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HOUSE BILL NO. 6049
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 5805 (MCL 600.5805), as amended by 2018 PA 183.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5805. (1) A person shall not bring or maintain an action 1
to recover damages for injuries to persons or property unless, 2
after the claim first accrued to the plaintiff or to someone 3
through whom the plaintiff claims, the action is commenced within 4
the periods of time prescribed by this section. 5
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period 6
June 04, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Arbit, Miller, Morgan, Dievendorf, Price, Myers -Phillips,
Martus, Hope, Longjohn, Steckloff, McFall, Byrnes, Paiz, Rheingans, MacDonell, Wilson,
Young, Conlin, Scott, Andrews, Tsernoglou and Brixie and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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of limitations is 3 years after the time of the death or injury for 1
all actions to recover damages for the death of a person or for 2
injury to a person or property. 3
(3) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), the period of 4
limitations is 2 years for an action charging assault, battery, or 5
false imprisonment. 6
(4) Subject to subsection (6), the period of limitations is 5 7
years for an action charging assault or battery brought by a person 8
who has been assaulted or battered by his or her the person's 9
spouse or former spouse, an individual with whom he or she the 10
person has had a child in common, or a person with whom he or she 11
the person who has been assaulted or battered resides or formerly 12
resided. 13
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the period of limitations is 5 14
years for an action charging assault and battery brought by a 15
person who has been assaulted or battered by an individual with 16
whom he or she the person has or has had a dating relationship. 17
(6) The period of limitations is 10 years for an action to 18
recover damages sustained because of criminal sexual conduct is as 19
provided in section 5851b. For purposes of this subsection, it is 20
not necessary that a criminal prosecution or other proceeding have 21
been brought as a result of the conduct or, if a criminal 22
prosecution or other proceeding was brought, that the prosecution 23
or proceeding resulted in a conviction or adjudication. 24
(7) The period of limitations is 2 years for an action 25
charging malicious prosecution. 26
(8) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the period 27
of limitations is 2 years for an action charging malpractice. 28
(9) The period of limitations is 2 years for an action against 29
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a sheriff charging misconduct or neglect of office by the sheriff 1
or the sheriff's deputies. 2
(10) The period of limitations is 2 years after the expiration 3
of the year for which a constable was elected for actions based on 4
the constable's negligence or misconduct as constable. 5
(11) The period of limitations is 1 year for an action 6
charging libel or slander. 7
(12) The period of limitations is 3 years for a products 8
liability action. However, in for a product that has been in use 9
for not less than 10 years, the plaintiff, in proving a prima facie 10
case, must do so without the benefit of any presumption. 11
(13) An action against a state licensed architect or 12
professional engineer or licensed professional surveyor arising 13
from professional services rendered is an action charging 14
malpractice subject to the period of limitation contained in 15
subsection (8). 16
(14) The periods of limitation under this section are subject 17
to any applicable period of repose established in section 5838a, 18
5838b, or 5839. 19
(15) The amendments to this section made by 2011 PA 162 apply 20
to causes of action that accrue on or after January 1, 2012. 21
(16) As used in this section: 22
(a) "Adjudication" means an adjudication of 1 or more offenses 23
under chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 24
712A.1 to 712A.32. 25
(a) (b) "Criminal sexual conduct" means conduct prohibited 26
under section 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g of the Michigan penal 27
code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, and 28
750.520g.that term as defined in section 5851b. 29
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(b) (c) "Dating relationship" means frequent, intimate 1
associations primarily characterized by the expectation of 2
affectional involvement. Dating relationship does not include a 3
casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization between 2 4
individuals in a business or social context. 5
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 6
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are 7
enacted into law: 8
(a) Senate Bill No. 257. 9
(b) Senate Bill No. 259. 10