January 31, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Iden, Runestad, Barrett, Glenn, Lucido, Kesto and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 411x.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 411x. (1) A detainee or prisoner in a holding cell,
holding center, lockup, jail, or state correctional facility who
throws or attempts to throw any bodily material on any individual
performing his or her duties as a peace officer, corrections
officer, parole officer, or probation officer in that holding cell,
holding center, lockup, jail, or state correctional facility, or
who otherwise causes or attempts to cause any individual performing
his or her duties as a peace officer, corrections officer, parole
officer, or probation officer in that holding cell, holding center,
lockup, jail, or state correctional facility to come into contact
with any bodily material, is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than
$2,000.00, or both.
(2) This section does not prohibit the person from being
charged with, convicted of, and sentenced for any other violation
of law in lieu of being charged with, convicted of, and sentenced
for a violation of this section.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Bodily material" means blood, urine, saliva, or feces.
(b) "Holding cell", "holding center", "lockup", "jail", and
"state correctional facility" mean those terms as defined in
section 62 of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL
791.262.