HOUSE BILL NO. 4944

September 11, 2025, Introduced by Reps. McKinney, Rheingans, Wegela, Wilson, MacDonell, Arbit, Conlin, Price, Myers-Phillips, Longjohn, Morgan, Skaggs, Glanville, Hope and Hoskins and referred to Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

"The code of criminal procedure,"

by amending section 13 of chapter IV (MCL 764.13), as amended by 1980 PA 506, and by adding section 1a to chapter III.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

CHAPTER III

Sec. 1a. Each individual arrested for an alleged criminal violation in this state must be afforded due process and must be advised of the individual's right to remain silent, be advised of the individual's right to have an attorney present during questioning, and be provided the warning that anything that the individual says may be used against the individual in court.

CHAPTER IV

Sec. 13. A peace officer who has arrested a person an individual for an offense without a warrant shall, without unnecessary delay not more than 48 hours after the arrest, take the person individual arrested before a magistrate of the judicial district in which the offense is charged to have been committed , and shall present a complaint to the magistrate a complaint stating that states the charge against the person individual arrested.