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MI HB4596
Bill
Status
9/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Wortz
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AI Summary
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Extends the timeline for dismissing charges against defendants found incompetent to stand trial to the later of 15 months after the initial incompetency determination OR 15 months after admission to a state treatment facility for competency restoration
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Modifies the maximum duration of competency treatment orders to 15 months from the date of admission to a state facility (rather than from the incompetency determination), or 1/3 of the maximum possible sentence, whichever is lesser
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Expands prosecutors' ability to refile charges after dismissal due to incompetency from only life imprisonment cases to all felony cases, with no time limit for refiling
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Retains the existing time-limited refiling provision for misdemeanor charges (within a period equal to 1/3 of the maximum possible sentence)
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: other; dismissal of charges against a defendant determined incompetent to stand trial; revise. Amends secs. 1034 & 1044 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.2034 & 330.2044).
Criminal procedure: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Civil Rights, Judiciary, And Public Safety
9/29/2025