---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment security: benefits; eligibility for certain individuals to receive unemployment benefits; modify. Amends sec. 28 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28)."
description: "Employment security: benefits; eligibility for certain individuals to receive unemployment benefits; modify. Amends sec. 28 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.28)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Michigan SB 445 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment security: benefits", "Employment security: claimants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Irwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b71eb7-4e1d-4f10-b0ae-e29ce46cf52a"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0445"
source_hash: "8e16cd130468ec8f35df348a160e7b464f1e1243fde28c95e9792dfaf9c3595e"
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 445 (2021-2022) — Employment security: benefits; eligibility for certain individuals to receive unemployment benefits; modify. 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-0445.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0445.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0018.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2021-SCB-0445.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0445.htm)

## Votes

- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 39 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 284 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 67 Yeas 101 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **101–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Irwin — primary (person)
- Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
- Ed McBroom — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Mallory McMorrow — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Santana — cosponsor (person)
- Winnie Brinks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JEFF IRWIN `introduction`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+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-1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **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 # 284 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`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 67 Yeas 101 Nays 3 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 39 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 02/24/2022 11:41 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 02/25/2022 02:14 PM `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 02/28/2022 01:20 PM
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0018'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5b71eb7-4e1d-4f10-b0ae-e29ce46cf52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).