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MI HB5726

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/7/2016

Primary Sponsor

Jon Hoadley

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Origin

House of Representatives

98th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds prohibition on manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or possessing an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a weapon, including firearms, crossbows, bows, rubber band devices, or any other weapons listed in the statute.

  • Defines "unmanned aerial vehicle" as an aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

  • Establishes penalty of felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, a fine of not more than $2,500, or both for violation.

  • Exempts self-defense spray or foam devices, government contractors manufacturing weapons of war, and persons licensed by the U.S. Treasury Secretary to manufacture or possess prohibited weapons.

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.

Legislative Description

Crimes; weapons; manufacture, sale, possession, or use of an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a weapon; prohibit. Amends sec. 224 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.224).

Weapons: firearms

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/07/2016

6/8/2016

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice6/7/2016

Full Bill Text

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