HOUSE BILL NO. 5713
May 07, 2024, Introduced by Reps. Bezotte, Friske, Rigas, DeBoyer and Beeler and referred to
the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 295, entitled
"Sex offenders registration act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 28.729), as amended by 2020 PA 295.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 9. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and
2 (4), an individual required to be registered under this act who
3 willfully violates this act is guilty of a felony punishable as
4 follows:
5 (a) If the individual has no prior convictions for a violation
6 of this act, by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of
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1 not more than $2,000.00, or both.
2 (b) If the individual has 1 prior conviction for a violation
3 of this act, by imprisonment for not more less than 7 2 years or
4 more than life or any term of years or a fine of not more than
5 $5,000.00, or both.
6 (c) If the individual has 2 or more prior convictions for
7 violations of this act, by imprisonment for not more less than 10 4
8 years or more than life or any term of years or a fine of not more
9 than $10,000.00, or both.
10 (2) An individual who willfully fails to comply with section
11 5a, other than payment of the fee required under section 5a(6), is
12 guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
13 than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
14 (3) An individual who willfully fails to sign a registration
15 and notice as provided in section 7(4) is guilty of a misdemeanor
16 punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of
17 not more than $1,000.00, or both.
18 (4) An individual who willfully refuses or fails to pay the
19 registration fee prescribed in section 5a(6) or 7(1) within 90 days
20 of the date the individual reports under section 4a or 5a is guilty
21 of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90
22 days.
23 (5) The court shall revoke the probation of an individual
24 placed on probation who willfully violates this act.
25 (6) The court shall revoke the youthful trainee status of an
26 individual assigned to youthful trainee status who willfully
27 violates this act.
28 (7) The parole board shall rescind the parole of an individual
29 released on parole who willfully violates this act.
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1 (8) An individual's failure to register as required by this
2 act or a violation of section 5 may be prosecuted in the judicial
3 district of any of the following:
4 (a) The individual's last registered address or residence.
5 (b) The individual's actual address or residence.
6 (c) Where the individual was arrested for the violation.
7 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
8 after the date it is enacted into law.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 28.729