2025 Senate Bill 616

Civil procedure: civil actions; civil actions against certain opioid litigation settlement defendants; prohibit.

A bill to amend 2022 PA 85, entitled “Opioid liability litigation act,” by amending sections 2 and 3 (MCL 691.1672 and 691.1673), as amended by 2023 PA 228.

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Senate Bill No. 616 updates Michigan's opioid litigation law by adding new settlement definitions and prohibiting local governments from pursuing claims against additional pharmaceutical companies after specified dates, thereby centralizing and streamlining opioid-related legal actions.

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 22, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-2)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety