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MI HB5461

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2024

Primary Sponsor

Mike McFall

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Michigan Secure Retirement Savings Program, an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA for private-sector employees whose employers do not offer qualified retirement plans.

  • Creates a 7-member Secure Retirement Savings Board chaired by the State Treasurer to administer the program, with members including state officials and appointees representing employers and enrollees.

  • Requires employers with 1+ employees continuously during the previous calendar year and at least 730 days in business to facilitate employee enrollment in the program unless they offer a qualified retirement plan.

  • Establishes the Secure Retirement Savings Program Fund as a trust outside the state treasury to hold individual employee retirement accounts, and the Michigan Secure Retirement Administrative Fund to cover program costs.

  • Imposes civil penalties on employers failing to enroll eligible employees: $250 per employee per year for initial non-enrollment and $500 per employee per year for continued non-compliance; collected penalties fund the administrative fund.

Legislative Description

Retirement: other; retirement program for certain nonpublic employees to participate in a benefit plan; create, and provide oversight. Creates new act.

Retirement: pension oversight

Last Action

Referred To Second Reading

9/25/2024

Committee Referrals

Labor2/21/2024

Full Bill Text

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