2025 House Bill 5394

Employment security: benefits; certain improperly paid benefits; require waiver of recovery as an administrative or clerical error.

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. Joey Andrews (D-38) and 19 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Regina Weiss (D-5), Mai Xiong (D-13), Veronica Paiz (D-10), Reggie Miller (D-31), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Kara Hope (D-74), Jasper Martus (D-69), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Julie Rogers (D-41), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Kelly Breen (D-21), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Stephanie Young (D-16), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7) and Betsy Coffia (D-103)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations