An act to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1074 (MCL 600.1074), as added by 2004 PA 224.
House Bills 4523 and 4525 would amend the Revised Judicature Act to allow a violent offender to participate in a mental health court or drug treatment court, respectively, with the consent of the judge and prosecutor (in consultation with any known victim). However, an individual currently charged with or who has pled guilty to first degree murder or criminal sexual conduct in the first degree could not be admitted to a mental health court or drug treatment court. House Bill 4524 would amend the same act to allow participation in a drug treatment court to continue after a participant is convicted of a new felony offense under certain conditions.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 68 to 42 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 32 to 5 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
