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MI HB5703

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Phil Green

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Michigan's Code of Criminal Procedure to update sentencing guidelines for moving violations causing death in work zones by adding "road workers performing road work" as a protected category alongside work zones and school bus zones.

  • Classifies the offense of causing death to a road worker through a moving violation as a Class C felony in the "Person" crime category with a statutory maximum of 15 years imprisonment.

  • Links this bill to companion legislation HB 5702 and HB 5704, requiring all three bills to be enacted for this amendatory act to take effect.

  • Modifies section 12e of Chapter XVII (MCL 777.12e), which covers felonies related to Michigan vehicle code violations including fleeing and eluding, signal preemption device offenses, and failure to stop at accident scenes.

Legislative Description

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for injuring or causing death to individual in a work zone; provide for. Amends sec. 12e, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.12e). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5702'26, HB 5704'26

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/10/2026

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/10/2026

Full Bill Text

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