Bill > SB0622

This bill amends the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act by modifying several provisions related to workplace safety standards and administrative rule-making. The bill primarily updates language around how federal occupational safety and health standards are incorporated into state law, changing multiple instances of "pursuant to" to "under" throughout the text. It maintains the existing requirement that federal safety standards adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor are automatically incorporated into Michigan law, but introduces some changes to the rule-making process. Specifically, the bill removes the phrase "clear and convincing" when describing the need for new safety standards and eliminates language that previously allowed standards to be established through broad consensus of unions and employers. Instead, the bill now requires the director to explain the unique characteristics of state industries that necessitate a new standard. The bill also continues to require that the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs make these standards available to the public and mandates that new federal standards be processed as administrative rules within 10 working days of their adoption, with some exceptions for standards deemed inconsistent with existing state criteria.

Labor and Employment

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0622