Bill
HR 114
Designates May 22, 2025 as Stop the Bleed Day in Michigan to raise awareness, encourage bystander bleeding-control training, and promote kits in public places (non-binding).
Status: Adopted (resolution)
Introduced: January 3, 2025
Primary sponsor (Michigan version): Rep. Mike Harris
Adopted by House: May 22, 2025 (House Adopted Resolution text lists Reps. Harris, Alexander, Dievendorf, Fox, Glanville, Longjohn, MacDonell, Rheingans, Rigas, and Rogers)
Note: The consolidated source provided includes several unrelated "H.R. 114" texts from other states and jurisdictions. This summary focuses on the Michigan House resolution that declares May 22, 2025, as Stop the Bleed Day in Michigan.
Purpose and intent
- To designate May 22, 2025, as "Stop the Bleed Day" in the state of Michigan.
- To raise public awareness about bleeding control measures and encourage Michiganders to receive training, be equipped, and be prepared to act as immediate responders to life‑threatening hemorrhage.
Key provisions
- Ceremonial declaration: The resolution proclaims May 22, 2025, as Stop the Bleed Day in Michigan.
- Education and awareness emphasis: It highlights the national Stop the Bleed campaign’s goals to educate the public about bleeding control techniques (direct pressure, tourniquet use) and to encourage training of bystanders.
- Encourages adoption of bleeding control kits: The text supports efforts to encourage public places to equip bleeding control kits and for citizens to be trained and empowered to intervene before professional responders arrive.
- Cites public‑health rationale and statistics: The resolution notes that trauma kills more than 240,000 people annually (including being the leading cause of death for people under 44) and that uncontrolled bleeding in the minutes before responders arrive is a common preventable cause of death.
Who is affected
- General public in Michigan: Residents and bystanders who might receive training or act in bleeding emergencies.
- Volunteer and community groups, schools, workplaces, and owners/operators of public venues encouraged to consider training programs and bleeding control kits.
- First responders and public health educators: the resolution reinforces and supports their public education mission but does not alter their statutory duties.
Procedural and legal characteristics
- Type: House resolution (ceremonial/recognition) — non‑binding, does not create new law, programs, or funding.
- Legislative action: Introduced and subsequently adopted by the Michigan House; enrolled and presented per House procedures.
- No appropriation or regulatory change: The resolution does not appropriate funds, mandate training, or create enforcement mechanisms.
Practical impact
- Raises profile of Stop the Bleed initiatives in Michigan and may spur voluntary adoption of training and bleed‑control kits by schools, businesses, and local governments.
- Any broader operational or funding responses (e.g., statewide training programs or subsidized kits) would require separate legislation or executive/agency action.
Related measures
- A companion HCR 118 is noted in the source materials (context not specified here).
Bottom line: H.R. 114 is a ceremonial Michigan House resolution declaring May 22, 2025, as Stop the Bleed Day to promote public education on bleeding control. It intends to encourage community training and wider availability of bleeding control kits but does not by itself create mandates or funding.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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