Bill Text: MI HB4966 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Torts; liability; liability protections for reporting of suspicious activity or behavior; provide for. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/14/2017 [HB4966 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4966-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4966

 

 

September 14, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Glenn and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to limit liability for the reporting of suspicious

 

activity or behavior.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "see

 

something say something act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act, "report of suspicious activity or

 

behavior" means a communication to a law enforcement agency or

 

other appropriate authority of the behavior or activity of another

 

individual that is made with the reasonable belief that the

 

behavior or activity constitutes, or is in furtherance of, a crime

 

or act of terrorism.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) An individual who in good faith makes a report of

 

suspicious activity or behavior is immune from civil and criminal

 

liability that arises out of the making of the report.

 

     (2) This section does not apply if the individual

 

intentionally makes the report knowing it to be false or if the

 

individual makes the report with reckless disregard for the truth

 

of the report.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.