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HB4465 • 2026

Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 25c to ch. IV.

Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 25c to ch. IV.

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Sponsor
Alabas Farhat (District 3), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Mike McFall (District 14), Natalie Price (District 6), Jason Morgan (District 23), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Peter Herzberg (District 25), Veronica Paiz (District 10), Tullio Liberati (District 2)
Last action
2025-05-08
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 05/07/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 25c to ch. IV.

Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit.

What This Bill Does

  • Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit.
  • Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec.
  • 25c to ch.
  • IV.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-08 HJ 45 Pg. 527

    bill electronically reproduced 05/07/2025

  2. 2025-05-07 HJ 44 Pg. 520

    introduced by Representative Rep. Alabas Farhat

  3. 2025-05-07 HJ 44 Pg. 520

    read a first time

  4. 2025-05-07 HJ 44 Pg. 520

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Criminal procedure: arrests; required removal of religious head coverings for police photographs; prohibit. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 25c to ch. IV.