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This bill amends the Bullard-Plawecki employee right to know act to modify how employers, particularly law enforcement agencies, handle personnel records and investigation files. The bill updates existing provisions to allow for the release of certain law enforcement officer service records, including provisional service records, which were previously restricted. Specifically, the bill modifies two key sections: Section 7 and Section 9. Under the revised law, employers must review personnel records before releasing them to third parties and continue to delete disciplinary records over 4 years old, but now with expanded exceptions for releasing records related to law enforcement officer service separations and provisional service records. For criminal justice agencies conducting investigations, the bill maintains provisions for maintaining confidential investigation files and specifies that if an investigation is unfounded or no disciplinary action is taken, the information cannot be used in future employment considerations. Importantly, the bill is tied to another piece of legislation (Senate Bill 339) and will only take effect if that bill is also enacted into law. The changes aim to provide more transparency and standardization in how law enforcement personnel records are managed and shared between agencies.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0340