2026 Senate Bill 1168

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for summoning law enforcement to residence through intentional false report of a serious law enforcement emergency; provide for.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 16t of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16t), as amended by 2018 PA 528.

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Senate Bills 1167 and 1168 amend Michigan law to impose strict criminal penalties for intentionally making false reports of crimes, including making such acts a basis for first-degree murder charges if a death occurs, with penalties escalating based on the harm caused.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 10, 2026

Introduced by Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-5)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety