Bill Text: MI HR0012 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to declare January 2025 as National Stalking Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-28 - Adopted [HR0012 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HR0012-Enrolled.html
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 12
Reps. Byrnes, Andrews, Miller, MacDonell, Liberati Jr., Tsernoglou, Foreman, Longjohn, Skaggs, McFall, Wooden, Glanville, Dievendorf, Morgan, Rheingans, T. Carter, Grant, Farhat, Arbit, B. Carter, Rogers, Scott, Price, Martus, Conlin, O'Neal, Neeley, Hope, Brixie, Young, Breen, Koleszar, Xiong, Phillips, Herzberg, Wilson, Hoskins, Witwer, Weiss, McKinney and Paiz offered the following resolution:
A resolution to declare January 2025 as National Stalking Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
Whereas, Under the laws of all fifty states, the U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, and federal government, stalking is a crime; and
Whereas, Michigan law defines ?stalking? as the willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested; and
Whereas, Six to seven and a half million people are stalked in a one-year period in the United States and the majority of victims are stalked by someone they know. Furthermore, 3 in 4 women killed by an intimate partner have been stalked by that intimate partner; and
Whereas, Many stalking victims lose time from work and experience serious psychological distress and lost productivity at a much higher rate than the general population. Many stalking victims are forced to protect themselves by relocating, changing their identities, changing jobs, and obtaining protection orders; and
Whereas, More victims are stalked using technology?such as phone calls, text messages, social media platforms, internet posts, emails, and electronic tracking?than not using any technology; and
Whereas, According to the Michigan State Police's Incident Crime Report, 18,000 incidents of stalking/intimidation were reported to law enforcement in 2022; and
Whereas, Stalking awareness advocates join forces with victim service providers, criminal justice officials, and concerned citizens throughout the state of Michigan to achieve their mission of providing education and resources on the crime of stalking; now, therefore, be it?
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare January 2025 as National Stalking Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We applaud the efforts of victim service providers, police officers, prosecutors, national and community organizations, and private sector supporters for their efforts in promoting awareness about stalking.
