2025 Senate Bill 205 / 2026 Public Act 50

Health: anatomical gifts; certain private practice offices and urgent care centers to provide information on the donor registry and donating bone marrow; allow.

An act to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 10401.

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Senate Bill No. 205 seeks to enhance awareness and participation in bone marrow and organ donation by requiring healthcare facilities to offer information to new patients aged 18 to 45 upon request.

Introduced in the Senate

April 16, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Kevin Daley (R-26)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 25, 2026

Reported without amendment

March 26, 2026

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

April 14, 2026

Reported without amendment

April 22, 2026

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

April 22, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

June 10, 2026

Reported without amendment

June 17, 2026

Substitute H-1 offered by Rep. Matt Bierlein (R-97)

The substitute passed by voice vote

June 23, 2026

Passed in the House 103 to 3 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

July 3, 2026

Substitute H-1 concurred in 36 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 23, 2026