OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED; BAC                                                             S.B. 400, 616, & 617 &

                                                                                                                                                                                H.B.  4219, 4220,  4308, & 4309:

                                                                                                                                                                  SUMMARY AS ENACTED

Senate Bill 400 (as enacted)                                                                           PUBLIC ACT 82 of 2021

Senate Bills 616 and 617 (as enacted)                           PUBLIC ACTS 84 & 85 of 2021

House Bills 4219 and 4220 (as enacted)                         PUBLIC ACTS 78 & 79 of 2021

House Bills 4308 and 4309 (as enacted)                       PUBLIC ACTS 80 & 81 of 2021

Sponsor:   Representative  Tenisha Yancey (H.B. 4219)

                            Representative Joseph N. Bellino, Jr. (H.B. 4220)

                            Representative Abdullah Hammoud (H.B. 4308)

                            Representative Graham Filler (H.B. 4309)

                            Senator Ed McBroom (S.B. 400)

                            Senator Roger Victory (S.B 616 & 617)

House Committee:    Judiciary

Senate Committee:    Judiciary and Public Safety

Date Completed:   7-18-22

CONTENT

House Bill 4220  amended Section 1c of Public Act (PA) 213 of 1965, which provides for setting aside convictions in certain criminal cases, to allow for the setting aside of a conviction for a first violation operating while intoxicated (OWI) under certain circumstances.

House Bill 4219  amended Section 1 of PA 213 to prescribe the definition of "first violation operating while intoxicated offense" and to modify the definition of "operating while intoxicated".

House Bill 4308  amended the Michigan Vehicle Code to delete the sunset of October 1, 2021, on which the bodily alcohol content (BAC) that constitutes OWI would have increased from 0.08 to 0.10.

House Bill 4309  amended the sentencing guidelines within the Code of Criminal Procedure to reflect the elimination of the sunset provision raising the BAC that constitutes OWI.

Senate Bill 400  amended PA 213 to prescribe the time period in which an application to set aside a conviction for a first violation OWI offense must be filed.

Senate Bill 616 amended the sentencing guidelines within the Code of Criminal Procedure to make various language and grammatical changes.

Senate Bill 617 amended the Michigan Vehicle Code to make various language and grammatical changes.

Senate Bills 616 and 617 took effect on September 24, 2021. House Bills 4308 and 4309 took effect on November 21, 2021. House Bills 4219 and 4220 took effect on February 19, 2022. Senate Bill 400 took effect on March