HR 71 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A resolution to declare April 28, 2025, as Workers Memorial Day in the state of Michigan.

House Resolution 71 declares April 28, 2025, as Workers Memorial Day in the state of Michigan. This resolution honors Michigan workers who have been injured, disabled, or died due to workplace accidents.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 24, 2025 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Introduced Resolution → House Adopted Resolution · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add additional sponsors and clarify the language around workplace fatalities. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new 'Whereas' clause that incorporates national fatality statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, expanding the context beyond just MIOSHA-covered deaths to include transportation accidents, heart attacks, and other causes. This provides a broader justification for the resolution by highlighting the scale of workplace deaths more comprehensively.

Scope change

No change to the bill's scope or applicability; it remains a House resolution declaring April 28, 2025 as Workers Memorial Day in Michigan.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new 'Whereas' clause citing national BLS statistics (over 16,000 workplace deaths 2021-2023) to broaden the context beyond MIOSHA-covered fatalities

TECHNICAL

Replaced the phrase 'each of these fatalities represents a worker' with 'each of these fatalities represents a worker who did not return home from their workday' for clarity

Added additional sponsors to the resolution (Xiong, Young, Glanville, Paiz, Rogers, Fitzgerald, Wegela, McKinney, Neeley, O'Neal, Hope, Mentzer, Andrews, Byrnes, Martus, T. Carter, Pohutsky, Tsernoglou, McFall, Wilson, B. Carter, Koleszar, Weiss)

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

adopted

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Regina Weiss

lower

1 primary · 22 co-sponsors