MCL - Index of Chapter 37

NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.

Title	Subject
Chapter 37	CIVIL RIGHTS
Act 45 of 1963 (2nd Ex. Sess.)	Repealed-CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION (37.1 - 37.9)
Act 242 of 2023	STATEWIDE MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATION ACT (37.11 - 37.14)
Section 37.11	Short title.
Section 37.12	Definitions.
Section 37.13	Office of global Michigan; powers and duties.
Section 37.14	Denial of full and equal access; complaint process; remedy.
Act 241 of 2023	MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS TO STATE SERVICES ACT (37.21 - 37.24)
Section 37.21	Short title; legislative intent; definitions.
Section 37.22	Meaningful language access to public services; reasonable steps.
Section 37.23	Prohibition on charging for use of oral language services or translation.
Section 37.24	Biennial report to office of global Michigan on implementation of meaningful language access to public services.
E.R.O. No. 1966-1	EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (37.101 - 37.101)
Section 37.101	Executive reorganization order no. 1966-1; implementing the order of the state insurance commissioner to hospital service corporations requiring a non-discrimination agreement in contracts with participating hospitals.
E.R.O. No. 1991-20	EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (37.111 - 37.111)
Section 37.111	Transfer of powers and duties of the Michigan women's commission, Indian affairs commission, commission on Spanish-Speaking affairs, and office of Spanish-Speaking affairs to the director of the department of civil rights.
E.R.O. No. 2020-3	EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (37.113 - 37.113)
Section 37.113	Transfer of the Michigan women's commission from the department of civil rights to the department of labor and economic opportunity by a type I transfer; transfer of the Michigan council on educational opportunity for military children from the department of labor and economic opportunity to the department of education by a type II transfer.
Act 536 of 2008	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION ACT (37.121 - 37.137)
Section 37.121	Short title.
Section 37.123	Definitions.
Section 37.125	Asian Pacific American affairs commission; creation; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; terms; vacancy; appointment.
Section 37.127	Bylaws; meetings; quorum; voting; compensation; administrative services; staff.
Section 37.129	Meetings held pursuant to open meetings act; writings subject to freedom of information act.
Section 37.131	Commission; duties.
Section 37.133	Office of Asian Pacific American affairs; creation; director; administration services; staff; appropriation as condition.
Section 37.135	Office of Asian Pacific American affairs; duties.
Section 37.137	State interagency council on Asian Pacific American affairs; creation; membership; purpose.
Act 44 of 1982	POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF 1981 (37.201 - 37.209)
Section 37.201	Short title.
Section 37.202	Definitions.
Section 37.203	Employer or employment agency; prohibited conduct; voluntary request for examination by employee; requirements and prohibitions.
Section 37.204	Employer or employment agency; prohibited action against employee or applicant.
Section 37.205	Confidentiality.
Section 37.206	Information obtained from employee or applicant during examination; inadmissibility in criminal proceeding.
Section 37.207	Action for injunctive relief or damages; damages for injury or loss; attorney's fees; damages for discharge in violation of act.
Section 37.208	Violation; penalty.
Section 37.209	Conditional effective date.
Act 197 of 2014	BREASTFEEDING ANTIDISCRIMINATION ACT (37.231 - 37.233)
Section 37.231	Short title; definitions.
Section 37.232	Person with control over public accommodation or public service; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.233	Civil action; injunctive relief and damages; costs; fees.
Act 1 of 2000	DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON DOCUMENTS (37.251 - 37.252)
Section 37.251	Definitions.
Section 37.252	Delivery of envelope or package with personal information visible prohibited.
Act 71 of 2018	FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT (37.261 - 37.263)
Section 37.261	Short title.
Section 37.262	Definitions.
Section 37.263	Collection of electronic data or metadata by federal agency; assistance or support by state or political subdivision; limitation; circumstances.
Act 478 of 2012	INTERNET PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (37.271 - 37.278)
Section 37.271	Short title.
Section 37.272	Definitions.
Section 37.273	Duties of employer.
Section 37.274	Educational institution; prohibited acts.
Section 37.275	Certain acts by employer not prohibited or restricted.
Section 37.276	Powers of educational institution to gain access to certain information.
Section 37.277	Duties not created by act; liability.
Section 37.278	Violation of provisions of act as misdemeanor; civil action; injunction; damages; written demand and documentation; jurisdiction; affirmative defense.
Act 228 of 2013	ASSISTANCE TO AGENCY OF ARMED FORCES (37.291 - 37.291)
Section 37.291	Investigation, prosecution, or detainment of United States citizen; aid prohibited; exception.
Act 146 of 2015	IDENTIFICATION AND PATCH FOR SERVICE ANIMAL (37.301 - 37.307)
Section 37.301	Definitions.
Section 37.303	Voluntary identification and patch for service animal; development and availability; eligibility.
Section 37.305	Telephone complaint hotline; use by department to receive reports; referral to law enforcement agency.
Section 37.307	False or fraudulent affidavit as misdemeanor; penalty.
Act 220 of 1976	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CIVIL RIGHTS ACT (37.1101 - 37.1607)
220-1976-1	ARTICLE 1 (37.1101...37.1103)
Section 37.1101	Short title.
Section 37.1102	Opportunity guaranteed; civil right; accommodation of person with disability; undue hardship.
Section 37.1102a	Adoption of standardized design; international symbol of access; removal of "handicapped".
Section 37.1103	Definitions.
220-1976-2	ARTICLE 2 (37.1201...37.1214)
Section 37.1201	Definitions.
Section 37.1202	Employer; prohibited conduct; exceptions; access to genetic information.
Section 37.1203	Employment agency; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1204	Labor organization; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1205	Apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs; discrimination prohibited.
Section 37.1206	Prohibited notices, advertisements, inquiries, applications, and records.
Section 37.1207	Repealed. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981.
Section 37.1208	Plan.
Section 37.1209	Contract to which state a party; covenant not to discriminate against employee or applicant for employment; breach.
Section 37.1210	Burden of proof; cost of accommodation as undue hardship; reduction of limitations; restructuring job or altering schedule; applicability of subsections (2) to (16); violation; notices.
Section 37.1211	Powers of person under article.
Section 37.1212	Education and training programs.
Section 37.1213	Article not in conflict with civil rights act.
Section 37.1214	Accommodation not construed as preferential treatment or employee benefit.
220-1976-3	ARTICLE 3 (37.1301...37.1303)
Section 37.1301	Definitions.
Section 37.1302	Prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1303	Exemptions.
220-1976-4	ARTICLE 4 (37.1401...37.1403)
Section 37.1401	“Educational institution” defined.
Section 37.1402	Educational institution; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1403	Educational institution; plan.
220-1976-5	ARTICLE 5 (37.1501...37.1507)
Section 37.1501	Definitions.
Section 37.1502	Owners, persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, and real estate salesmen; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1503	Certain rentals excepted from MCL 37.1502.
Section 37.1504	Financial assistance or financing; prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1505	Information as to applicant's credit worthiness.
Section 37.1506	Prohibited representations.
Section 37.1506a	Real estate transaction; prohibited conduct; “covered multifamily dwellings” defined.
Section 37.1507	Person subject to article; plan.
220-1976-6	ARTICLE 6 (37.1601...37.1607)
Section 37.1601	Administration of act; rules.
Section 37.1602	Prohibited conduct.
Section 37.1603	Adjustment order; violation of terms prohibited.
Section 37.1604	Other acts not invalidated.
Section 37.1605	Complaints.
Section 37.1606	Civil action; commencement; “damages” defined; compensation for lost wages; notice as condition to bringing civil action; applicability of subsection (5).
Section 37.1607	Diminishment of rights prohibited.
Act 453 of 1976	ELLIOTT-LARSEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT (37.2101 - 37.2804)
453-1976-1	ARTICLE 1 (37.2101...37.2103)
Section 37.2101	Short title.
Section 37.2102	Recognition and declaration of civil right; action arising out of discrimination based on sex or familial status.
Section 37.2103	Definitions.
453-1976-2	ARTICLE 2 (37.2201...37.2211)
Section 37.2201	Definitions.
Section 37.2202	Employer; prohibited practices; exceptions.
Section 37.2202a	Designation of racial or ethnic classifications in writing developed by employer; transmission of information to federal agency; “writing” defined.
Section 37.2203	Employment agency; prohibited practices generally.
Section 37.2204	Labor organization; prohibited practices generally.
Section 37.2205	Employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee; training programs; prohibited practices.
Section 37.2205a	Employer, employment agency, or labor organization; record of information regarding misdemeanor arrest, detention, or disposition; failure to recite or acknowledge information; “law enforcement agency” defined.
Section 37.2205b	Repealed. 1982, Act 45, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983.
Section 37.2206	Employer, labor organization, or employment agency; prohibited practices.
Section 37.2207	Individual seeking employment; prohibited practices.
Section 37.2208	Application for exemption; bona fide occupational qualification.
Section 37.2209	Covenants.
Section 37.2210	Plan.
Section 37.2211	Different standards of compensation; different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.
453-1976-3	ARTICLE 3 (37.2301...37.2304)
Section 37.2301	Definitions.
Section 37.2302	Public accommodations or services; prohibited practices.
Section 37.2302a	Applicability to private club.
Section 37.2303	Exemptions.
Section 37.2304	Violation.
453-1976-4	ARTICLE 4 (37.2401...37.2404a)
Section 37.2401	Definition.
Section 37.2402	Educational institution; prohibited practices.
Section 37.2402a	Designation of racial or ethnic classification in writing developed by educational institution; transmission of information to federal agency; “writing” defined.
Section 37.2403	Religious educational institution; exemption.
Section 37.2404	Private educational institution; exemption.
Section 37.2404a	Single-gender school, class, or program; definitions.
453-1976-5	ARTICLE 5 (37.2501...37.2507)
Section 37.2501	Definitions.
Section 37.2502	Persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, or real estate salesperson; prohibited practices; section subject to MCL 37.2503.
Section 37.2503	Nonapplicability of MCL 37.2502; “immediate family” defined; information relative to marital status.
Section 37.2504	Application for financial assistance or financing; prohibited practices; nonapplicability of MCL 37.2504(1)(b).
Section 37.2505	Condition, restriction, or prohibition limiting use or occupancy of real property; exceptions; inserting or honoring void provision.
Section 37.2506	Real estate transactions; prohibited representations.
Section 37.2506a	Use by landlord of reasonable accommodations.
Section 37.2507	Plan.
453-1976-6	ARTICLE 6 (37.2601...37.2606)
Section 37.2601	Commission; powers and duties generally; quorum; vacancy; compensation and expenses; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of certain writings to public.
Section 37.2602	Department; powers and duties generally.
Section 37.2602a	Repealed. 1992, Act 258, Eff. Dec. 8, 1994.
Section 37.2603	Complaint; petition for temporary relief or restraining order; notice of pendency of action.
Section 37.2604	Findings of fact and conclusions of law; final order dismissing complaint; copies of order.
Section 37.2605	Findings of fact and conclusions of law; cease and desist order; amendment of pleadings; findings and order based thereon; copies of order; scope of action ordered; certification of violation to licensing or contracting agency.
Section 37.2606	Appeals.
453-1976-7	ARTICLE 7 (37.2701...37.2705)
Section 37.2701	Prohibited conduct.
Section 37.2702	Violation of order prohibited.
Section 37.2703	Revocation or suspension of license.
Section 37.2704	Termination of contract.
Section 37.2705	Construction of act.
453-1976-8	ARTICLE 8 (37.2801...37.2804)
Section 37.2801	Action for injunctive relief or damages; venue; “damages” defined.
Section 37.2802	Costs of litigation.
Section 37.2803	Legal or equitable remedies.
Section 37.2804	Repeal of MCL 423.301 to 423.311, 37.1 to 37.9, and 564.101 to 564.704.
E.R.O. No. 1993-13	EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (37.2901 - 37.2901)
Section 37.2901	Transfer of powers and duties of the Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday commission from the department of management and budget to the department of civil rights by a type II transfer.