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HB5575 • 2026

Crimes: public office and officers; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5574'26

Crimes: public office and officers; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5574'26

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Sponsor
Mike Harris (District 52), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), 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; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5574'26

Crimes: public office and officers; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes: public office and officers; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define.
  • Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec.
  • 409d.
  • TIE BAR WITH: HB 5574'26

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. 2026-06-11 SJ 52 Pg. 627

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-06-11 SJ 52 Pg. 627

    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

    placed on third reading

  5. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 745

    placed on immediate passage

  6. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 745

    read a third time

  7. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 745

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #188 Yeas 71 Nays 33 Excused 0 Not Voting 6

  8. 2026-06-09 HJ 44 Pg. 745

    transmitted

  9. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 693

    reported with recommendation without amendment

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

    referred to second reading

  11. 2026-02-26 HJ 16 Pg. 189

    bill electronically reproduced 02/24/2026

  12. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 164

    introduced by Representative Rep. Mike Harris

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

    read a first time

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

    referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Crimes: public office and officers; certain terms related to the crime of intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; define. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5574'26

Current Bill Text

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HB-5575, As Passed House, June 9, 2026

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HOUSE BILL NO. 5575

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 409d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 409d. As used in section 409c: 1
(a) "Corrections officer" means any of the following: 2
(i) A prison or jail guard or other prison or jail personnel. 3
(ii) Any of the personnel of a boot camp, special alternative 4
incarceration unit, or other minimum security correctional 5
February 24, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Harris, St. Germaine, DeBoyer, Thompson, Frisbie,
Schmaltz, Kuhn, BeGole, Bierlein, Mueller, Maddock, Woolford, Paquette, Borton and
Aragona and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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facility. 1
(iii) A parole or probation officer. 2
(b) "Firefighter" means that term as defined in section 1 of 3
the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1. 4
(c) "First responder" includes a law enforcement officer, a 5
corrections officer, a firefighter, and any emergency medical 6
service personnel described in section 20950 of the public health 7
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20950. 8
(d) "Harass" means to willfully engage in a course of conduct 9
directed at a first responder that intentionally causes substantial 10
emotional distress in the first responder and serves no legitimate 11
purpose. 12
(e) "Law enforcement officer" means that term as defined in 13
section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards 14
act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.602. 15
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days 16
after the date it is enacted into law. 17
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect 18
unless House Bill No. 5574 (request no. H05806'25) of the 103rd 19
Legislature is enacted into law. 20