2025 Senate Bill 90

Corrections: parole; consideration of parole for certain individuals sentenced before 1980; require.

A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled “Corrections code of 1953,” by amending sections 31a, 33, 33b, and 34 (MCL 791.231a, 791.233, 791.233b, and 791.234), section 31a as added by 1992 PA 181, section 33 as amended by 2019 PA 14, section 33b as amended by 2019 PA 16, and section 34 as amended by 2024 PA 111, and by adding sections 35a and 83a.

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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