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MI HB6520

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

11/29/2022

Primary Sponsor

David LaGrand

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Permits visits from clerics to incarcerated individuals in solitary confinement, in addition to food delivery and other necessary purposes
  • Defines "cleric" to include ministers, priests, rabbis, accredited Christian Science practitioners, and other similar functionaries of religious organizations
  • Allows visits from individuals reasonably believed by the incarcerated person to be religious functionaries
  • Modernizes language in the statute by replacing "shall be" with "is" and updating references to "minister of the gospel" with the broader "cleric" definition
  • Applies to county jails under the regulation established in 1846 RS 171 (MCL 801.3)

Legislative Description

Corrections: jails; persons authorized to visit in solitary imprisonment; include minister of the gospel. Amends sec. 3 of 1846 RS 171 (MCL 801.3).

Civil rights: religious discrimination

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/30/2022

11/30/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary11/29/2022

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