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the Capitol
Committee
meetings of interest for the week of 10/26.
10/28/03
Senate Judiciary
Agenda Items:
SB
637 Clarify and modify penalties for definition of possession as presence
of alcohol in the body (minors); SB
792 Create identity theft protection act; SB
797 Establish sentencing guidelines for crimes of identity theft;
SB
793 Clarify crime of obtaining personal identity information of another
with intent to unlawfully use the information; SB
794 Allow victim of identity theft to obtain certificate as proof
of theft from prosecuting attorney or attorney general; SB
795 Establish and provide penalties and remedies; social security
number privacy act; SB
796 Establish database for identity theft victims; SB
798 Create remedy in Michigan consumer protection act for certain
violations of identity theft protection act; SB
657 Prohibit requirement for disclosure of social security number
to purchase or obtain certain goods or services of a retailer; SR
182 A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States
to enact legislation to provide greater protections against identity theft,
SR
183 A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States
to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide that the statute of
limitations for an identity theft suit is two years from the time the
fraud was discovered.
10/29/03
House Criminal Justice
Agenda Items: HB
5074 Allow local corrections officers to carry stun guns and similar
devices; HB
5033 Increase penalties for minor who purchases, attempts to purchase,
consumes, attempts to consume, possesses, or attempts to possess an alcoholic
beverage; HB
5199 Prohibit release of individual convicted of criminal sexual conduct
against minor on bail pending sentencing or appeal; HB
5104 Include as felony murder; penalties for certain vulnerable adult
abuse.
Complete Committee
Meeting List
In the Hall of Justice
Supreme Court to Review State's Probate Courts Following Audit
View Full Text (mlive.com,
10/24/03)
See Also:
State to Probe Probate Courts
View Full Text Detroit Free Press, 10/24/03)
Judge Savors Time Spent as a Juror
View
Full Text(Detroit
Free Press, 10/24/03)
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Federal News
High Court to Decide Right to Refuse ID
View Full Text
(Washington Post, 10/21/03)
State News
Bills Help Identity Theft Victims
View Full Text
(Holland Sentinel, 10/24/03)
See Also: Legislation Introduced
Granholm Appoints Alfred Butzbaugh Judge of the 2nd
Circuit Court
View
Full Text
(michigan.gov, 10/22/03)
Legislation
Introduced 10/21 - 10/23
HB
5186 Crime victims; notices; persons allowed to request notices;
include persons other than victims.
HB
5197 Housing; landlord and tenants; procedure for eviction of
tenants of property where controlled substances are manufactured,
possessed, or delivered; revise.
HB
5199 Criminal procedure; pretrial procedure; release of individual
convicted of criminal sexual conduct against minor on bail pending
sentencing or appeal; prohibit.
SB
788 Courts; judges; number of judgeships in the seventeenth
judicial circuit; increase.
SB
792 Consumer protection; privacy; identity theft protection
act; create.
SB
793 Criminal procedure; jurisdiction; crime of obtaining personal
identity information of another with intent to unlawfully use the
information; clarify.
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