Bill Text: MI HB5808 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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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: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-20 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5808 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5808-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5808

 

 

September 7, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Criminal 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.