2025 House Bill 4717

Crimes: definitions; definition of racketeering; include insurance fraud.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 159g (MCL 750.159g), as amended by 2022 PA 174.

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House Bill No. 4717 expands Michigan's racketeering statute to include fraudulent insurance acts as predicate offenses, thereby strengthening legal tools against insurance fraud and related financial crimes.

Introduced in the House

July 1, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-45) and 9 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Brenda Carter (D-53), Mike McFall (D-14), Joe Tate (D-9), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Morgan Foreman (D-33), Helena Scott (D-8), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Ron Robinson (R-58) and Mike Harris (R-52)

Referred to the Committee on Insurance

Sept. 3, 2025

Reported with substitute H-1

Sept. 9, 2025

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Sept. 16, 2025

Passed in the House 101 to 2 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Sept. 18, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection