An act to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by amending section 462g (MCL 750.462g), as amended by 2017 PA 53.
Human trafficking is the illegal act of forcing an individual to perform labor or sexual acts and often involves the kidnapping and harboring of the individual.
Senate Bill 515 (S-1) would amend Chapter VIII (Trials) of the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow a statement concerning prostitution or human trafficking to be admissible as evidence.
Senate Bill 516 would amend Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow evidence of a defendant's prior commission of commercial sexual activity, human trafficking, or prostitution to be admissible for any relevant purpose.
Senate Bill 517 (S-1) would amend Chapter LXVIIA (Human Trafficking) of the Michigan Penal Code to prohibit a victim, complainant, or witness necessary for the prosecution from being excused from testifying or complying with an investigation, proceeding, or trial involving human trafficking if evidence would tend to degrade or incriminate the individual. The bill specifies that truthful testimony by the individual generally could not be used against the individual in a criminal case.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported with substitute S-1
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-1
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported with substitute H-2
Substitute H-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Substitute H-2 concurred in 35 to 0 (details)
