Michigan 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Michigan House Bill HB4945 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 11/26/2023

                    Act No. 200 
Public Acts of 2023 
Approved by the Governor 
November 20, 2023 
Filed with the Secretary of State 
November 20, 2023 
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2024 
 
 
 
 
STATE OF MICHIGAN 
102ND LEGISLATURE 
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023 
Introduced by Reps. O’Neal, Brenda Carter, Dievendorf, Hope, Brixie, Byrnes, Scott, Neeley, 
Mentzer, Grant, Pohutsky, Rogers, Martus, Puri, Price, Morse, Farhat, Young, Rheingans, 
Breen, Hoskins, Edwards, Arbit, Tsernoglou and Aiyash 
 
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4945 
AN ACT to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and codify the laws relating to criminal 
procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts, judges, and other officers of the court under 
the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal offenses and 
ordinance violations; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses and 
ordinance violations; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses and ordinance 
violations; to provide for the examination of persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure 
relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons 
complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and ordinance violations and to provide for the procedure in those 
trials; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; 
to establish a sentencing commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for procedure relating to 
new trials and appeals in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to provide a uniform system of probation 
throughout this state and the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation 
of probation officers; to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of probation officers; to provide for 
procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime and proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for fees 
of officers, witnesses, and others in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to set forth miscellaneous provisions 
as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; 
and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by 
amending section 16m of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16m), as amended by 2023 PA 22. 
 
The People of the State of Michigan enact: 
 
CHAPTER XVII 
 
Sec. 16m. This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled 
Laws: 
M.C.L. 	Category Class Description 	Stat Max 
750.223(2) 	Pub saf F Sale of firearm to minor — subsequent 
offense 
4 
750.223(3) 	Pub ord D Sale of firearm to person prohibited from 
possessing 
10 
 
 
 
(157)  750.224 	Pub saf E Manufacture or sale of silencer, bomb, 
blackjack, automatic weapon, gas spray, etc. 
5 
750.224a(4) Pub saf F Possession or sale of electrical current 
weapons 
4 
750.224a(6) Pub saf G Improper use of electro-muscular disruption 
device 
2 
750.224b 	Pub saf E Possession of short barreled shotgun or rifle 5 
750.224c 	Pub saf F Armor piercing ammunition 	4 
750.224d(2) Person G Using self-defense spray device 	2 
750.224e 	Pub saf F Manufacture/sale/possession of devices to 
convert semiautomatic weapons 
4 
750.224f(6) 	Pub saf E Possession or sale of firearm by prohibited 
person 
5 
750.224f(7) 	Pub saf E Possession or sale of ammunition by 
prohibited person 
5 
750.226 	Pub saf E Carrying firearm or dangerous weapon with 
unlawful intent 
5 
750.227 	Pub saf E Carrying a concealed weapon 	5 
750.227a 	Pub saf F Unlawful possession of pistol 	4 
750.227c 	Pub saf G Possessing a loaded firearm in or upon a 
vehicle 
2 
750.227f 	Pub saf F Wearing body armor during commission of 
certain crimes 
4 
750.227g(1) Pub saf F Felon purchasing, owning, possessing, or 
using body armor 
4 
750.230 	Pub saf G Altering ID mark on firearm 	2 
750.232a(3) Pub saf G False statement in a firearm application 4 
750.234a(1)(a) Pub saf D Discharging firearm from vehicle 	10 
750.234a(1)(b) Person C Discharging firearm from vehicle causing 
physical injury 
15 
750.234a(1)(c) Person B Discharging firearm from vehicle causing 
serious impairment 
20 
750.234a(1)(d) Person A Discharging firearm from vehicle causing 
death 
Life 
750.234b(1) Pub saf D Discharging firearm at a dwelling or 
potentially occupied structure 
10 
750.234b(2) Pub saf D Discharging firearm in a dwelling or 
potentially occupied structure 
10 
750.234b(3) Pub saf C Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or 
potentially occupied structure causing 
physical injury 
15 
750.234b(4) Person B Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or 
potentially occupied structure causing 
serious impairment 
20 
750.234b(5) Person A Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or 
potentially occupied structure causing death 
Life 
750.234c 	Pub saf F Discharging firearm at emergency/police 
vehicle 
4 
750.235b(2) Pub saf D Threatening to commit violent act against 
school students or employees on school 
property with an overt act toward 
completion or with specific intent 
10 
750.236 	Person C Setting spring gun — death resulting 15 
 
 
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Clerk of the House of Representatives 
750.237(3) 	Person E Using firearm while under the influence or 
impaired causing serious impairment 
5 
750.237(4) 	Person C Using firearm while under the influence or 
impaired causing death 
15 
 
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 471 of the 102nd Legislature 
is enacted into law. 
 
 
 
Secretary of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
Approved  
 
 
 
 
 
Governor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compiler's note: Senate Bill No. 471, referred to in enacting section 1, was filed with the Secretary of State 
November 20, 2023, and became 2023 PA 201, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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