Bill Text: MI SB0686 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Public employees and officers; other; state agency or department disciplining an employee for communicating with a legislator; prohibit unless the communication is prohibited. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-07-23 - Veto Override Defeated Roll Call # 263 Yeas 22 Nays 15 Excused 1 Not Voting 0 [SB0686 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0686-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Senators
Barrett, Runestad, Lauwers, MacDonald, Victory, Bumstead, Bizon, Zorn, Outman,
Stamas, VanderWall, Schmidt, Theis, Daley, Lucido, Johnson and LaSata
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 686
AN ACT to prohibit a state department or agency or a member or office of the senate or house of representatives from taking disciplinary action against certain state employees for communicating with certain individuals in the legislative branch.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. A department or agency of this state or a member
or office of the senate or house of representatives shall not take disciplinary
action against an employee of the department or agency in the state classified
civil service or a nonpartisan employee of the senate or house of
representatives, respectively, because the employee communicates with a member
of the senate or house of representatives or a member’s staff, unless the
communication is prohibited by law and the department or agency or the member
or office of the senate or house of representatives taking disciplinary action
is exercising its authority as provided by law.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
