---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: other; updates to the employment security act; provide for. Amends secs. 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6a, 8, 9, 10, and 10a of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3 et seq.) & repeals secs. 3a, 4a, 6, and 6b - 7 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3a et seq.)."
description: "Employment security: other; updates to the employment security act; provide for. Amends secs. 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6a, 8, 9, 10, and 10a of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3 et seq.) & repeals secs. 3a, 4a, 6, and 6b - 7 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3a et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 981"
citation: "Michigan SB 981 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Cavanagh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-08-15"
last_action: "2024-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98284711-f13e-478e-a006-1fd85ef9675e"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0981"
source_hash: "3b20ca2b059f68f7a7ff6d286879d96aee52a677100332a3c94345b78a30a41a"
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 981 (2023-2024) — Employment security: other; updates to the employment security act; provide for. Amends secs. 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6a, 8, 9, 10, and 10a of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3 et seq.) & repeals secs. 3a, 4a, 6, and 6b - 7 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.3a 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-0981.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2024-SEBS-0981.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0240.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2024-SIB-0981.pdf)
5. **Substitute (S-2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0981-00B74.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-2) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0981-0B735.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-2) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0981-00C76.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-2) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-SCVBS-0981-00D47.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 453 YEAS 21 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **4–9** (fail) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 383 Yeas 56 Nays 53 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **56–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Cavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-15** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARY CAVANAGH `introduction`
- **2024-08-15** 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-2) `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-05** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-12-05** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)
- **2024-12-05** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-12-05** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2024-12-05** PASSED ROLL CALL # 453 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 # 383 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 10:58 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-31** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 1/17/2025 2:08 PM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-31** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 1/17/2025 3:58 PM
- **2024-12-31** ASSIGNED PA 240'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98284711-f13e-478e-a006-1fd85ef9675e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).