An act to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by amending section 116 (MCL 750.116).
The criminalization of knowingly possessing nitroglycerine, explosives, thermite, or other tools and chemicals designed for breaking into buildings, vaults, safes, or other depositories with the intent to steal, punishable by up to 10 years of imprisonment. Additionally, it introduces a specific provision for possessing such tools or substances with the intent to steal motor vehicles, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment. Furthermore, the legislation addresses the possession of these tools or substances as part of a criminal organization with the intent to steal more than one motor vehicle, which is punishable by up to 10 years of imprisonment.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported with substitute H-2
Substitute H-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 88 to 17 (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 38 to 0 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
