Bill Text: MI SB0527 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Human services; foster parents; weapon requirements for foster parents; modify. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8b.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-11-09 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0527 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0527-Engrossed.html
SB-0527, As Passed Senate, November 8, 2017
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 527
A bill to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled
"Foster care and adoption services act,"
(MCL 722.951 to 722.960) by adding section 8b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8b. (1) A person who may lawfully possess a firearm under
state law may possess the firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or
ammunition while on the premises of a foster home in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a person
described in subsection (1) who possesses a firearm or ammunition
while on the premises of a foster home must store the firearm and
ammunition in a locked secure storage container except in the
following circumstances:
(a) If the firearm or ammunition is used for a lawful purpose,
which may include, but is not limited to, an educational or
recreational purpose, hunting, the defense of a person or property,
or cleaning or servicing the firearm.
(b) If the firearm or ammunition is inoperable and solely
ornamental.
(3) A person who is authorized to possess a firearm on the
premises of a foster home under subsection (1) may carry a firearm
on his or her person while in the presence of a foster child,
including, but not limited to, while operating or riding in or upon
a motor vehicle, if the person does both of the following:
(a) Carries the firearm in a manner that ensures that the
firearm is, at all times, in the control of an adult who may
lawfully possess the firearm or ammunition.
(b) Returns the firearm to a locked storage container when the
firearm is on the premises of the foster home or in the presence of
a foster child and is not being carried on his or her person in
accordance with this subsection or being used for a lawful purpose.
(4) A supervising agency and the employees of the supervising
agency are immune from civil or criminal liability for an injury
resulting from the use of a firearm or ammunition that is stored on
the premises of a foster home or is carried by a provider of foster
care or any other person who resides in a foster home.
(5) Nothing in this section bars a foster child or authorizes
a supervising agency to bar a foster child from lawful possession
of a firearm for a hunting, educational, or recreational purpose
while the foster child is in the presence of an adult who may
lawfully possess a firearm.
(6) In accordance with section 1b of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421b,
a supervising agency shall not require a foster parent to provide
the supervising agency with confidential firearm information,
including serial numbers, registration documents, and licensing
documents.
(7) A party subject to the provisions of this section must
comply with all other state and federal statutes regarding firearms
or ammunition.
(8) As used in this section:
(a) "Foster child" means a child placed outside of his or her
home for foster care or adoption services under the care and
supervision of a supervising agency.
(b) "Foster home" means a foster family home or a foster
family group home as those terms are defined in section 1 of 1973
PA 116, MCL 722.111.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
