Bill Text: MI HB4942 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; defenses; defense to criminal sexual conduct charges based solely on mental incapacitation of the victim if the victim is the actor's spouse; repeal. Amends sec. 520l of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520l).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-11)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-12 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/12/2019 [HB4942 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4942-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4942
September 11, 2019, Introduced by Reps.
Pohutsky, Ellison, Koleszar, Hoadley, Kuppa, Rabhi, Sowerby, Elder,
Lasinski, Warren, Pagan, Manoogian, LaGrand, Brixie, Stone, Bolden, Greig,
Hood, Sabo, Mueller, Berman, Calley, Clemente, Garza, Camilleri, Hope,
Garrett, Wittenberg, Cherry, Anthony, Coleman, Liberati, Tyrone Carter,
Neeley, Marino, Yaroch, Haadsma, Peterson, Witwer, Cambensy, Hertel, Byrd,
Cynthia Johnson, Yancey, Chirkun, Kennedy, Gay-Dagnogo, Brenda Carter,
Jones, Sneller, Shannon, Guerra, Tate, Hammoud, Love, Whitsett, Rendon,
Miller, Bellino, O'Malley, Howell and Sheppard and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 520l (MCL 750.520l), as amended by 1988 PA 138.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 520l. A person may be charged and convicted under sections 520b to 520g even though the victim is his or her legal spouse. However, a person may not be charged or convicted solely because his or her legal spouse is under the age of 16 , or mentally incapable. , or mentally incapacitated.
