HOUSE BILL No. 4820

 

 

July 12, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

(MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 2 to chapter IX.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER IX

 

     Sec. 2. In determining the appropriate sentence to be imposed

 

on a person who has been convicted of a crime, the court shall

 

consider as a mitigating circumstance the fact that the defendant

 

suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or

 

psychiatric or psychological problems resulting from service as a

 

member of the United States Armed Forces in a combat theater of

 

operations during a time of war or emergency.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.