2023 House Bill 4191

Traffic control: driver license; program to provide driver license and state identification cards to parolees; provide for.

A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending section 307 (MCL 257.307), as amended by 2020 PA 376.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bills 4191 to 4194 would amend different acts to require the Department of Corrections to apply for a driver’s license or state personal ID card on behalf of a prisoner who is scheduled to be released from prison and to provide procedures for the secretary of state to follow in processing and, if applicable, issuing and delivering the license or card. The Department of Corrections would have to give the license or card to individuals when they are released on parole or discharged after completing their maximum sentence. As described in Fiscal Impact, below, the bills would codify current procedures followed by the Department of Corrections and secretary of state for providing state personal ID cards or driver’s licenses to offenders upon their release from prison.

Introduced in the House

March 7, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9) and 21 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Mike McFall (D-8), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Julie Rogers (D-41), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Helena Scott (D-7), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Kara Hope (D-74), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Phil Skaggs (D-80), Will Snyder (D-87), Natalie Price (D-5), Regina Weiss (D-6) and Rachel Hood (D-81)

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

April 11, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

June 13, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

June 14, 2023

Amendment offered by Rep. Gina Johnsen (R-78)

1. Amend page 2, line 21, after “height,” by striking out “gender,” and inserting “sex,”.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 73 to 36 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 15, 2023

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