Corrections: parole; certain voting information on release; require department of corrections to provide. Amends secs. 34c & 35 of 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.234c & 791.235).
Take action
Record your position on this measure.
Create an account to take a stance, submit a written position, or contact your legislator.
Progress
Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill amends Michigan law to improve the process of releasing prisoners on parole. It requires the Department of Corrections to provide released prisoners with identification documents and information about voter registration. It also modifies the parole board’s procedures, including how they consider factors like a prisoner’s refusal to obtain identification and ensuring that parole decisions are based on clear, stated reasons. Finally, it creates a reentry success fund to support these efforts.
Key provisions
- Requires the Department of Corrections to provide released prisoners with identification documents and voter registration information.
- Allows prisoners to obtain operator’s licenses and personal identification cards.
- Modifies the parole board’s criteria for denying parole, limiting consideration of marital history and prior arrests.
- Establishes a ‘reentry success fund’ to support reentry programs.
- Requires the Department of Corrections to provide written information about voter registration to prisoners.
- Specifies how the Department of Corrections must provide this information to prisoners.
- Clarifies the parole board’s process for determining eligibility for medical parole.
- Addresses electronic monitoring requirements for medically frail parolees.
Who is affected
- Prisoners
- Department of Corrections
- Parole Board
Bill text
Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.
Document of record
- Version
- Senate Introduced Bill
- Published
- Not published in the source record
This version is published only as a document. Open the viewer to read it here, or download the file.
Sponsors
Official sponsors from legislative records.
No sponsors are on record.
Arguments
Reasons offered for and against this legislation.
Arguments in favor
No arguments in favor have been submitted.
Submit yoursArguments opposed
No arguments opposed have been submitted.
Submit yours