2023 Senate Bill 122

Crimes: penalties; penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility; amend public health code to exclude application to individuals less than 19.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending section 17764 (MCL 333.17764), as amended by 2004 PA 214.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Taken together, Senate Bills 119-123 would prohibit a court from sentencing an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility. The bills would modify numerous penalties prescribed in the Corrections Code, the Probate Code, the Penal Code, and the Public Health Code to reflect this prohibition. In addition, the bills would make eligible for parole an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed for which the individual was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole eligibility and who had served 10 years of the sentence.