---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: benefits; hardship application waiver; modify. Amends secs. 28, 28d, 29a, 32a, 33 & 62 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28 et seq.)."
description: "Employment security: benefits; hardship application waiver; modify. Amends secs. 28, 28d, 29a, 32a, 33 & 62 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "Michigan SB 962 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cherry"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-26"
last_action: "2024-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d30105-04fe-4c8c-ab49-373c7bb67a0f"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0962"
source_hash: "5afb30c685c86c7e95bbb48b012dd2fe8a5490a7e75c92000e9d369de22320e8"
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 962 (2023-2024) — Employment security: benefits; hardship application waiver; modify. Amends secs. 28, 28d, 29a, 32a, 33 & 62 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28 et seq.).

## 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/2024-SEBH-0962.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0962.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0238.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0962.pdf)
5. **Substitute (S-2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0962-00B74.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-2) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0962-0B735.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0962-00C76.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-3) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0962-00D47.pdf)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 380 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **56–53** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 450 YEAS 21 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **17–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Cherry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-26** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHN CHERRY `introduction`
- **2024-06-26** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `referral-committee`
- **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 # 450 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 # 380 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-12-10** inserted full title
- **2024-12-10** returned to Senate
- **2024-12-19** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2024-12-19** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-12-31** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 1/7/2025 10:52 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-31** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 1/17/2025 2:04 PM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-31** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 1/17/2025 3:54 PM
- **2024-12-31** ASSIGNED PA 238'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d30105-04fe-4c8c-ab49-373c7bb67a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).