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MI HB4231
Bill
Status
2/24/2015
Primary Sponsor
Holly Hughes
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AI Summary
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Adds subsection (10) to establish no statute of limitations for indictments charging criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (MCL 750.520b) against individuals under 18 years of age, regardless of whether previous limitation periods had expired.
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Modifies subsection (9) to clarify that statutes of limitations extensions and tolling apply only to violations where the limitations period had not expired when the extension or tolling took effect, with an exception for subsection (1) crimes.
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Maintains existing no-time-limit indictment provisions for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder, and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (subsection 1).
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Preserves existing extended statutes of limitations for human trafficking violations (25 years under "Theresa Flores's Law"), sexual abuse crimes with DNA evidence provisions (10 years or until victim's 21st birthday), and kidnapping/assault offenses (10 years, or 10 years after identification if reported within 1 year).
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Retains standard 6-year statute of limitations for most other felonies and 10-year limits for property crimes involving real property fraud.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; statute of limitations extension for first degree criminal sexual conduct against a child; make retroactive. Amends sec. 24, ch. VII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 767.24).
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Printed Bill Filed 02/25/2015
2/25/2015