2026 Senate Bill 843

Torts: defenses; firearm manufacturer immunity from liability to local units of government; abolish.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 15 (MCL 28.435), as amended by 2023 PA 17.

Introduced in the Senate

March 18, 2026

Introduced by Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-8) and Jeff Irwin (D-15)

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