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• Introduced by Rep. Gino Polidori (D) on April 22, 2009, to ban the sale of brass knuckles to a minor, subject to up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on June 10, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 17, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that creates the same thing as in the Schuitmaker substitute, except that one has some additional "fine tuning". The substitute failed in the House by voice vote on June 17, 2009.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on June 17, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not create a new crime of selling brass knuckles to minors, but expands the current law banning the sale of metalic ("brass") knuckles to include such devices made out of any material, including non-metallic substances. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on June 17, 2009.
• Passed in the House (109 to 1) on June 17, 2009, to expand the current law banning the sale of metalic ("brass") knuckles to include such devices made out of any material, including non-metallic substances. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on June 18, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 18, 2009.