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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 34: Civil rights: sex discrimination and harassment; definition of sex; modify to include lactating status for employment situations and include pregnancy and lactating status for places of public accommodation or public service. Amends secs. 201 & 301 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2201 & 37.2301).

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

SB 34 is a bill introduced in the Michigan Senate on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Civil rights: sex discrimination and harassment; definition of sex; modify to include lactating status for employment situations and include pregnancy and lactating status for places of public accommodation or public service. Amends secs. 201 & 301 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2201 & 37.2301). Primary sponsor: Stephanie Chang (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): referred to Committee on Health Policy.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stephanie ChangPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Erika GeissCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1

“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 on Health Policy
  2. read a first time
  3. received on 04/17/2025
  4. PASSED ROLL CALL # 56 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
  5. PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
  6. REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
  7. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
  8. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 3/18/2025
  9. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
  10. INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG

Sources

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