---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employee health benefits act; allow alternative cash reserves option for pooled plans. Amends sec. 9 of 2007 PA 106 (MCL 124.79)."
description: "Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employee health benefits act; allow alternative cash reserves option for pooled plans. Amends sec. 9 of 2007 PA 106 (MCL 124.79)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Michigan SB 43 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits", "Labor: public service employment", "Insurance: health benefits", "Insurance: reinsurance", "Insurance: pools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06174467-50b1-4aa3-966a-3f14c6b03eb0"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0043"
source_hash: "28c5a5735c556f8f4f19c90b527f5f78f4801d24f846cfd38f818a0f7ac451bc"
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 43 (2017-2018) — Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; public employee health benefits act; allow alternative cash reserves option for pooled plans. Amends sec. 9 of 2007 PA 106 (MCL 124.79).

## 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-0043.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0043.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0055.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0043.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 160 Yeas 107 Nays 0 — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 83 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 34 — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GOEFFREY HANSEN `introduction`
- **2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2017-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2017-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 83 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** received on 03/23/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 160 Yeas 107 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/12/2017 @ 11:34 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/15/2017 @ 10:28 AM `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/15/2017 @ 4:08 PM
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0055'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06174467-50b1-4aa3-966a-3f14c6b03eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).