AT THE CAPITOL

HB 4746 (Steele) Criminal procedure: mental capacity; Mental health: other. Criminal procedure: mental capacity; outpatient treatment for misdemeanor offenders with mental health issues; provide for. Amends sec. 461 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1461) & adds sec. 1021 & ch. 10A.
POSITION: Support.

HB 5758 (Paiz) Housing: landlord and tenants; Courts: state court administration. Housing: landlord and tenants; form containing summary of tenant’s rights; require state court administrative office to provide. Amends 1978 PA 454 (MCL 554.631 - 554.641) by adding sec. 4a.
POSITION: Support HB 5758 – HB 5760 with amendments consistent with the Board’s previously adopted position on HB 5236.

HB 5759 (Hoskins) Housing: landlord and tenants; State agencies (existing): health and human services. Housing: landlord and tenants; form containing summary of tenant’s rights; require the department to make available to the public. Amends sec. 57i of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.57i).
POSITION: Support HB 5758 – HB 5760 with amendments consistent with the Board’s previously adopted position on HB 5236.

HB 5760 (Hoskins) Housing: landlord and tenants; Housing: housing development authority. Housing: landlord and tenants; form containing summary of tenant’s rights; require the authority to make available to the public. Amends 1966 PA 346 (MCL 125.1401 - 125.1499c) by adding sec. 22e.
POSITION: Support HB 5758 – HB 5760 with amendments consistent with the Board’s previously adopted position on HB 5236.

HB 5788 (Hope) Civil procedure: civil actions. Civil procedure: civil actions; lawsuits for exercising rights to free expression; provide protections against. Creates new act.
POSITION: Support.

SB 810 (Shink) Civil procedure: personal protection orders; Crimes: domestic violence; Family law: domestic violence. Civil procedure: personal protection orders; expiration date; prescribe. Amends sec. 2950 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2950).
POSITION: Oppose.

SB 914 (Shink) Criminal procedure: other; Criminal procedure: evidence; Criminal procedure: trial. Criminal procedure: other; certain requirements for the use of informants in criminal proceedings; provide for. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding secs. 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f & 36g to ch. VIII.
POSITION: Support SB 914 in concept. The legislation should both track in-custody informants and their offers of relief from the police and/or prosecutors and afford criminal defendants access to this information with appropriate safeguards for the informants.

SB 916 (Santana) Criminal procedure: mental capacity; Mental health: other. Criminal procedure: mental capacity; outpatient treatment for misdemeanor offenders with mental health issues; provide for. Amends sec. 461 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1461) & adds sec. 1021 & ch. 10A.
POSITION: Support.

SB 936 (Irwin) Courts: reporters or recorders. Courts: reporters or recorders; prohibited conduct of court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of firm; modify. Amends sec. 1491 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1491).
POSITION: Support.

IN THE HALL OF JUSTICE

Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.625, 7.115, 7.219, and 7.319 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-38) – Taxation of Costs; Taxation of Costs, Fees; Taxation of Costs; Fees; Taxation of Costs; Fees (See Michigan Bar Journal September 2024, p 56).
STATUS: Comment period expires Oct. 1, 2024; Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.305 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-46) – Mandamus (See Michigan Bar Journal June 2024, p 56).
STATUS: Comment period expired Aug. 1, 2024. Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.306 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2024-06) – Quo Warranto (See Michigan Bar Journal September 2024, p 57).
STATUS: Comment period expires Oct. 1, 2024; Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.302 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2021-05) – Pleas of Guilty and Nolo Contendere (See Michigan Bar Journal June 2024, p 56).
STATUS: Comment period expired Aug. 1, 2024. Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.103 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-25) – Appellate Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court and Judicial Authority (See Michigan Bar Journal June 2024, p 57).
STATUS: Comment period expired Aug. 1, 2024. Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.118 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-12) – Appeals from the Michigan Parole Board (See Michigan Bar Journal June 2024, p 57).
STATUS: Comment period expired Aug. 1, 2024. Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.7 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (2022-56) – Lawyer as Witness (See Michigan Bar Journal September 2024, p 58).
STATUS: Comment period expires Oct. 1, 2024; Public hearing to be scheduled.
POSITION: Support.