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2022 House Bill 6128: Repeal COVID epidemic business liability waiver
Public Act 140 of 2022
Introduced by Rep. Yousef Rabhi D-Ann Arbor on May 19, 2022
To repeal a 2020 COVID epidemic amendment to the state's occupational health and safety law that gave businesses liability exemptions for exposure of an individual to COVID-19 on the premises, unless this was caused by a reckless disregard of a substantial and unnecessary risk that an individual would be exposed, and as long as it can establish that operations were in substantial compliance with the law. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on May 19, 2022
Reported in the House on June 14, 2022
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Received in the Senate on June 16, 2022
Referred to the Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee on June 16, 2022
Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 11, 2022