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MI HB5774

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/4/2024

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Maddock

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Grants immunity from state law liability damages to local government officials, employees, and contractors for actions taken to enforce Michigan Penal Code sections 410d, 410e, 410f (related to abortion) or certain court orders, with exceptions for bad faith, conscious indifference, or recklessness.

  • Requires local governments to indemnify their officials, employees, and contractors for federal law damages, capped at $100,000 per person or $300,000 per occurrence for personal injury/death, and $10,000 for property damage.

  • Provides state officials, employees, and contractors with immunity from state law damages for enforcing the same provisions, with the state required to indemnify them for federal law damages without statutory caps.

  • Requires local governments and the state to reimburse reasonable attorney fees for criminal prosecution defense of officials and employees taking covered enforcement actions.

  • Grants state attorney general representation rights to state officials entitled to indemnification and requires civil actions to be appealed directly to the Michigan Supreme Court.

Legislative Description

Local government: employees and officers; civil immunity and indemnification for certain government officials; provide for. Creates new act.

Local government: liability

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/04/2024

6/5/2024

Committee Referrals

Government Operations6/4/2024

Full Bill Text

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