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MI HB5410

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2024

Primary Sponsor

Noah Arbit

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Replaces the crime of "sodomy" with specific offenses of "bestiality" and "sexual conduct or sexual penetration upon a human corpse"

  • Establishes penalties of up to 15 years imprisonment for bestiality or sexual conduct upon a human corpse, or an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of 1 day and maximum of life imprisonment if the offender was a sexually delinquent person at the time of the offense

  • Defines "sexual contact" and "sexual penetration" as conduct described under section 520a committed upon a human corpse

  • Eliminates the requirement to prove emission in prosecutions for bestiality; specifies that any sexual penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment

Legislative Description

Crimes: other; crimes regarding certain sexual conduct; modify. Amends secs. 158 & 159 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.158 & 750.159).

Crimes: criminal sexual conduct

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/30/2024

1/31/2024

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice1/30/2024

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