MI HB4664

Prohibits individuals from blocking, obstructing, or interfering with traffic on public streets or highways without authority, using barricades, objects, devices, or their person

Creates a new misdemeanor offense specifically for blocking a highway while participating in an assembly, punishable by up to 93 days imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000, or both

Current law treats traffic obstruction as a civil infraction; the new provision elevates the penalty to a misdemeanor when the obstruction occurs during an assembly/protest

Maintains existing exemptions for charitable solicitation during daylight hours when organizations carry at least $500,000 in liability insurance and solicitors wear high-visibility apparel

Makes technical changes throughout, replacing "person" with "individual" and updating language from "upon" to "on"