Bill Text: MI HB5807 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure; other; default standard for mens rea in criminal statutes; establish. Amends 1846 RS 1 (MCL 8.1 - 8.8) by adding secs. 9 & 9a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-17 - Printed Bill Filed 09/17/2014 [HB5807 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5807-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5807

 

September 16, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Shirkey and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1846 RS 1, entitled

 

"Of the statutes,"

 

(MCL 8.1 to 8.8) by adding sections 9 and 9a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 9. In the construction of the statutes of this state the

 

following rule shall be observed, unless the construction would be

 

inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature:

 

     Any law enacted after January 1, 2015 that establishes a

 

criminal offense and does not indicate whether a culpable mental

 

state is, or is not, required shall be construed to require a

 

culpable mental state and that the person act purposely, knowingly,

 

or recklessly.

 

     Sec. 9a. If a statute defining an offense prescribes a

 

culpable mental state but does not specify the element to which it

 

applies, the prescribed culpable mental state applies to each

 

material element of the offense that necessarily requires a

 

culpable mental state.