2025 Senate Bill 89

Criminal procedure: sentencing; parole eligibility for certain individuals sentenced without the possibility of parole; provide for.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 316 (MCL 750.316), as amended by 2022 PA 149.

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Senate Bills 89 and 90 amend the Michigan Penal Code to specify life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder, introduce parole eligibility for certain pre-1980 felony-murder convicts, and require sentencing within 45 days.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 19, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-2) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Mary Cavanagh (D-6), Jeff Irwin (D-15) and Sue Shink (D-14)

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