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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4419: Probate: other; designation of a patient surrogate for health care decisions; allow. Amends 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.1101 - 700.8206) by adding secs. 5605 & 5606. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4418'25

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 4419 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 secs. 5605 & 5606. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4418'25. Primary sponsor: Angela Witwer (Democratic). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2026): REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

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
Angela WitwerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Joe AragonaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Brian BeGoleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Kelly BreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Tyrone CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Joseph FoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse101
Phil GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Jaime GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Peter HerzbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
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
Jamie ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Curt VanderWallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Karen WhitsettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Jimmie WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
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
  2. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 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 #218 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. read a second time
  11. referred to second reading
  12. reported with recommendation without amendment

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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