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2021 House Bill 4699: Permit mentally incapacitated spouses to charge rape
Introduced by Rep. Laurie Pohutsky D-Livonia on April 22, 2021
To revise the allowable defenses to criminal sexual conduct charges where the victim is the actor's spouse, by allowing a claim that that the charges are based solely on mental incapacitation (which can include drunkenness or drug use). Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 2021
Reported in the House on May 17, 2022
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Received in the Senate on June 23, 2022
Referred to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on June 23, 2022