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HB5744 • 2026

Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 234g.

Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 234g.

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Sponsor
Cynthia Neeley (District 70), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Helena Scott (District 8), Julie Brixie (District 73), Jason Hoskins (District 18), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Jason Morgan (District 23), Veronica Paiz (District 10), Brenda Carter (District 53), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Kara Hope (District 74), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Noah Arbit (District 20), Kelly Breen (District 21), Phil Skaggs (District 80), Regina Weiss (District 5), Matt Koleszar (District 22)
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 234g.

Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle.
  • Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec.
  • 234g.

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  • 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. 2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 534

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-05-19 SJ 44 Pg. 534

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

  3. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 616

    rule suspended

  4. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 616

    motion to discharge committee approved

  5. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 616

    placed on second reading

  6. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 616

    read a second time

  7. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 616

    placed on third reading

  8. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 621

    placed on immediate passage

  9. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 621

    read a third time

  10. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 621

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #150 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7

  11. 2026-05-14 HJ 37 Pg. 621

    transmitted

  12. 2026-03-19 HJ 25 Pg. 340

    bill electronically reproduced 03/18/2026

  13. 2026-03-18 HJ 24 Pg. 318

    introduced by Representative Rep. Cynthia Neeley

  14. 2026-03-18 HJ 24 Pg. 318

    read a first time

  15. 2026-03-18 HJ 24 Pg. 318

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Crimes: penalties; penalties for discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle; increase fines if a minor is in the vehicle. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 234g.

Current Bill Text

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HB-5744, As Passed House, May 14, 2026

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HOUSE BILL NO. 5744

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 234g.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 234g. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an 1
individual who intentionally discharges a firearm at a motor 2
vehicle that the individual knows or has reason to believe is 3
occupied is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not 4
more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both. 5
(2) An individual who violates subsection (1) and who knows or 6
March 18, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Neeley, O'Neal, Scott, Brixie, Hoskins, Rheingans, Morgan,
Paiz, B. Carter, Tsernoglou, Hope, MacDonell, Longjohn, Arbit, Breen, Skaggs, Weiss and
Koleszar and referred to Committee on Government Operations.
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has reason to believe that the vehicle is occupied by a minor is 1
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 2
years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both. 3
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days 4
after the date it is enacted into law. 5
Enacting section 2. This act may be cited as "Messiah's Law". 6