Bill Text: MI SB0588 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure; defenses; affirmative defense for victims of human trafficking; provide for in certain criminal prosecution. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21d to ch. VIII.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-12 - Referred To Committee On Criminal Justice [SB0588 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0588-Engrossed.html

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SB-0588, As Passed Senate, December 12, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

(MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 21d to chapter VIII.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER VIII

 

     Sec. 21d. It is an affirmative defense in a prosecution for a

 

violation of chapter LXVII of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328,

 

MCL 750.448 to 750.462, that the defendant committed the offense as

 

a result of being or having been a victim of human trafficking

 

under chapter LXVIIA of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL

 

750.462a to 750.462j.