Bill > HB6262

This bill modifies Michigan’s criminal laws regarding third-degree criminal sexual conduct, which generally involves non-consensual sexual penetration or sexual activity with certain protected individuals like minors or students in specific authority relationships. Within the statutory framework, the bill makes minor grammatical tweaks to provisions involving school employees and special education recipients, and it significantly restructures the penalty for this felony. Under the previous law, third-degree criminal sexual conduct was punishable by a maximum prison sentence of up to 15 years. The bill alters this sentencing structure to make the crime punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of years, establishing a new minimum sentence of 5 years while removing the old 15-year cap. Finally, the legislation includes a standard implementation provision stating that it will take effect 90 days after being enacted into law.