2023 Senate Bill 123

Crimes: penalties; penalties for certain crimes of imprisonment for life without parole eligibility; amend Michigan penal code to exclude application to individuals less than 19.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending sections 16, 18, 200i, 204, 207, 209, 210, 211a, 316, 436, and 543f (MCL 750.16, 750.18, 750.200i, 750.204, 750.207, 750.209, 750.210, 750.211a, 750.316, 750.436, and 750.543f), sections 16, 18, 200i, 204, 207, 209, 210, 211a, 436, and 543f as amended by 2014 PA 23 and section 316 as amended by 2022 PA 149, and by adding section 506b.

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.