---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; public school employees; default defined contribution only for employees hired after certain date; require, and provide for other general amendments. Amends secs. 5, 41, 41b, 42, 43a, 69, 69c, 69f, 70, 71, 75, 81c, 81d, 108, 127, 131 & 131a of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 et seq.) & adds secs. 79b & 92c."
description: "Retirement; public school employees; default defined contribution only for employees hired after certain date; require, and provide for other general amendments. Amends secs. 5, 41, 41b, 42, 43a, 69, 69c, 69f, 70, 71, 75, 81c, 81d, 108, 127, 131 & 131a of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 et seq.) & adds secs. 79b & 92c."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Michigan SB 401 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement: public school employees", "Retirement: defined contribution", "Retirement: investments", "Retirement: defined benefit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f495fc-3edc-4e6e-b1d0-e504509f7f46"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0401"
source_hash: "774d55003baee9be152dcdb991896bc0940069e5ab872b6612fba5e2b18b7c9f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 401 (2017-2018) — Retirement; public school employees; default defined contribution only for employees hired after certain date; require, and provide for other general amendments. Amends secs. 5, 41, 41b, 42, 43a, 69, 69c, 69f, 70, 71, 75, 81c, 81d, 108, 127, 131 & 131a of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 et seq.) & adds secs. 79b & 92c.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBH-0401.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0401.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0092.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0401.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 261 YEAS 21 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 216 Yeas 55 Nays 51 — **55–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 25 — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PHILLIP PAVLOV `introduction`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-1 CONCURRED IN
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 261 YEAS 21 NAYS 17 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/15/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** rule suspended
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on second reading
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 216 Yeas 55 Nays 51 `passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/29/2017 @ 4:55 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 7/13/2017 @ 10:03 AM `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/13/2017 @ 10:20 AM
- **2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0092'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f495fc-3edc-4e6e-b1d0-e504509f7f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).