Bill Text: MI HB4211 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; evidence; testimony of expert witnesses regarding behavior pattern of human trafficking victims; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 462g of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.462g).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-20 - Assigned Pa 53'2017 With Immediate Effect [HB4211 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4211-Engrossed.html
HB-4211, As Passed Senate, June 8, 2017
HOUSE BILL No. 4211
February 15, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 462g (MCL 750.462g), as amended by 2014 PA 329.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 462g. (1) The testimony of a victim is not required in a
prosecution under this chapter. However, if a victim testifies,
that testimony need not be corroborated.
(2) Expert testimony as to the behavioral patterns of human
trafficking victims and the manner in which a human trafficking
victim's behavior may deviate from societal expectations is
admissible as evidence in court in a prosecution under this chapter
if the expert testimony is otherwise admissible under the rules of
evidence and laws of this state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
