103rd Legislature (2025 to 2026) · State Senate bill

SB 616

Civil procedure: civil actions; civil actions against certain opioid litigation settlement defendants; prohibit. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 2022 PA 85 (MCL 691.1672 & 691.1673).

In committee Last action July 29, 2026: ASSIGNED PA 0049'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Official bill page and text: legislature.mi.gov

Sponsors 1

Prime sponsor

Sylvia A. Santana

Status

In committee as of July 29, 2026. The 103rd Legislature serves until the 104th convenes on January 13, 2027.

Referred to: House Judiciary, Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 2

July 3, 2026House of Representativespassed; given immediate effect Roll Call #294 Yeas 102 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 2Passed102-6

yes (102) Alexander, Andrews, Aragona, Arbit, BeGole, Beson, Bierlein, Bohnak, Bollin, Borton, Breen, Brixie, Bruck, Byrnes, Carter, B., Carter, T., Cavitt, Coffia, Conlin, DeBoer, DeBoyer, Dievendorf, Edwards, Fairbairn, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Foreman, Fox, Frisbie, Glanville, Grant, Green, P., Greene, J., Hall, Harris, Herzberg, Hoadley, Hope, Hoskins, Jenkins-Arno, Johnsen, Kelly, Koleszar, Kuhn, Kunse, Liberati, Lightner, Linting, Longjohn, MacDonell, Markkanen, Martin, Martus, McFall, McKinney, Meerman, Mentzer, Miller, Morgan, Mueller, Myers-Phillips, Neeley, Neyer, Outman, O’Neal, Paiz, Pavlov, Pohutsky, Posthumus, Prestin, Price, Puri, Rheingans, Rigas, Robinson, Rogers, Roth, Schmaltz, Schuette, Scott, Skaggs, Slagh, Snyder, St. Germaine, Steckloff, Steele, Tate, Thompson, Tisdel, Tsernoglou, VanWoerkom, VanderWall, Wegela, Weiss, Wendzel, Wilson, Witwer, Wooden, Woolford, Wozniak, Xiong, Young

no (6) Carra, DeSana, Maddock, Paquette, Schriver, Wortz

Official roll call

December 2, 2025State SenatePASSED ROLL CALL # 315 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0Passed36-1

yes (36) Albert, Anthony, Bayer, Bellino, Brinks, Bumstead, Camilleri, Cavanagh, Chang, Cherry, Daley, Damoose, Geiss, Hauck, Hertel, Hoitenga, Huizenga, Irwin, Johnson, Klinefelt, Lauwers, McBroom, McCann, McMorrow, Moss, Nesbitt, Outman, Polehanki, Runestad, Santana, Shink, Singh, Theis, Victory, Webber, Wojno

no (1) Lindsey

Official roll call

Timeline 28

Date	Chamber	Action
July 29, 2026	Senate	ASSIGNED PA 0049'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
July 29, 2026	Senate	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE July 23, 2026 11:32 AM
July 29, 2026	Senate	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR July 21, 2026 1:28 PM
July 15, 2026	Senate	PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR July 14, 2026 11:08 AM
July 3, 2026	Senate	ORDERED ENROLLED
July 3, 2026	Senate	FULL TITLE AGREED TO
July 3, 2026	Senate	GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
July 3, 2026	House	returned to Senate
July 3, 2026	House	inserted full title
July 3, 2026	House	passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #294 Yeas 102 Nays 6 Excused 0 Not Voting 2
July 3, 2026	House	read a third time
July 2, 2026	House	placed on third reading
July 2, 2026	House	read a second time
April 15, 2026	House	referred to second reading
April 15, 2026	House	reported with recommendation without amendment
December 2, 2025	House	referred to Committee on Judiciary
December 2, 2025	House	read a first time
December 2, 2025	House	received on December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025	Senate	PASSED ROLL CALL # 315 YEAS 36 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0
December 2, 2025	Senate	PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
December 2, 2025	Senate	RULES SUSPENDED
December 2, 2025	Senate	PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
December 2, 2025	Senate	REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
December 2, 2025	Senate	RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
December 2, 2025	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
December 2, 2025	Senate	REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT November 13, 2025
October 22, 2025	Senate	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
October 22, 2025	Senate	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SYLVIA SANTANA

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: legislature.mi.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.