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Sponsored byAlicia St. Germaine+3 co-sponsors
Last updated Sep 23, 2026 · MI · Source: LegiScan ↗
This bill modifies penalties for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree under Michigan law. It raises the mandatory minimum sentence from any term of years to not less than 15 years in most cases, increases it to not less than 25 years when the offender is 17 or older and the victim is under 13, and imposes life without parole for certain repeat offenders 18 or older who victimize children under 13. It also requires lifetime electronic monitoring and allows consecutive sentencing.
HOUSE BILL NO. 6260 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal code," by amending section 520b (MCL 750.520b), as amended by 2014 PA 23. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 520b. (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if he or she the person engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists: exist: (a) That other person is under 13 years of age. (b) That other person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and any of the following: following circumstances exist: ( i ) The actor is a member of the same household as the victim. ( ii ) The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the fourth degree. ( iii ) The actor is in a position of authority over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit. ( iv ) The actor is a teacher, substitute teacher, or administrator of the public school, nonpublic school, school district, or intermediate school district in which that other person is enrolled. ( v ) The actor is an employee or a contractual service provider of the public school, nonpublic school, school district, or intermediate school district in which that other person is enrolled, or is a volunteer who is not a student in any public school or nonpublic school, or is an employee of this state or of a local unit of government of this state or of the United States assigned to provide any service to that public school, nonpublic school, school district, or intermediate school district, and the actor uses his or her the actor's employee, contractual, or volunteer status to gain access to, or to establish a relationship with, that other person. ( vi ) The actor is an employee, contractual service provider, or volunteer of a child care organization, or a person licensed to operate a foster family home or a foster family group home in which that other person is a resident, and the sexual penetration occurs during the period of that other person's residency. As used in this subparagraph, "child care organization", "foster family home", and "foster family group home" mean those terms as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111. (c) Sexual The sexual penetration occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony. (d) The actor is aided or abetted by 1 or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists: ( i ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. ( ii ) The actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the sexual penetration. Force or coercion includes, but is not limited to, any of the circumstances listed in subdivision (f). (e) The actor is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon. (f) The actor causes personal injury to the victim and force or coercion is used to accomplish sexual penetration. Force or coercion includes, but is not limited to, any of the following circumstances: ( i ) When the actor overcomes the victim through the actual application of physical force or physical violence. ( ii ) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence on the victim, and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats. ( iii ) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim, or any other person, and the victim believes that the actor has the ability to execute this threat. As used in this subdivision, subparagraph, "to retaliate" includes threats of physical punishment, kidnapping, or extortion. ( iv ) When the actor engages in the medical treatment or examination of the victim in a manner or for purposes that are medically recognized as unethical or unacceptable. ( v ) When the actor, through concealment or by the element of surprise, is able to overcome the victim. (g) The actor causes personal injury to the victim, and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. (h) That other person is mentally incapable, mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and any either of the following: following circumstances exist: ( i ) The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the fourth degree. ( ii ) The actor is in a position of authority over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit. (2) Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is a felony punishable as follows: (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), by imprisonment for life or for any term of years , but not less than 15 years . (b) For a violation that is committed by an individual 17 years of age or older against an individual less than 13 years of age , by imprisonment for life or any term of years, but not less than 25 years. (c) For a violation that is committed by an individual 18 years of age or older against an individual less than 13 years of age, by imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole if the person was previously convicted of a violation of this section or section 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g committed against an individual less than 13 years of age or a violation of law of the United States , or another state or political subdivision substantially corresponding to a violation of this section or section 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g committed against an individual less than 13 years of age. (d) In addition to any other penalty imposed under subdivision (a) or (b), the court shall sentence the defendant to lifetime electronic monitoring under section 520n. (3) The court may order a term of imprisonment imposed under this section to be served consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for any other criminal offense arising from the same transaction. Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
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