HB 4225 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Education: safety; OK2SAY program contact information; require inclusion on certain student identification cards. Amends title & secs. 3 & 5 of 2020 PA 211 (MCL 380.1893 & 380.1895).

HB 4225 requires public schools serving grades 6-12 to include a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline number and contact information for Michigan's OK2SAY program (a confidential student safety reporting system) on student identification cards starting July 1, 2026. Nonpublic schools serving the same grades are encouraged to do the same. The bill amends Michigan's "Save our Students Act" to mandate this inclusion, ensuring students have immediate access to mental health resources and safety reporting tools. It applies to all public school districts, public school academies, and intermediate school districts, with liability protections for schools that comply.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Substitute (H-1) → As Passed by the House · 2 edits · May 14, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reformatted and slightly edited to fix typos and improve readability, but the core policy requirements remain unchanged. The law mandates that public schools provide suicide prevention hotline numbers on student ID cards starting one year after the bill takes effect, and requires nonpublic schools to do the same starting July 1, 2026. It also requires schools to display suicide prevention materials in specific locations and grants immunity to school officials who fail to include these resources.

Scope change

No change in scope; the bill applies to the same entities (public school districts, academies, and nonpublic schools offering grades 6-12) as the original version.

TECHNICAL

Corrected typos and formatting errors, such as changing 'peoplE' to 'people' and 'michigan' to 'Michigan', and renumbering subsections for clarity.

Adjusted phrasing in the immunity clause to clarify that both board members and their designees are protected from liability if they fail to include hotline information on ID cards.

Floor votes · House May 14, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

May 20, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

upper

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #107 Yeas 99 Nays 7 Excused 0 Not Voting 4

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

substitute (H-1) adopted

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

referred to second reading

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

reported with recommendation without amendment

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

referred to Committee on Education and Workforce

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced

introduced by Representative Rep. Donni Steele

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors