HB 5865 Summary

• Amends Michigan's sentencing guidelines (MCL 777.16x) to add and modify felony offense classifications under Chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

• Removes language limiting withholding evidence offense to crimes "punishable by more than 10 years" (MCL 750.483a(2)(b)), making the offense applicable more broadly with a 10-year statutory maximum.

• Adds MCL 750.488a (willfully failing to collect or appropriating register of deeds fees) as a Class F felony with a 3-year statutory maximum.

• Makes technical corrections to offense descriptions, including removing slash marks in descriptions for public records removal/mutilation/destruction and other crime classifications.

• Contains an enacting clause making the bill effective only if related legislation (Senate Bill or House Bill No. ____ from the 98th Legislature, request no. 04707'15) is enacted into law.