Bill > HB5483

This bill amends Michigan's penal code to specifically prohibit assaulting, battering, wounding, resisting, obstructing, opposing, or endangering a letter carrier employed by or contracted with the United States Postal Service, recognizing them as a protected "person" performing their duties. The bill clarifies that "obstruct" includes physical interference, threats of force, or failing to comply with a lawful command. Penalties vary based on the severity of the harm caused to the letter carrier, ranging from a felony punishable by up to two years imprisonment and a $2,000 fine for general obstruction, to a felony punishable by up to twenty years imprisonment and a $20,000 fine if the actions result in the letter carrier's death. The bill also specifies that sentences for violating this section can be served consecutively to any other sentences for crimes committed during the same incident, and it does not prevent charges for other laws broken during the violation.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5483