2023 Senate Bill 120

Corrections: parole; parole of certain offenders less than 19 at time of conviction; provide for under certain circumstances.

A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled “Corrections code of 1953,” by amending section 34 (MCL 791.234), as amended by 2019 PA 14.

Official record

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Taken together, Senate Bills 119-123 would prohibit a court from sentencing an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility. The bills would modify numerous penalties prescribed in the Corrections Code, the Probate Code, the Penal Code, and the Public Health Code to reflect this prohibition. In addition, the bills would make eligible for parole an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed for which the individual was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole eligibility and who had served 10 years of the sentence.

Introduced in the Senate

March 1, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Sue Shink (D-14) and 13 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Erika Geiss (D-1), Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-35), Sam Singh (D-28), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Sarah Anthony (D-21), Stephanie Chang (D-3), Mary Cavanagh (D-6), Jeff Irwin (D-15), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Kevin Hertel (D-12), Sylvia Santana (D-2) and Joseph Bellino (R-16)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety