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HB5028 • 2026

Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend. Amends sec. 16w, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16w). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5016'25

Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend. Amends sec. 16w, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16w). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5016'25

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Sponsor
Matt Bierlein (District 97), Kelly Breen (District 21), Tom Kunse (District 100), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Kimberly Edwards (District 12), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Angela Witwer (District 76), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Jason Morgan (District 23), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Natalie Price (District 6), Stephanie Young (District 16), Regina Weiss (District 5), Jason Hoskins (District 18), 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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Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend. Amends sec. 16w, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16w). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5016'25

Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend.
  • Amends sec.
  • 16w, ch.
  • XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16w).

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. 1012

    introduced by Representative Rep. Matthew Bierlein

  3. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1012

    read a first time

  4. 2025-09-18 HJ 85 Pg. 1012

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Crimes: prostitution; penalties for and references to prostitute and prostitution crimes in sentencing guidelines; amend. Amends sec. 16w, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16w). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5016'25