2023 House Bill 4192

Corrections: other; program to provide driver license and state identification cards to parolees; provide for.

A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled “Corrections code of 1953,” by amending section 34c (MCL 791.234c), as added by 2012 PA 24.

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. Felicia Brabec (D-33) and 19 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Abraham Aiyash (D-9), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Mike McFall (D-8), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Helena Scott (D-7), Kara Hope (D-74), Dylan Wegela (D-26), 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

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