Executive & Legislative Branch Severance Pay Limits

Current understanding

HB6009 (103rd Legislature) would create a new act capping severance pay for public employees and officers in Michigan’s executive and legislative branches and requiring public reporting when severance exceeds a specified threshold. The bill has passed chamber. Specific dollar thresholds and reporting mechanics are set by the new act; the measure applies to state-level branches (not local governments or the judiciary as framed).

Evidence log

• 2026-06-24 — Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; severance pay for executive and legislative branch employees and officers; limit, and require reporting if greater than a certain amount. Creates new act.: cross-connection with public-officer-financial-disclosure: Both impose transparency/limits on public officer compensation — severance caps with mandatory reporting complement ongoing financial disclosure obligations under 2023 PA 281. (novelty: 2)

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