2023 House Bill 4146 / Public Act 37

Weapons: firearms; purchase of firearms or obtaining a concealed pistol license; prohibit if individual has an extreme risk protection order.

An act to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending sections 2, 2b, 5b, and 8 (MCL 28.422, 28.422b, 28.425b, and 28.428), sections 2 and 2b as amended by 2023 PA 19 and sections 5b and 8 as amended by 2017 PA 95.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 28, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kelly Breen (D-21) and 44 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Christine Morse (D-40), Phil Skaggs (D-80), Julie Rogers (D-41), Julie Brixie (D-73), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Carol Glanville (D-84), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Noah Arbit (D-20), Rachel Hood (D-81), Natalie Price (D-5), Stephanie Young (D-16), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Jasper Martus (D-69), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Kara Hope (D-74), Jason Morgan (D-23), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Lori Stone (D-13), Regina Weiss (D-6), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Helena Scott (D-7), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Brenda Carter (D-53), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Will Snyder (D-87), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Karen Whitsett (D-4), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Mike McFall (D-8), Samantha Steckloff (D-19) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

April 12, 2023

Reported without amendment

April 13, 2023

Passed in the House 56 to 51 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

April 19, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Received in the House

April 19, 2023

April 26, 2023

Substitute S-1 concurred in 56 to 52 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

May 22, 2023