SUBSEQUENT PAROLE REVIEW                                                  H.B. 4562 (S-1) & 4563:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                     REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4562 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

House Bill 4563 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Sarah L. Lightner (H.B. 4562)

               Representative Angela Witwer (H.B. 4563)

House Committee:  Judiciary

Senate Committee:  Judiciary and Public Safety

CONTENT

House Bill 4562 (S-1) would amend the Corrections Code to allow the Parole Board to conduct a subsequent parole review of prisoners who had been denied parole within five years after denying a prisoner parole under certain circumstances, and to modify certain reporting requirements.  

House Bill 4563 would amend the Corrections Code to specify that all decisions and recommendations of the Parole Board would have to be by a majority vote of the Board or, except as otherwise prohibited by the Code, a Parole Board panel created under the Code.

The bills are tie-barred. 

MCL 791.233e (H.B. 4562)                                      Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

       791.246 (H.B. 4563)

FISCAL IMPACT

The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-1-22                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.