Current law provides whistleblower protections for workers who raise a reasonable concern about health or safety related to a public health emergency. The act expands the protection to all health and safety concerns regardless of whether there is a declared public health emergency.
To implement the act, the act appropriates:
$417,629 to the department of labor and employment, of which $386,579 is for use by the division of labor standards and statistics and $31,050 is for the purchase of legal services;
$228,499 to the department of personnel, of which $125,000 is for use by the division of human resources for liability claims and $103,499 is for the purchase of legal services; and
$134,549 to the department of law, reappropriated from the department of labor and employment and the department of personnel.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Statutes affected:
Preamended PA1 (03/18/2022):
Introduced (02/01/2022):
Engrossed (03/28/2022):
Reengrossed (03/29/2022):
Revised (05/02/2022):
Rerevised (05/03/2022):
Final Act (05/06/2022):
Signed Act (06/02/2022):