Bill Text: MI HB4339 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: pleas; firearm-related crimes; prohibit prosecuting attorney from amending charges in certain ways. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 222b.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-23 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/23/2023 [HB4339 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4339-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4339
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 222b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 222b. If a prosecuting attorney charges an individual with a violation of this chapter, or any other violation of the laws of this state, a conviction for which would result in the individual being prohibited from possessing a firearm, the prosecuting attorney shall not amend the charge in a manner that would allow the individual to legally possess a firearm if a conviction for the amended charge would not prohibit the individual from possessing a firearm.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
