---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: benefits; applicant for unemployment benefits; require to register with a Michigan works agency, and extend work search waiver in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 28 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28)."
description: "Employment security: benefits; applicant for unemployment benefits; require to register with a Michigan works agency, and extend work search waiver in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 28 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "Michigan SB 501 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: administration", "Employment security: benefits", "Employment security: employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Horn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ab565e-9529-4994-a184-9278c77c5192"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0501"
source_hash: "6a93c529ec234fb1b5a731eb9cab0b29f5c760b9d3e93bb3f1d52a1433962e69"
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 501 (2021-2022) — Employment security: benefits; applicant for unemployment benefits; require to register with a Michigan works agency, and extend work search waiver in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 28 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28).

## 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://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0501.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0501.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2021-PA-0066.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0501.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 285 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 381 Yeas 103 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **103–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Horn — primary (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEN HORN `introduction`
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 285 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** received on 06/17/2021 `introduction`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 381 Yeas 103 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2021-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 07/16/2021 10:37 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/17/2021 12:45 PM `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/19/2021 02:00 PM
- **2021-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0066'21 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1ab565e-9529-4994-a184-9278c77c5192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).