---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: suicide; suicide prevention commission; provide for. Creates new act."
description: "Health: suicide; suicide prevention commission; provide for. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Michigan SB 228 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health: suicide", "Legislature: legislative agencies", "State agencies (existing): health and human services", "State agencies (existing): state police", "State agencies (existing): military and veterans affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe32a13c-e7cd-49e8-bbc2-6479faf797cc"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0228"
source_hash: "8c38e89c60e7791de5f80503dd98e57995ba4e23c537246558c49736b10f91ef"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 228 (2019-2020) — Health: suicide; suicide prevention commission; provide for. Creates new act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBH-0228.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2019-SEBS-0228.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/htm/2019-PA-0177.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2019-SCB-0228.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2019-SIB-0228.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 234 Yeas 97 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 — **98–10** (pass) · lower
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 349 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 57 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam Hollier — cosponsor (person)
- Betty Jean Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Hertel — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Runestad — cosponsor (person)
- Michael MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Wojno — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Lucido — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JIM RUNESTAD `introduction`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 57 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** received on 05/08/2019 `introduction`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Health Policy `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-1) `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-2) adopted and amended
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-3) adopted
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 234 Yeas 97 Nays 11 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 `passage`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** title amended
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2019-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-3) CONCURRED IN
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 349 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 1
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** TITLE AMENDMENT AGREED TO
- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/13/2019 01:15 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/20/2019 11:52 AM `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/20/2019 01:22 PM
- **2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0177'19 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe32a13c-e7cd-49e8-bbc2-6479faf797cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).