2024 House Bill 5795

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crimes involving the ownership of potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs; create.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 12m of chapter XVII (MCL 777.12m), as amended by 2019 PA 134.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill specifically addresses crimes involving the ownership of potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs, proposing a new Class G felony with a maximum sentence of four years imprisonment for "failure to comply with provisions regarding potentially dangerous dogs or dangerous dogs." It is tie-barred to the passage of HB 5796 on the same matter.

Introduced in the House

June 6, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Robert Bezotte (R-50)

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice