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MI HB4431
Bill
Status
4/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
Noah Arbit
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AI Summary
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Removes the prohibition on "crime against nature" or sodomy between consenting adults by eliminating language criminalizing sexual acts "with mankind"
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Retains criminal penalties for bestiality (sexual acts with animals): felony punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment, or indeterminate sentence with minimum 1 day and maximum life if offender was a sexually delinquent person at time of offense
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Changes prosecution standard for bestiality cases to require only proof of sexual penetration, however slight, without need to prove emission
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Updates statutory language for gender-neutral terminology ("individual" instead of "person," "is" instead of "shall")
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Crimes: other; crime of sodomy between consenting adults; eliminate. Amends secs. 158 & 159 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.158 & 750.159).
Crimes: criminal sexual conduct
Last Action
Placed On Third Reading
12/11/2024