Introduced
by
To create an exception to a <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/2019-SB-2">2019 law</a> that prohibited government “civil asset forfeitures,” which are takings of property that may be associated with a suspected drug-related crime, unless the individual is actually convicted or accepts a plea bargain. That only applies to police seizures of property worth $50,000 or more, and the bill would lower this to $20,000 for property seized by public airport authority police.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To require the authority that takes the property to pay the owners legal expenses if a subsequent lawsuit reverses the taking.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 80 to 30 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 24 to 13 (details)
To create an exception to a <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/2019-SB-2">2019 law</a> that prohibited government “civil asset forfeitures,” which are takings of property that may be associated with a suspected drug-related crime, unless the individual is actually convicted or accepts a plea bargain. That only applies to police seizures of property worth $50,000 or more, and the bill would lower this to $20,000 for property seized by public airport authority police.
