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MI HB5226
Bill
Status
10/25/2023
Primary Sponsor
Cynthia Neeley
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AI Summary
HB 5226 Summary
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Amends Michigan's sentencing guidelines (MCL 777.16m) to modify penalties for discharging firearms at dwellings or potentially occupied structures under MCL 750.234b.
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Changes MCL 750.234b(4) from "serious impairment" to "physical injury to a minor" with maximum sentence increased from 20 years to 30 years.
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Adds new MCL 750.234b(6) for discharging firearm causing serious impairment of a minor with 40-year maximum sentence (Class B felony).
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Adds new MCL 750.234b(7) for discharging firearm causing death with life sentence (Class A felony).
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Redesignates former MCL 750.234b(5) (death offense) from Class A to Class B felony with 20-year maximum instead of life sentence.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is contingent on passage of Senate Bill or House Bill 5225.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for intentionally discharging a firearm from a vehicle or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure; amend. Amends sec. 16m, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16m). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5225'23
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/25/2023
10/26/2023