A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending sections 12 and 25 of chapter IX (MCL 769.12 and 769.25), section 12 as amended by 2012 PA 319 and section 25 as added by 2014 PA 22, and by adding sections 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f, 27g, and 27h to chapter IX.
House Bills 4556 to 4560 would prescribe procedures for hearings to reconsider the sentences of eligible incarcerated individuals who have served at least 10 years of a sentence or sentences for a conviction or combination of convictions. The package of bills, taken together, is known as the Second Look Sentencing Act. House Bill 4556 would provide guidelines and procedures for an incarcerated individual to petition the court for resentencing, the timing and other requirements for a resentencing hearing for an eligible individual, and criteria to be considered in a resentencing determination, among other provisions. The bills would amend several mandatory provisions that now apply to sentencing and parole eligibility under certain circumstances (e.g., requiring life without parole eligibility for specified offenses) to provide that those provisions do not apply to a resentencing under HB 4556. The bills also would provide for victim notification of a resentencing hearing. House Bills 4557 to 4560 cannot go into effect unless HB 4556 is also enacted.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
