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MI SB0912
Bill
AI Summary
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Replaces "any person" with "an individual" throughout the perjury statute to update language consistency.
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Adds "material" as a requirement, specifying that false statements must concern a material matter or thing to constitute perjury.
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Extends perjury penalties to false declarations in written records signed under penalty of perjury, not just sworn testimony.
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Defines "record" to include information inscribed on tangible mediums or stored in electronic or other retrievable mediums.
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Defines "signed" to include both tangible symbols (traditional signatures) and electronic symbols, sounds, or processes used to authenticate or adopt records.
Legislative Description
Crimes: perjury; requirements for crime of perjury; modify. Amends sec. 423 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.423).
Crimes: perjury
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Civil Rights, Judiciary, And Public Safety
6/12/2024