An act to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled “An act to provide for the raising of additional public revenue by prescribing certain specific taxes, fees, and charges to be paid to the state for the privilege of engaging in certain business activities; to provide, incident to the enforcement thereof, for the issuance of licenses to engage in such occupations; to provide for the ascertainment, assessment and collection thereof; to appropriate the proceeds thereof; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act,” (MCL 205.51 to 205.78) by adding section 4ll.
Senate Bills 79 to 82 do all of the following: • Require an individual to keep a firearm being stored or left unattended on a premises unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that a minor is or is likely to be present on the premises. (SB 79) • Establish penalties for a violation based on the consequences of a minor’s obtaining the firearm as a result. (SB 79) • Provide exceptions to those requirements and penalties. (SB 79) • Require the Department of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the bill’s penalties in consultation with the Department of the Attorney General, publish lethal means counseling literature, and provide that literature to federally licensed firearms dealers. (SB 79) • Include the new felony offenses in the sentencing guidelines. (SB 80) • Exempt firearm safety devices from sales and use taxes through 2024 and require a notice of that exemption to be posted where firearms are sold. (SBs 81 and 82)
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported with substitute S-1
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-1
Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote
Substitute S-3 offered
by
The substitute failed 18 to 19 (details)
Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion did not prevail by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
1. Amend page 1, line 2, after “section” by striking out “through December 31, 2024”.
2. Amend page 1, line 9, after “state” by striking out “through December 31, 2024”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 64 to 44 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
