A bill to amend 1985 PA 87, entitled “William Van Regenmorter crime victim’s rights act,” by amending sections 13 and 41 (MCL 780.763 and 780.791), section 41 as amended by 2000 PA 503.
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
