MI SB1065

Modifies Michigan Penal Code section 223 to clarify penalties for illegal firearm sales, including sales without proper licensing and sales to minors under 18 years of age.

Establishes new prohibition on "straw purchases" where a purchaser buys a firearm on behalf of someone prohibited from possessing firearms, with penalties up to 15 years imprisonment and $50,000 fine.

Adds section 223a creating liability for sellers who illegally sell firearms that are subsequently used to commit felonies, with penalties scaling from 1 year to 20 years imprisonment based on the severity of the crime committed.

Makes sellers of illegally sold firearms civilly liable for financial damages including death resulting from felonies committed with those firearms.

Adds definitions for "straw purchase" and "straw purchaser" to the penal code.