republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2021-2022/sb-995.md

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Bill	Civil procedure: civil actions; civil lawsuits related to opioids; prohibit. Creates new act.	Civil procedure: civil actions; civil lawsuits related to opioids; prohibit. Creates new act.	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2021-2022	SB 995	Michigan SB 995 (2021-2022)	bill	Civil procedure: civil actions Controlled substances: opioids	enacted	Betty Jean Alexander	4	25	2	2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c05018e8-7544-4e91-bad5-be3151bca78d	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0995	421f9f94b26626b677b13812f912247d9f2106aaadedb8e86213623f11daf1e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan SB 995 (2021-2022) — Civil procedure: civil actions; civil lawsuits related to opioids; prohibit. 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
2. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSED ROLL CALL # 134 YEAS 33 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 210 Yeas 97 Nays 7 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 — 97–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Betty Jean Alexander — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BETTY JEAN ALEXANDER introduction
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT committee-passage
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE referral-committee
• 2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) committee-passage
• 2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
• 2022-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED ROLL CALL # 134 YEAS 33 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 5 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 received on 04/21/2022 introduction
• 2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation without amendment committee-passage
• 2022-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 placed on immediate passage
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 210 Yeas 97 Nays 7 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 passage
• 2022-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Senate
• 2022-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2022-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2022-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 05/17/2022 11:43 AM executive-receipt
• 2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 05/19/2022 10:56 AM executive-signature
• 2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 05/19/2022 11:44 AM
• 2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 ASSIGNED PA 0085'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c05018e8-7544-4e91-bad5-be3151bca78d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).