EMPLOYEE INFO.; INCLUDE ON STATE WEBSITE                                     H.B. 5015 (H-3):

                                                                              SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL

                                                                                                         IN COMMITTEE

House Bill 5015 (Substitute H-3 as passed by the House)

Sponsor:  Representative Ryan Berman

House Committee:  Oversight

                             Ways and Means

Senate Committee:  Oversight

Date Completed:  10-7-20

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Electronic Open Access to Government Act to require employee salary and general benefit information for each executive branch department to be listed on the State's website, in addition to the information currently required to be posted under the Act.

The Act requires the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) to include links on the State's website to the function and contact information for each executive branch department and each major division or subunit within the department. The bill also would require the DTMB to include links on the State's website to employee salary information for each executive branch department and each major division or subunit within the department.

Under the bill, in addition to the information currently required for each department, the information required under the Act would have to include a list of the department's employees that includes the position title, classified or nonclassified civil service distinction, salary, and general benefits information for each employee. The list could not include the name, initials, electronic mail address, Social Security number, phone number, street address, or other information that could be used to identify an employee or an employee's beneficiary.

The bill would take effect 90 days after its enactment.

MCL 15.451                                                          Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill likely would have a negative fiscal impact on the DTMB and no fiscal impact on local units of government. Under the bill, the DTMB could incur additional information technology and staffing costs related to updating and maintaining the data. However, precise cost estimates are unavailable at this time.

                                                                           Fiscal Analyst:  Elizabeth Raczkowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.