April 14, 2025
Volume 23, Issue 14

In the Capitol

4/15 House Families & Veterans, 12:00 p.m. MORE
Agenda Items of Interest:
HB 4215 (Paquette) Family law: parenting time; reference to section 7b of the child custody act of 1970 in the revised judicature act of 1961; modify.
Family Law Section Position on HB 4215: Oppose.
HB 4216 (Paquette) Family law: parenting time; reference to section 7b of the child custody act of 1970 in the probate code of 1939; modify.
Family Law Section Position on HB 4216: Oppose.
HB 4217 (Paquette) Family law: parenting time; grandparenting time; modify.
Family Law Section Position on HB 4217: Oppose.

4/16 House Judiciary, 10:30 a.m. MORE
Agenda:
HB 4033 (Wozniak) Probate: trusts; procedures relating to the administration of unitrusts and income trusts; provide for.
HB 4034 (Wozniak) Probate: trusts; uniform statutory rule against perpetuities; revise to reflect limitation of the personal property trust perpetuities act to certain property.
HB 4047 (Bierlein) Civil procedure: civil actions; cause of action for media that falsely depicts an individual engaging in sexual conduct; provide for.
HB 4048 (Tsernoglou) Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; guidelines for dissemination of deep fake sexual images; enact.
HB 4255 (Lightner) Crimes: controlled substances; crime of manufacturing, delivering, or possession of with intent to deliver certain controlled substances; modify penalties.
HB 4256 (Bollin) Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for delivering, manufacturing, or possessing with intent to deliver certain controlled substances; amend.
HB 4045 (Hope) Civil procedure: civil actions; lawsuits for exercising rights to free expression; provide protections against.
SBM Position on HB 4045: Support.
Presentation from the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

4/17 Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary & Public Safety, 12:30 p.m. MORE
Agenda:
SB 147 (Santana) Civil procedure: costs and fees; fee for publication of legal notice; remove sunset for inflation adjustment.
SB 160 (Shink) Family law: marriage and divorce; uniform premarital and marital agreements act; create.
Family Law Section Position on SB 160: Support.
SB 78 (Santana) Criminal procedure: expunction; procedures and eligibility for the expungement of certain records; provide for.

Complete Committee Meeting List

In the Hall of Justice

NEWS
Veteran Chief Commissioner Dan Brubaker Named Chief Operating Officer

At the Bar

NEWS
April 25 Board of Commissioners Public Policy Agenda
The SBM Board of Commissioners will be considering several public policy items at its April 25 meeting. The public policy agenda can be reviewed online. Members of the State Bar are invited to submit comments to the Board of Commissioners on any of the items on the agenda. All comments received before the meeting will be shared with the Board.

Links of Interest

SBM Public Policy Resource Center
Public Acts
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Legislature
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