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MI HB5456
Bill
Status
10/21/2021
Primary Sponsor
Mike Mueller
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AI Summary
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Amends Michigan's sentencing guidelines to add offense variable 24, which allows courts to reduce a defendant's offense variable score based on voluntary restitution payments.
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Permits a reduction of up to 5 points if the defendant attests under penalty of perjury to their financial condition and makes substantial effort to pay restitution based on their financial abilities.
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Permits a reduction of up to 10 points if the defendant has provided complete restitution to all victims owed restitution.
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Caps the total reduction from offense variables 24, 27, 29, 30, 32, and 34 combined at no more than 2 offense variable levels on the applicable sentencing grid.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; scoring of offense variable; allow modifications based on voluntary efforts to pay restitution. Amends sec. 22, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.22) & adds sec. 49e to ch. XVII.
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/21/2021
10/26/2021