Public Act 318 of 2010

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• Introduced by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R) on January 29, 2009, to create an explicit crime of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”) punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, authorize damages of up to $250,000 a day, and provide immunity to internet service providers or “interactive computer services” who remove or disable access to an internet domain name based on a good faith belief that it is being used for “phishing”.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 29, 2009.
    • Reported in the Senate on March 25, 2009, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Amendment offered in the Senate on April 22, 2009, to fine-tune the definition of "phishing." The definition would be, "a false, misleading, or fraudulent representation, writing, communication, statement, or message, communicated by any means to another person, that the maker knows or should have known is false or fraudulent. The false pretense may be a representation regarding a past or existing fact or circumstance or a representation regarding the intention to perform a future event or to have a future event performed". The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 22, 2009.
• Passed 34 to 0 in the Senate on April 23, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on April 23, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on April 23, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on August 19, 2009, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Amendment offered in the House on December 2, 2010, to not give the state Attorney General certain powers to investigate business practices and compel testimony. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 2, 2010.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on December 2, 2010, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 2, 2010.
• Passed 99 to 1 in the House on December 2, 2010, to create an explicit crime of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”) punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, authorize damages of up to $250,000 a day, and provide immunity to internet service providers or “interactive computer services” who remove or disable access to an internet domain name based on a good faith belief that it is being used for “phishing”.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 2, 2010.
• Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 2, 2010, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 21, 2010.