Bill Text: MI HB4827 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: pleas; felony firearm crimes; prohibit pleading charge down. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 222b.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/15/2023 [HB4827 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4827-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4827
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 222b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 222b. If a prosecuting attorney charges an individual with a violation of this chapter, or any other violation of the laws of this state, a conviction for which would result in the individual being prohibited from possessing a firearm, the prosecuting attorney shall not amend the charge in a manner that would allow the individual to legally possess a firearm if a conviction for the amended charge would not prohibit the individual from possessing a firearm.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
