Each month, The Michigan Daily publishes a compilation of bills in the Michigan legislature for students at the University of Michigan to know about
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A new Michigan law will automatically enroll newly released prisoners to vote, making it the first state to require this. The law won't take effect until June of 2025. However, the Department of Corrections has already been working to help register this population. This law will make this effort a requirement.
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Three unregulated gambling websites have been ordered to cease operations by Michigan sports betting and gaming regulators. The Michigan Gaming Control Board, in a press release, said PredictionStrike, Stake.us and VGW have been illegally taking bets without licenses, diverting revenue away from the state and putting customers at risk.
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Court ruling could mean freedom for hundreds serving life sentences in Michigan
More than 250 people serving life prison sentences will get an opportunity for shorter terms after a major decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals.
A 2022 ruling that bars automatic life sentences for people who were 18 at the time of a murder can be applied retroactively to prisoners who are already in custody, including some who have been locked up for decades, the court said.
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In Michigan, a series of gun safety bills will go into effect in 2024. The bills include an expansion of background checks, requirements to store guns away from children and a new red flag law. Legislation was also signed in November to temporarily ban people convicted of domestic violence from possessing and purchasing firearms and ammunition.
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They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system that seems stacked against them.
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On Thursday morning in Flint, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a repeal of a nearly 30-year-old law that gave drug manufacturers immunity if their drugs caused harm for Michiganders.
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Almost all the laws will go into effect 90 days after the legislature ends, which is February 13, 2024. The only exception is for the minimum wage increase, which goes into effect on January 1.
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