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MI HB4776

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

8/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brad Paquette

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends the definition of "conversion therapy" in Michigan's mental health code to allow mental health professionals to provide practices or treatments that seek to change a minor's gender identity
  • Narrows the prohibition on conversion therapy to only cover practices seeking to change sexual orientation, removing gender identity from the protected categories
  • Changes terminology from "same gender" to "same sex" when describing sexual orientation in the conversion therapy definition
  • Explicitly adds "any practice or treatment by a mental health professional that seeks to change an individual's gender identity" to the list of exceptions that do not constitute prohibited conversion therapy
  • Makes various technical language updates throughout the section, replacing gendered pronouns with gender-neutral alternatives (e.g., "his or her" to "the individual's")

Legislative Description

Mental health: children; conversion therapy; allow. Amends sec. 100a of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1100a).

Mental health: other

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/20/2025

8/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Operations8/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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