A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled “Freedom of information act,” by amending sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 (MCL 15.231, 15.232, 15.233, and 15.235), section 1 as amended by 1997 PA 6, section 2 as amended by 2018 PA 68, section 3 as amended by 2018 PA 523, and section 5 as amended by 2020 PA 36.
House Bill 4427 expands FOIA to permit requests by prisoners if it relates to themselves or their children. Ordinarily, expanding FOIA to prisoners would be a problem (anyone who has seen the number of appeals filed by prisoners would agree), but this expansion is limited to specific records.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported with substitute H-5
Substitute H-5 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 8, line 8, after “an” by striking out “arrest or prosecution” and inserting “arrest, a prosecution, or a juvenile adjudication”.
2. Amend page 8, line 12, after “an” by striking out “arrest or prosecution” and inserting “arrest, a prosecution, or a juvenile adjudication”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
1. Amend page 12, line 18, after “corrections” by inserting a comma and “Michigan state police,”.
2. Amend page 12, line 22, after “corrections” by inserting a comma and “Michigan state police,”.
3. Amend page 12, line 24, after “corrections” by inserting a comma and “Michigan state police,”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
