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MI HB6212
Bill
Status
9/15/2020
Primary Sponsor
Pauline Wendzel
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AI Summary
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Amends Michigan's criminal sentencing guidelines to allow courts discretion in scoring a new "offense variable 32" for substance use disorder treatment.
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Courts may reduce a defendant's offense variable score by up to 10 points if the defendant is actively receiving substance use disorder treatment or presents strong evidence of taking significant action to address substance use disorder issues.
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Offense variable 32 applies to all crimes where applicable and must be scored after all other offense variables (1-20) have been scored.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; scoring of offense variable; allow modification based on substance use disorder treatment. Amends sec. 22, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.22) & adds sec. 49m to ch. XVII.
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/15/2020
9/16/2020