Bill Text: MI HB4211 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; evidence; testimony of expert witnesses regarding behavior pattern of human trafficking victims; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 462g of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.462g).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-20 - Assigned Pa 53'2017 With Immediate Effect [HB4211 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4211-Chaptered.html
Act No. 53
Public Acts of 2017
Approved by the Governor
June 15, 2017
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 15, 2017
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 13, 2017
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
Introduced by Rep. Lucido
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4211
AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by amending section 462g (MCL 750.462g), as amended by 2014 PA 329.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 462g. (1) The testimony of a victim is not required in a prosecution under this chapter. However, if a victim testifies, that testimony need not be corroborated.
(2) Expert testimony as to the behavioral patterns of human trafficking victims and the manner in which a human trafficking victim’s behavior may deviate from societal expectations is admissible as evidence in court in a prosecution under this chapter if the expert testimony is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence and laws of this state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
