---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: benefits; maximum number of unemployment benefit weeks; increase. Amends sec. 27 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.27)."
description: "Employment security: benefits; maximum number of unemployment benefit weeks; increase. Amends sec. 27 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.27)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Michigan SB 40 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Wojno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2024-12-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d656fb66-a0fd-4118-bd16-d8ece31b10e3"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0040"
source_hash: "60eb5b14a507b7c0558e45dc63686daa31174470a7515c98d2d0b559f2d4d83b"
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 40 (2023-2024) — Employment security: benefits; maximum number of unemployment benefit weeks; increase. Amends sec. 27 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.27).

## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0040.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0040.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0173.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2023-SIB-0040.pdf)
5. **Substitute (S-3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0040-00B74.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-3) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0040-0B735.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-3) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0040-00C77.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-3) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-SCVBS-0040-00D48.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 379 Yeas 58 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **56–48** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 465 YEAS 21 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **4–6** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Wojno — primary (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet — cosponsor (person)
- Mallory McMorrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Cavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Shink — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia A. Santana — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Klinefelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PAUL WOJNO `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-05** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-05** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-05** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2024-12-05** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-05** SUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-12-05** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
- **2024-12-05** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-12-05** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-12-05** PASSED ROLL CALL # 465 YEAS 21 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-12-10** received on 12/05/2024 `introduction`
- **2024-12-10** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-12-10** rule suspended
- **2024-12-10** placed on second reading
- **2024-12-10** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-12-10** placed on third reading
- **2024-12-10** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-12-10** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-12-10** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 379 Yeas 58 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-12-10** inserted full title
- **2024-12-10** returned to Senate
- **2024-12-05** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2024-12-05** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-12-18** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/13/2024 11:42 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2024 10:00 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2024 11:08 AM
- **2024-12-30** ASSIGNED PA 0173'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d656fb66-a0fd-4118-bd16-d8ece31b10e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).