A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending sections 303, 320a, and 601c (MCL 257.303, 257.320a, and 257.601c), section 303 as amended by 2024 PA 42, section 320a as amended by 2023 PA 39, and section 601c as added by 2001 PA 103.
This bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to provide all of the following: • An individual who commits a moving violation and as a result causes injury to a vulnerable roadway user (as defined in SB 618) or an individual properly operating an implement of husbandry on a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to $1,000, or both. • An individual who commits a moving violation and as a result causes a serious injury requiring inpatient treatment at a hospital or post-acute rehabilitation facility to a vulnerable roadway user or an individual properly operating an implement of husbandry on a highway is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to five years or a fine of up to $5,000 or both. • An individual who commits a moving violation and as a result causes death to a vulnerable roadway user or an individual properly operating an implement of husbandry on a highway is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to 15 years or a fine of up to $7,500 or both.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Substitute S-2 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 29 to 9 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Reported with substitute H-3
