Bill Text: MI HB5318 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 5318

Introduced

Bill Title: Corrections: jails; persons authorized to visit in solitary imprisonment; expand to include clerics. Amends sec. 3 of 1846 RS 171 (MCL 801.3).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-17 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HB5318 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-HB5318-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 5318

November 09, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Steckloff and Arbit and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1846 RS 171, entitled

"Of county jails and the regulation thereof,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 801.3).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 3. (1) No intercourse shall be is allowed with any a convict in solitary imprisonment, except for the conveyance of food and other necessary purposes, unless some minister of the gospel shall be disposed to visit him, in the manner hereinafter provided.and for visitation by a cleric as provided in this act.

(2) As used in this section, "cleric" means a minister, priest, rabbi, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or other similar functionary of a religious organization, or an individual reasonably believed by the convict to be a functionary of a religious organization.