MichiganBill text would require lifetime monitoring for certain sexual offenses
The text would require lifetime electronic monitoring in cases involving sexual contact by someone at least 17 against a person under 13.
What it does
The text says courts must order lifetime electronic monitoring when someone at least 17 commits sexual contact against a person under 13.
For second-degree criminal sexual conduct, the text describes prison for life or a term of years, but conflicting edits leave the minimum unclear.
Argument forLifetime electronic monitoring could help authorities track people convicted of sexual contact with children under 13.
Argument againstLifetime electronic monitoring could keep qualifying people under state monitoring long after their prison term ends.
More detail
The text says a court must order lifetime electronic monitoring in certain cases. It applies to a violation of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving sexual contact with a person under 13. The requirement applies when the person who committed the sexual contact was at least 17 and the other person was under 13. The text says the amendment would take effect 90 days after it becomes law.
The text describes a prison sentence of life or a term of years, but its minimum term is unclear. The penalty provision applies to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The printed minimum appears as both 15 and 10 years, so the text does not clearly establish which minimum would apply. The text says the amendment would take effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Oct 1REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETYLatest
- Oct 1PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Sep 23transmitted
- Vote recorded passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #377 Yeas 78 Nays 25 Excused 0 Not Voting 7. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 23passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #377 Yeas 78 Nays 25 Excused 0 Not Voting 7Passed House
- Sep 23read a third timeMinor
- Sep 23placed on immediate passage
- Sep 23placed on third reading
- Sep 23read a second timeMinor
- Sep 23referred to second reading
- Sep 23reported with recommendation without amendmentMinor
- Aug 27bill electronically reproduced 08/26/2026
- Aug 26referred to Committee on JudiciaryMinor
- Aug 26read a first timeMinor
- Aug 26introduced by Representative Rep. Mark TisdelIntroduced
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