HB 6017 Summary

• Amends multiple sections of the Michigan Penal Code to add "Except as provided in section 1m of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, MCL 769.1m" language before life sentences without parole provisions, addressing the U.S. Supreme Court's Miller v. Alabama decision regarding mandatory life sentences for juveniles.

• Modifies penalty provisions in sections covering drug/medicine adulteration (Sec. 16-18), harmful biological/chemical/radioactive devices (Sec. 200i), explosives (Sec. 204, 207, 210), incendiary devices/Molotov cocktails (Sec. 211a), first-degree murder (Sec. 316), poisoning (Sec. 436), and criminal sexual conduct (Sec. 520b) to include the prospective application language while maintaining existing sentencing tiers.

• Updates criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (Sec. 520b) to change the age threshold for mandatory minimum 25-year sentences from 17 years old to 18 years old for offenders against victims under 13 years of age.

• Adds terrorism statute provisions (Sec. 543f) with mandatory life without parole only when death results from the terrorist act, subject to the same prospective application limitations.