

Passed in the Senate 33 to 5 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Dec. 31, 2014