Bill Text: MI HB6159 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because he or she was a victim of human trafficking; establish. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21d to ch. VIII.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2018 [HB6159 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB6159-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6159
June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Cochran, Sabo, Chang, Lasinski, Guerra, Brinks, Geiss, Greig, Green, Pagan, Yancey, Gay-Dagnogo, Wittenberg, Rabhi and Jones and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled
"The code of criminal procedure,"
(MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 21d to chapter VIII.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER VIII
Sec. 21d. (1) It is an affirmative defense in a prosecution
for a felony or misdemeanor violation of a law of this state that
the defendant committed the offense as a result of being or having
been a victim of human trafficking under chapter LXVIIA of the
Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.462a to 750.462h.
(2) The defendant bears the burden of proving the defense
under subsection (1) by a preponderance of the evidence.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.