Bill Text: MI HB5538 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public employees and officers: state; hiring practices based on anything other than the merit of the prospective employee; prohibit. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/05/2024 [HB5538 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5538-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5538
A bill to prohibit certain hiring practices by state agencies.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) A state agency shall not hire an applicant for unclassified employment unless the state agency bases the hiring on 1 or more objective and merit-based factors that include, but are not limited to, the applicant's relevant education or work experience.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "State agency" means an agency, board, bureau, commission, department, or office of this state.
(b) "Unclassified employment" means employment that is in the state service and excepted from the classified state civil service under section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.
