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MI HB4556

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Kara Hope

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice5/16/2023

Full Bill Text

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