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SB-1188, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2024
               SENATE BILL NO. 1188
     December 05, 2024, Introduced by Senators MCDONALD RIVET, MCMORROW, IRWIN and
       HERTEL and referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety.
           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
 to recover damages for injuries to persons or property unless,
 after the claim first accrued to the plaintiff or to someone
 through whom the plaintiff claims, the action is commenced within
 the periods of time prescribed by this section.
        (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period
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 of limitations is 3 years after the time of the death or injury for
 all actions to recover damages for the death of a person or for
 injury to a person or property.
       (3) Subject to subsections (4) to (6), the period of
 limitations is 2 years for an action charging assault, battery, or
 false imprisonment.
       (4) Subject to subsection (6), the period of limitations is 5
 years for an action charging assault or battery brought by a person
 who has been assaulted or battered by his or her the person's
 spouse or former spouse, an individual with whom he or she the
 person has had a child in common, or a person with whom he or she
 the person who has been assaulted or battered resides or formerly
 resided.
       (5) Subject to subsection (6), the period of limitations is 5
 years for an action charging assault and battery brought by a
 person who has been assaulted or battered by an individual with
 whom he or she the person has or has had a dating relationship.
       (6) The period of limitations is 10 years for an action to
 recover damages sustained because of criminal sexual conduct is as
 provided in section 5851b. For purposes of this subsection, it is
 not necessary that a criminal prosecution or other proceeding have
 been brought as a result of the conduct or, if a criminal
 prosecution or other proceeding was brought, that the prosecution
 or proceeding resulted in a conviction or adjudication.
       (7) The period of limitations is 2 years for an action
 charging malicious prosecution.
       (8) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the period
 of limitations is 2 years for an action charging malpractice.
       (9) The period of limitations is 2 years for an action against
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 a sheriff charging misconduct or neglect of office by the sheriff
 or the sheriff's deputies.
       (10) The period of limitations is 2 years after the expiration
 of the year for which a constable was elected for actions based on
 the constable's negligence or misconduct as constable.
       (11) The period of limitations is 1 year for an action
 charging libel or slander.
       (12) The period of limitations is 3 years for a products
 liability action. However, in for a product that has been in use
 for not less than 10 years, the plaintiff, in proving a prima facie
 case, must do so without the benefit of any presumption.
       (13) An action against a state licensed architect or
 professional engineer or licensed professional surveyor arising
 from professional services rendered is an action charging
 malpractice subject to the period of limitation contained in
 subsection (8).
       (14) The periods of limitation under this section are subject
 to any applicable period of repose established in section 5838a,
 5838b, or 5839.
       (15) The amendments to this section made by 2011 PA 162 apply
 to causes of action that accrue on or after January 1, 2012.
       (16) As used in this section:
       (a) "Adjudication" means an adjudication of 1 or more offenses
 under chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL
 712A.1 to 712A.32.
       (a) (b) "Criminal sexual conduct" means conduct prohibited
 under section 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g of the Michigan penal
 code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, and
 750.520g.that term as defined in section 5851b.
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       (b) (c) "Dating relationship" means frequent, intimate
 associations primarily characterized by the expectation of
 affectional involvement. Dating relationship does not include a
 casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization between 2
 individuals in a business or social context.
       Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
 unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are
 enacted into law:
       (a)   Senate Bill No. 1189.
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       (b)   Senate Bill No. 1187.
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Statutes affected: 
Senate Introduced Bill: 600.5805
As Passed by the Senate: 600.5805