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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4418: Probate: other; designation of a patient surrogate for health care decisions; allow. Amends 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.1101 - 700.8206) by adding pt. 6 to art. V & repeals sec. 66h of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.66h). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4419'25

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 4418 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on May 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Probate: other; designation of a patient surrogate for health care decisions; allow. Amends 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.1101 - 700.8206) by adding pt. 6 to art. V & repeals sec. 66h of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.66h). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4419'25. Primary sponsor: Jamie Thompson (Republican). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2026): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamie ThompsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Joe AragonaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Brian BeGoleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Kelly BreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Tyrone CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Phil GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Jaime GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Peter HerzbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Gina JohnsenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Tim KellyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Tom KunseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Rylee LintingCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Sharon MacDonellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56
Luke MeermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Denise MentzerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Joe PavlovCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Angela RigasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79
J.R. RothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Bill SchuetteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Samantha SteckloffCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Curt VanderWallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Karen WhitsettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Jimmie WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Angela WitwerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jason WoolfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Doug WozniakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Stephanie YoungCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
  2. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) 1/29/2026
  3. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
  4. PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
  5. transmitted
  6. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #217 Yeas 98 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 12
  7. read a third time
  8. placed on immediate passage
  9. placed on third reading
  10. substitute (H-2) adopted and amended
  11. read a second time
  12. referred to second reading

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source