2024 Senate Bill 844

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated; increase.

A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending section 625 (MCL 257.625), as amended by 2021 PA 85.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Substantially reduces the sentences for someone who is convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated if they complete a program administered by a sobriety court.

Introduced in the Senate

May 1, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-1)

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