A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 16d of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16d), as amended by 2023 PA 208.
House Bills 5684-86 amend the Michigan Penal Code to create new criminal penalties for threatening, harassing, intimidating, or assaulting Department of Health and Human Services designated caregivers, thereby strengthening legal protections for foster, kinship, and adoptive caregivers.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary