Bill Text: MI HB4698 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Crimes: penalties; penalties for falsely pulling an active shooter alarm in a public place; provide for. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 499.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-07-01 - Assigned Pa 155'22 With Immediate Effect [HB4698 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB4698-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 155

Public Acts of 2022

Approved by the Governor

July 19, 2022

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 19, 2022

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 17, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state of michigan

101st Legislature

Regular session of 2022

Introduced by Reps. Albert and Calley

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4698

AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 499.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 499. (1) A person who knowingly and willfully raises a false active shooter alarm in a public place, including, but not limited to, a school, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year and a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

(2) As used in this section, “active shooter alarm” means an alarm system that is designed to alert individuals inside that place that there is an active shooter on or near the premises, including an alarm system that when activated locks doors, informs local law enforcement of the active shooter, flashes a blue light, or broadcasts a message inside the place indicating the presence of an active shooter.

 

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

Clerk of the House of Representatives

 

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor