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MI SB0972
Bill
Status
7/30/2024
Primary Sponsor
Sylvia Santana
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AI Summary
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Increases parole board membership from 10 to 13 members, with deadline of January 1, 2024 for director to appoint the 3 additional members.
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Creates new section 35a establishing parole eligibility for prisoners convicted of first-degree murder under felony-murder theory before November 4, 1980, after serving 40 years of their life sentence.
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Adds section 83a requiring the Department of Corrections to provide reentry housing for prisoners granted parole under section 35a who lack available housing.
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Makes technical corrections replacing gendered language with neutral terms throughout parole provisions.
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Takes effect only if Senate Bill No. 971 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Corrections: parole; consideration of parole for certain individuals sentenced before 1980; require. Amends secs. 31a, 33, 33b & 34 of 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.231a et seq.) & adds secs. 35a & 83a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0971'24
Corrections: parole
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Civil Rights, Judiciary, And Public Safety
7/30/2024