2025 House Bill 5375

Employment security: administration; assessment of penalties, interest, or fees on certain unpaid restitution of benefit overpayments; prohibit.

A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled “Michigan employment security act,” by amending section 15 (MCL 421.15), as amended by 2017 PA 229.

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House Bill No. 5375 amends Michigan's unemployment insurance law to waive and refund interest and penalties on benefit overpayments not caused by claimants, applying these protections retroactively from February 7, 2020, to December 31, 2026, while maintaining enforcement mechanisms for fraud and clarifying collection procedures.

Introduced in the House

Dec. 16, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Jason Woolford (R-50) and 21 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Tim Kelly (R-93), Ron Robinson (R-58), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Gina Johnsen (R-78), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Brad Paquette (R-37), Timothy Beson (R-96), Jerry Neyer (R-92), Angela Rigas (R-79), David Martin (R-68), Mike Harris (R-52), Steve Frisbie (R-44), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Tom Kunse (R-100), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Parker Fairbairn (R-107), Curtis VanderWall (R-102) and Mike Hoadley (R-99)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations