Michigan HB4129: Labor: employment incentives; employment incentives nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4127'25, HB 4125'25, HB 4126'25, HB 4128'25, HB 4124'25

What the bill says

To create a nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program to award grants to certain graduates of a postsecondary school who are employed in this state at a qualified electric generation facility after graduation; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to prohibit the submission of false information and prescribe penalties; to provide remedies; to create certain funds; to provide for the distribution of money from certain funds; and to allow the promulgation of rules.

From the engrossed text, October 28, 2025:

A bill to create a nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program to award grants to certain graduates of a postsecondary school who are employed in this state at a qualified electric generation facility after graduation; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to prohibit the submission of false information and prescribe penalties; to provide remedies; to create certain funds; to provide for the distribution of money from certain funds; and to allow the promulgation of rules. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program act". Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Date of graduation" means the date an individual graduates as described in subdivision (i)(i). (b) "Department" means the department of labor and economic opportunity. (c) "Fund" means the nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program fund created in section 11. (d) "Postsecondary school" means any degree- or certificate-granting public or private college or university, junior college, community college, or vocational or technical school. (e) "Program" means the nuclear and hydrogen graduate attraction and retention program created under section 5. (f) "Program participant" means a qualified individual who is accepted into the program. (g) "Qualified education program" means an instructional program …

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