Bill Text: MI HB5637 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Corrections; other; placement of youth under 18 with adults during confinement, trial, or transport; prohibit. Amends sec. 139 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.139).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-11-28 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5637 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5637-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5637
February 22, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Gay-Dagnogo, Singh and Yancey and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 139 (MCL 750.139), as amended by 1998 PA 510.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
139. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a A child
under
16 18 years of age while under arrest, confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime , shall must
not be placed in any an
apartment
or cell of any a prison or place of confinement with any
adult
1 or more adults who is are under arrest,
confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime, or be permitted to remain in any court
room
during the trial of adults, or be
transported in any a vehicle
of
transportation in company used
to transport inmates with adults
charged with or convicted of a crime.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to prisoners being
transported
to or from, or confined in a youth correctional
facility
operated by the department of corrections or a private
vendor
under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g.
(2) (3)
All cases involving the commitment
or trial of
children
under 16 18 years of age for any crime or misdemeanor,
before
any court, shall must be heard and determined by the court
at
a suitable time, to be designated by it, designated by the
court, separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases.
(3) (4)
Any A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October
1, 2018.
