2024 House Bill 5705

Criminal procedure: sentencing; mandatory sentencing for certain crimes regarding contraband in prisons; require.

A bill to amend 1909 PA 17, entitled “An act to prohibit or limit the access by prisoners and by employees of correctional facilities to certain weapons and wireless communication devices and to alcoholic liquor, drugs, medicines, poisons, and controlled substances in, on, or outside of correctional facilities; to prohibit or limit the bringing into or onto certain facilities and real property, and the disposition of, certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices; to prohibit or limit the selling, giving, or furnishing of certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices to prisoners; to prohibit the control or possession of certain weapons, substances, and wireless communication devices by prisoners; and to prescribe penalties,” by amending sections 1, 3, 3a, and 5 (MCL 800.281, 800.283, 800.283a, and 800.285), sections 1, 3, and 5 as amended by 1982 PA 343 and section 3a as amended by 2012 PA 255.

Introduced in the House

May 7, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Neil Friske (R-107) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Angela Rigas (R-79), Robert Bezotte (R-50), Jay DeBoyer (R-63) and Andrew Beeler (R-64)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations