2023 House Bill 4175

Weapons: licensing; requirement to register newly purchased handguns; eliminate, and eliminate pistol-free zones.

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 5o (MCL 28.425o), as amended by 2017 PA 95.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Mandates the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to provide signage indicating the prohibition of concealed weapons in such establishments. The bill further extends restrictions to carrying devices with electro-muscular disruption technology in certain premises, while outlining exceptions for various law enforcement and security personnel, including retired officers, licensed private investigators, and corrections officers, among others.