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MI HB4649
Bill
Status
6/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Penelope Tsernoglou
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AI Summary
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Revises Michigan's criminal sentencing guidelines to include "companion animals" as victims for scoring offense variable 1 (aggravated use of a weapon)
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Assigns 15 points when a firearm is discharged at a companion animal or the animal is cut/stabbed with a knife or cutting weapon
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Assigns 10 points when a companion animal is subjected to harmful biological, chemical, or radioactive substances/devices, or incendiary/explosive devices
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Assigns 5 points when a companion animal is touched by any other type of weapon
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Contingent on passage of HB 4646, which would establish the underlying animal cruelty offenses this sentencing enhancement would apply to
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crimes against animals; revise. Amends sec. 31, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.31). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4646'25
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2025
6/17/2025