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MI HB4701

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/22/2021

Primary Sponsor

Gary Howell

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds new definition of "other bodily fluid" to include oral fluid or saliva capable of revealing controlled substances or their metabolites, expanding chemical testing methods beyond blood, breath, and urine.

  • Modifies sections 319b, 625a, 625c, and 625g to reference "other bodily fluid" alongside existing blood, breath, and urine testing options for DUI/impairment investigations.

  • Authorizes peace officers to request preliminary chemical breath analysis or oral fluid field tests from commercial motor vehicle operators and establishes refusal as a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days imprisonment or $100 fine.

  • Allows test results from other bodily fluids to be admissible as evidence in criminal and civil proceedings to demonstrate alcohol or controlled substance presence, with the same presumptions as existing blood, breath, and urine tests.

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.

Legislative Description

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; methods of testing intoxication or impairment in the Michigan vehicle code; expand to include other bodily fluid. Amends secs. 319b, 625a, 625c & 625g of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.319b et seq.) & adds sec. 36d.

Traffic control: traffic regulation

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/22/2021

4/27/2021

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/22/2021

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