---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; update. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16189."
description: "Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; update. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16189."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 5455"
citation: "Michigan HB 5455 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health occupations: physicians", "State: interstate compacts and agreements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rylee Linting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0f15401-0d4a-4049-a5df-2c00c8dc03d5"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5455"
source_hash: "c9ce23172a447671ba1b30b493b3745f7fe1fbe49917f42461c9cd034a4f76ac"
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 5455 (2025-2026) — Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; update. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16189.

## 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/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2026-HEBH-5455.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2026-HEBS-5455.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billconcurred/House/pdf/2026-HCB-5455.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/pdf/2026-HIB-5455.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0006.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 48 YEAS 31 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #27 Yeas 102 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 6 — **102–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rylee Linting — primary (person)
- Bill Schuette — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- John Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Schmaltz — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Breen — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Green — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Frisbie — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Kunse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** introduced by Representative Rep. Rylee Linting `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** referred to Committee on Health Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** bill electronically reproduced 01/15/2026
- **2026-01-21** reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Rules `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-21** recommendation concurred in
- **2026-01-22** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** referred to second reading
- **2026-02-04** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** placed on third reading
- **2026-02-04** placed on immediate passage
- **2026-02-04** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #27 Yeas 102 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 6 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** transmitted
- **2026-02-11** PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT `passage`
- **2026-02-11** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- **2026-03-24** PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- **2026-03-24** RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- **2026-03-24** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2026-03-24** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2026-03-24** PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- **2026-03-24** PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 48 YEAS 31 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-24** RETURNED TO HOUSE
- **2026-04-14** returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title
- **2026-04-14** full title agreed to
- **2026-04-14** bill ordered enrolled 03/24/2026
- **2026-04-14** presented to the Governor 03/24/2026 03:35 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-14** approved by the Governor 03/26/2026 09:32 AM `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-14** filed with Secretary of State 03/26/2026 11:39 AM
- **2026-04-14** assigned PA 006'26 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0f15401-0d4a-4049-a5df-2c00c8dc03d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).