2023 House Bill 5208 / 2024 Public Act 25

Records: birth; birth certificates issued for a child whose parentage is determined under the assisted reproduction and surrogacy parentage act; provide for.

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,” by amending sections 2822, 2824, 2831, 2832, and 2891 (MCL 333.2822, 333.2824, 333.2831, 333.2832, and 333.2891), section 2822 as amended by 2017 PA 142, sections 2824, 2831, and 2832 as amended by 1996 PA 307, and section 2891 as amended by 2020 PA 209.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Repeals the Surrogate Parenting Act and create a new act, the Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act. The new act would address issues related to the birth of a child by assisted reproduction, including under a surrogacy agreement, including legal presumptions concerning parentage, procedures and requirements for surrogacy agreements, legal venue and judicial responsibilities, and related issues.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 24, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Christine Morse (D-40) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jason Morgan (D-23), Jennifer Conlin (D-48) and Amos O’Neal (D-94)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

Nov. 1, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 9, 2023

Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 9, 2023

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

March 14, 2024

Reported without amendment

March 19, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

April 1, 2024