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MI HB4556
Bill
Status
5/16/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kara Hope
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AI Summary
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Allows incarcerated individuals who have served at least 10 years to petition the sentencing court for a reduction of their sentence, with petitions eligible to be filed after the tenth year of imprisonment begins.
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Requires the Department of Corrections to notify eligible individuals, courts, prosecuting attorneys, and public defense authorities within 30 days after an individual's ninth year of incarceration begins.
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Establishes that courts must set resentencing hearings within 45 days (if petitioner has serious medical conditions or prosecutor files petition), 90 days (if served over 20 years or age 55+), or 180 days (otherwise) after petition filing.
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Prohibits sentence reductions for individuals convicted of mass shooting offenses (3+ counts of first-degree murder from single incident) and provides discretionary denial for certain child sexual abuse and human trafficking-related convictions.
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Creates rebuttable presumptions that sentences must be reduced to time served if medical urgency applies, or reduced by at least 20% if individual poses no meaningful risk to community, with victim notification rights preserved throughout the process.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: sentencing; resentencing upon petition of certain prisoners; provide process for. Amends secs. 12 & 25, ch. IX of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 769.12 & 769.25) & adds secs. 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f, 27g & 27h to ch. IX.
Criminal procedure: sentencing
Last Action
Placed On Third Reading
12/11/2024