MI State Legislative Update

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Update by

Prof. William Wagner

WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom at SAU

The Great Lakes Justice Center monitors some important legislative bills impacting Christian people in Michigan. You can follow the progress of each bill in the House and Senate by clicking on the appropriate link:

Bills or Resolutions House

HR 0072   (Rep. Wittenberg)

A resolution to declare May 2, 2019, as Holocaust Remembrance Day 

Last Action:

4/18/2019 – HJ 36 Pg. 399 – introduced by Representative Robert Wittenberg

4/18/2019 – HJ 36 Pg. 399 – referred to Committee on Government Operations

5/1/2019 – HJ 41 Pg. 475 – reported with recommendation without amendment

5/2/2019 – HJ 42 Pg. 488 – adopted

HB 4112 of 2019
Liquor; licenses; posting to warn of the potential problems of drinking alcohol during pregnancy; require on premises of retail liquor licensees. Amends 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1101 – 436.2303) by adding sec. 905a.
Last Action: 3/13/2019 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM

HB 4320 of 2019
Health; abortion; partial-birth abortion provision; modify to include dismemberment abortion. Amends sec. 90h of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.90h).
Last Action: 5/7/2019 referred to second reading

HB 4321 of 2019
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for the crime of dismemberment abortion; enact. Amends sec. 16d, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16d). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4320’19
Last Action: 5/7/2019 referred to second reading

HB 4322 of 2019
Health; funding; prohibition for state to contract with providers that offer abortion services; provide for. Amends title & sec. 1 of 2002 PA 360 (MCL 333.1091).
Last Action: 3/13/2019 bill electronically reproduced 03/12/2019

HB 4435 of 2019
Civil rights; speech and assembly; campus free speech act; create. Creates new act.
Last Action: 4/10/2019 bill electronically reproduced 04/09/2019

HB 4436 of 2019
Civil rights; speech and assembly; safeguards for exercise of free speech rights on community college and university campuses; provide for. Creates new act.
Last Action: 4/10/2019 bill electronically reproduced 04/09/2019

HB 4416 of 2019
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for the crime of disclosing confidential information regarding abortion; eliminate. Amends sec. 13k, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13k). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4417’19
Last Action: 4/9/2019 bill electronically reproduced 03/21/2019

HB 4417 of 2019
Health; abortion; additional abortion complication reporting; require. Amends secs. 2835 & 2837 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2835 & 333.2837) & adds sec. 2839.
Last Action: 4/9/2019 bill electronically reproduced 03/21/2019

HB 4664 of 2019
Health; abortion; fetal heartbeat protection act; enact. Creates new act.
Last Action: 5/24/2019 bill electronically reproduced 05/23/2019

HB 4665 of 2019
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of performing an abortion without testing for a fetal heartbeat, performing an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, and performing an abortion without obtaining informed consent after a fetal heartbeat is detected; create. Amends sec. 13k, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13k). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4664’19
Last Action: 5/24/2019 bill electronically reproduced 05/23/2019

Bills or Resolutions Senate

SB 0165 of 2019
Health; abortion; pain-capable unborn child protection act; enact. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 – 750.568) by adding sec. 325.
Last Action: 3/5/2019 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES\

SB 0229 of 2019
Health; abortion; partial-birth abortion provision; modify to include dismemberment abortion. Amends sec. 90h of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.90h).
Last Action:

5/14/2019 – SJ 46 Pg. 466 – PASSED ROLL CALL # 63 YEAS 22 NAYS 16

5/14/2019 HJ 46 Pg. 549 received on 05/14/2019

5/14/2019      HJ 46 Pg. 549 read a first time

5/14/2019 HJ 46 Pg. 549 referred to Committee on Judiciary

SB 0230 of 2019
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for the crime of dismemberment abortion; enact. Amends sec. 16d, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16d). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0229’19
Last Action:

5/14/2019 – SJ 46 Pg. 467 – PASSED ROLL CALL # 64 YEAS 22 NAYS 16

5/14/2019 – HJ 46 Pg. 549 – received on 05/14/2019

5/14/2019 – HJ 46 Pg. 549 – read a first time

5/14/2019 – HJ 46 Pg. 549 – referred to Committee on Judiciary

About the Author

Prof. William Wagner
WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom at SAU
Professor Wagner holds the WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom at Spring Arbor University. He has a special interest in building and preserving environments where Christians may share the Good News of Jesus, free from persecution and oppression.

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