Crimes: definitions; definition of racketeering; include insurance fraud. Amends sec. 159g of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.159g).
This bill expands the legal definition of racketeering in Michigan to explicitly include insurance fraud. It directly affects individuals and organizations accused of committing organized crime schemes that involve defrauding insurance companies. By adding insurance fraud to the list of qualifying offenses, the law allows prosecutors to charge such activities as part of a broader pattern of criminal behavior rather than isolated incidents. This change aims to provide law enforcement with clearer tools to investigate and prosecute complex financial crimes that target the insurance industry.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 24, 2023
Last action Jun 26, 2024
Floor votes · House Jun 25, 2024
How they voted
106–4
Passed
Total votes 110
Jun 25, 2024
D
Democratic56
100% Yea
R
Republican54
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jun 26, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
upper
Jun 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 219 Yeas 106 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 0
lower
Jun 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
substitute (H-1) adopted
lower
May 16, 2024
Committee
referred to second reading
lower
May 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)
lower
Oct 24, 2023
Committee
referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Services
lower
Oct 24, 2023
Introduced
introduced by Representative Mike Harris
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Harris
RRepublican
Co
AA
Abraham Aiyash
DDemocratic
Co
Amos O'Neal
DDemocratic
Co
BB
Bob Bezotte
RRepublican
Co
Brenda Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Rheingans
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Neeley
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Dievendorf
DDemocratic
Co
FB
Felicia Brabec
DDemocratic
Co
Helena Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Jaz Martus
DDemocratic
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