---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; public school employees; participation of certain student workers in retirement system; prohibit. Amends secs. 5 & 124 of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 & 38.1424) & adds sec. 42a."
description: "Retirement; public school employees; participation of certain student workers in retirement system; prohibit. Amends secs. 5 & 124 of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 & 38.1424) & adds sec. 42a."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 888"
citation: "Michigan SB 888 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement: public school employees", "Higher education: community colleges", "Higher education: students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e50eac-c1e1-4020-8e8c-1b686e3bfd56"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2018-SB-0888"
source_hash: "9f8d2c771a506768c35bc15964a26b3a73adcbda2f8824562b9c48d18faf5d4c"
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 888 (2017-2018) — Retirement; public school employees; participation of certain student workers in retirement system; prohibit. Amends secs. 5 & 124 of 1980 PA 300 (MCL 38.1305 & 38.1424) & adds sec. 42a.

## 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/2018-SEBH-0888.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2018-SEBS-0888.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0328.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2018-SCB-0888.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2018-SIB-0888.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 299 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL # 543 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 485 Yeas 107 Nays 2 — **107–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 21 — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- James Marleau — cosponsor (person)
- John Proos — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Emmons — cosponsor (person)
- Peter MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Pavlov — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Schuitmaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN PROOS `introduction`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE S-3 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 299 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/16/2018 `introduction`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Financial Liability Reform `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute H-3 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** substitute H-3 adopted
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 485 Yeas 107 Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-3 CONCURRED IN
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL # 543 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/25/2018 @ 2:38 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/28/2018 @ 6:32 AM `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 7/2/2018 @ 1:06 PM
- **2018-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 328'18 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e50eac-c1e1-4020-8e8c-1b686e3bfd56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).