HB 6275 Michigan House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Crimes: other; preventing access to a health care facility; prohibit. Creates new act.

This bill creates new criminal penalties for individuals who intentionally injure, intimidate, or interfere with people seeking or providing reproductive health services at licensed health facilities. It specifically prohibits physical obstruction that blocks entry or exit and distinguishes between violent acts, which carry heavier felony charges, and nonviolent obstruction, which results in misdemeanor penalties. The legislation also establishes a civil remedy allowing aggrieved parties or government officials to sue for damages and fines, while explicitly preserving constitutional rights to peaceful picketing and demonstrations outside the facility. Additionally, the act clarifies that parents are not penalized for directing these prohibited activities at their minor children and does not override local ordinances regarding reproductive health services.
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Dec 2024
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Introduced Dec 10, 2024 Last action Dec 10, 2024
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Dec 10, 2024
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referred to Committee on Criminal Justice
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Dec 10, 2024
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introduced by Representative Laurie Pohutsky
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Laurie Pohutsky
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