2025 House Bill 5391

Employment security: benefits; recovery of an improperly paid unemployment benefit more than 1 year after payment; prohibit.

A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled “Michigan employment security act,” by amending section 62 (MCL 421.62), as amended by 2024 PA 238.

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House Bills 5391–5394 amend Michigan’s unemployment insurance law to limit and clarify the recovery of overpaid benefits, expand and standardize waiver eligibility and timelines, require greater due process and human review in fraud determinations, and enhance transparency, fairness, and program integrity while preserving penalties for intentional fraud.

Introduced in the House

Dec. 17, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Steve Frisbie (R-44) and 24 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Denise Mentzer (D-61), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Angela Rigas (R-79), Reggie Miller (D-31), Peter Herzberg (D-25), Will Snyder (D-87), David Martin (R-68), Pat Outman (R-91), Gregory Alexander (R-98), Regina Weiss (D-5), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7), Brian BeGole (R-71), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Jennifer Wortz (R-35), Josh Schriver (R-66), Mike Harris (R-52), Jerry Neyer (R-92), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Julie Rogers (D-41), Ken Borton (R-105), Brad Paquette (R-37), William Bruck (R-30), Luke Meerman (R-89) and Tom Kunse (R-100)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations