2023 House Bill 5271

Criminal procedure: DNA; post-conviction DNA testing; modify.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 16 of chapter X (MCL 770.16), as amended by 2015 PA 229.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 26, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kara Hope (D-74) and 10 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Rachel Hood (D-81), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Natalie Price (D-5), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75) and Karen Whitsett (D-4)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

Jan. 17, 2024

Reported without amendment

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

March 12, 2024

Reported with substitute H-1