HB5421

Employment security: benefits; disqualification from receiving benefits when leaving employment; create exception for victim of stalking. Amends secs. 29 & 29a of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.29 & 421.29a).

Introduced·12/18/25
Introduced Text

Michigan HB5421 amends unemployment benefits rules to allow victims of stalking to qualify for benefits.

Michigan HB5421 amends sections 29 and 29a of the Michigan Employment Security Act to modify the conditions under which an individual is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits. Specifically, the bill creates an exception for individuals who leave employment due to being a victim of stalking. Stalking is defined as a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment that causes a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested.

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History

Dec 23, 2025

House

Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/18/2025

Dec 18, 2025

House

Introduced By Representative Rep. Morgan Foreman

Dec 18, 2025

House

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