An act to amend 2012 PA 159, entitled “An act to provide procedures to determine the paternity of children in certain circumstances; to allow acknowledgments, determinations, and judgments relating to paternity to be set aside in certain circumstances; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to provide remedies,” by amending the title and sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 (MCL 722.1431, 722.1433, 722.1435, 722.1437, 722.1439, 722.1441, 722.1443, and 722.1445), sections 3 and 5 as amended by 2014 PA 376, section 7 as amended by 2014 PA 368, and sections 13 and 15 as amended by 2016 PA 178.
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.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
Substitute H-1 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)
