# Michigan SB 0501: Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101'25Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0040'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Michigan SB 0501, Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101'25Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0040'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Sylvia A. Santana (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-29 (ASSIGNED PA 0040'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Michigan SB 0501
- State: Michigan
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101'25Last Action: ASSIGNED PA 0040'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-08-13
- Last action: 2026-07-29, ASSIGNED PA 0040'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Sponsor: Sylvia A. Santana (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health occupations: physical therapists, State: interstate compacts and agreements, State agencies (existing): licensing and regulatory affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (138 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Michigan expands practice access for physical therapists: benefit, medium. Beginning 18 months after enactment, Michigan recognizes physical therapy compact privileges as licensed status for therapists and assistants. Assistants must work under a physical therapist’s supervision. The law ties these changes to enactment of House Bill 4101 of the 103rd Legislature. It also…
- Therapy compact users pay $90 yearly: cost, low. People seeking a Michigan physical therapy compact privilege pay $90 per year. The law also lists regular licensing fees: $20 for application processing and $25 for the jurisprudence exam. Regular licenses cost $90 per year, and limited licenses cost $25 per year. These provisions take effect 18 mo…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sylvia A. Santana (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-03 | House | passed; given immediate effect | pass | 106 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025-09-09 | Senate | PASSED | pass | 32 | 0 | 5 |

## Bill text

- Public Act, 2026-07-22: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0040.pdf)
- As Passed by the House, 2026-07-03: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0501.pdf)
- As Passed by the Senate, 2025-09-09: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0501.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-08-13: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0501.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Public Act (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0040.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0501.pdf)
- [As Passed by the Senate (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0501.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0501.pdf)

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- [HB 6007: Food: service establishments; delegation of certain duties and exemption of cer…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB6007-2025-2026)
- [HB 5485: Natural resources: inland lakes; dam safety regulations; provide for. Amends se…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB5485-2025-2026)
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- [HB 5120: Civil procedure: service of process; cost for service of process for personal p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB5120-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-SB0501-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).