Bill Text: MI HB6441 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Occupations: pawnbrokers; accepting firearms in pawn; prohibit. Amends sec. 229 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.229).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-05 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/28/2026 [HB6441 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2025-HB6441-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 6441

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

by amending section 229 (MCL 750.229).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 229. (1) Any A pawnbroker who shall not accept a pistol firearm in pawn , or any second-hand or junk dealer, as defined in Act No. 350 of the Public Acts of 1917, who shall accept a pistol and or offer or display the same a firearm for resalesale.

(2) A second hand dealer or junk dealer that accepts a firearm shall not offer or display the firearm for sale.

(3) , shall be A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Pawnbroker" means that term as defined in section 3 of 1917 PA 273, MCL 446.203.

(b) "Second hand dealer" and "junk dealer" mean those terms as defined in section 3 of 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.403.