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

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Bill Title: Crimes; homicide; death penalty for first degree murder of a peace officer or corrections officer while in the line of duty; permit. Amends sec. 46, art. IV of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SJRG Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SJRG-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION G

 

 

February 4, 2015, Introduced by Senators SMITH, MEEKHOF and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 46 of article IV, to

 

permit the death penalty in cases of the first degree murder of a

 

peace officer or a corrections officer under certain circumstances.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to permit the death penalty in cases of the

 

first degree murder of a peace officer or corrections officer under

 

certain circumstances, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the

 

people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 46. No law shall be enacted providing for the penalty of

 

death, except that the death penalty is permitted in cases of the

 

first degree murder of a peace officer or a corrections officer

 

while the peace officer or corrections officer is engaged in his or

 

her duties as a peace officer or corrections officer.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.