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HB5574 • 2026

Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5575'26

Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5575'26

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Sponsor
Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Mike Harris (District 52), Jay DeBoyer (District 63), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), Thomas Kuhn (District 57), Brian BeGole (District 71), Matt Bierlein (District 97), Mike Mueller (District 72), Matt Maddock (District 51), Jason Woolford (District 50), Brad Paquette (District 37), Ken Borton (District 105), Joseph Aragona (District 60)
Last action
2026-06-11
Official status
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5575'26

Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties.
  • Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec.
  • 409c.
  • TIE BAR WITH: HB 5575'26

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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H-1

5

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) 5

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-11 SJ 52 Pg. 626

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-06-11 SJ 52 Pg. 626

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY

  3. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 739

    read a second time

  4. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 739

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  5. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 739

    placed on third reading

  6. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 743

    placed on immediate passage

  7. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 743

    read a third time

  8. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 743

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #187 Yeas 74 Nays 30 Excused 0 Not Voting 6

  9. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 743

    transmitted

  10. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 693

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

  11. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 693

    referred to second reading

  12. 2026-02-26 HJ 16 Pg. 189

    bill electronically reproduced 02/24/2026

  13. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 164

    introduced by Representative Rep. Alicia St. Germaine

  14. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 164

    read a first time

  15. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 164

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5575'26

Current Bill Text

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HB-5574, As Passed House, June 9, 2026

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SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5574
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 409c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 409c. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), 1
an individual who, after receiving a verbal warning not to approach 2
from a person the individual knows or reasonably should know is a 3
first responder performing the first responder's duties, knowingly 4
and willfully violates the warning and approaches and remains 5
within 25 feet of the first responder with the intent to do any of 6
the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment 7
for not more than 60 days, a fine of not more than $500.00, or 8
both: 9
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(a) Impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to 1
do the first responder's duty. 2
(b) Threaten the first responder with physical harm. 3
(c) Harass the first responder. 4
(2) An individual who violates subsection (1) causing injury 5
to the first responder is guilty of a felony punishable by 6
imprisonment for not more than 2 years, a fine of not more than 7
$1,000.00, or both. 8
(3) An individual who violates subsection (1) causing the 9
death of the first responder is guilty of a felony punishable by 10
imprisonment for not more than 15 years, a fine of not more than 11
$7,500.00, or both. 12
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days 13
after the date it is enacted into law. 14
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect 15
unless House Bill No. 5575 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into 16
law. 17