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HB5010 • 2026

Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21e to ch. VIII.

Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21e to ch. VIII.

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Sponsor
Pauline Wendzel (District 39), Kelly Breen (District 21), Angela Witwer (District 76), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Jason Morgan (District 23), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Natalie Price (District 6), Stephanie Young (District 16), Jason Hoskins (District 18), Regina Weiss (District 5), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), John Fitzgerald (District 83), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Helena Scott (District 8), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Stephen Wooden (District 81), Matt Longjohn (District 40)
Last action
2025-09-24
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 09/18/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21e to ch. VIII.

Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish.

What This Bill Does

  • Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish.
  • Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec.
  • 21e to ch.
  • VIII.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-24 HJ 86 Pg. 0

    bill electronically reproduced 09/18/2025

  2. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1009

    introduced by Representative Rep. Pauline Wendzel

  3. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1009

    read a first time

  4. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1009

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Criminal procedure: defenses; affirmative defense that individual committed a crime because the individual was a victim of human trafficking; establish. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 21e to ch. VIII.