---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: other; doula scholarship fund; create. Creates new act."
description: "Health: other; doula scholarship fund; create. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 5826"
citation: "Michigan HB 5826 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health: education", "Health: other", "Health: planning", "State agencies (existing): health and human services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mai Xiong"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-06-18"
last_action: "2024-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8767799-45f2-42a7-b8bf-28d71bc22eb5"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-HB-5826"
source_hash: "54820b15beba5b38c5d82a74f1d3d7764e6dbcd528638e6aabfc93975d1b5a80"
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 HB 5826 (2023-2024) — Health: other; doula scholarship fund; create. 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2024-HEBH-5826.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2024-HEBS-5826.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/House/pdf/2024-HCB-5826.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/pdf/2024-HIB-5826.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0256.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-HCVBS-5826-00B717.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-1) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-HCVBS-5826-0B7318.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-1) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-HCVBS-5826-00C719.pdf)
9. **Substitute (S-1) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-HCVBS-5826-00D420.pdf)
10. **Substitute (S-1) - 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2024-HCVBS-5826-0Q2326.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 424 YEAS 22 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **4–8** (fail) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 296 Yeas 58 Nays 52 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 — **58–52** (pass) · lower
- roll call Roll Call # 401 Yeas 56 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **56–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mai Xiong — primary (person)
- Amos O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Rheingans — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Neeley — cosponsor (person)
- Donavan McKinney — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Byrnes — cosponsor (person)
- Felicia Brabec — cosponsor (person)
- Kristian Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon MacDonell — cosponsor (person)
- William Bruck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** introduced by Representative Mai Xiong `introduction`
- **2024-06-18** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2024-06-18** referred to Committee on Health Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** bill electronically reproduced 06/20/2024
- **2024-06-27** rule suspended
- **2024-06-27** motion to discharge committee approved
- **2024-06-27** placed on second reading
- **2024-06-27** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** placed on third reading
- **2024-06-27** placed on immediate passage
- **2024-06-27** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 296 Yeas 58 Nays 52 Excused 0 Not Voting 0 `passage`
- **2024-06-27** transmitted
- **2024-07-30** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2024-07-30** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-27** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-17** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-30** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-30** SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-10-30** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1)
- **2024-12-03** PASSED ROLL CALL # 424 YEAS 22 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-12-03** RETURNED TO HOUSE
- **2024-12-03** returned from Senate with substitute (S-1)
- **2024-12-03** laid over one day under the rules
- **2024-12-10** Senate substitute (S-1) concurred in
- **2024-12-10** roll call Roll Call # 401 Yeas 56 Nays 51 Excused 0 Not Voting 3
- **2024-12-10** bill ordered enrolled
- **2024-12-31** presented to the Governor 01/08/2025 02:24 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-31** approved by the Governor 01/21/2025 01:30 PM `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-31** filed with Secretary of State 01/21/2025 02:24 PM
- **2024-12-31** assigned PA 256'24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8767799-45f2-42a7-b8bf-28d71bc22eb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).