---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: benefits; unemployment benefits for certain employees during a declared emergency; expand. Amends secs. 17, 27, 28, 28c, 28d, 29, 32, 48 & 64 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.17 et seq.) & adds secs. 32c & 32d. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0911'20"
description: "Employment security: benefits; unemployment benefits for certain employees during a declared emergency; expand. Amends secs. 17, 27, 28, 28c, 28d, 29, 32, 48 & 64 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.17 et seq.) & adds secs. 32c & 32d. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0911'20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 886"
citation: "Michigan SB 886 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: benefits", "Employment security: claimants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9f60ea-a234-43a2-ae94-64e673f62b8c"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0886"
source_hash: "eacbd16141a154c0d14a0b33a9b98d006bcf7884cda03ed0cc5f5ef0c5015863"
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 886 (2019-2020) — Employment security: benefits; unemployment benefits for certain employees during a declared emergency; expand. Amends secs. 17, 27, 28, 28c, 28d, 29, 32, 48 & 64 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.17 et seq.) & adds secs. 32c & 32d. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0911'20

## 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/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2020-SEBH-0886.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2020-SEBS-0886.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2020-PA-0229.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2020-SCB-0886.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2020-SIB-0886.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 482 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 8 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 396 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 406 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEN HORN `introduction`
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) AND AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-2) AS AMENDED CONCURRED IN
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) AS AMENDED
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** AMENDMENT(S) DEFEATED `amendment-failure`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 396 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** received on 10/08/2020 `introduction`
- **2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) not adopted
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-6) adopted
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed on immediate passage
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 482 Yeas 101 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 8 `passage`
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-6) CONCURRED IN
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 406 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2020-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 10/20/2020 04:11 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 10/20/2020 04:48 PM `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 10/20/2020 05:10 PM
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0229'20 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9f60ea-a234-43a2-ae94-64e673f62b8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).