Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, the full title of the act shall be inserted to read as follows:
“An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,”
The Senate agreed to the full title.
Senator Runestad asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Runestad’s statement is as follows:
A number of years ago, I began working on this bill. It was brought to me by an officer, and he was explaining that a ProPAD is something like this, like a little computer. There’s four companies that make them, and one company sells them to the cartels for about $40,000. They then rent them out to the gangs for about $1,000 a night, and they can in a matter of seconds unlock a car and go steal the cars. We were, at that time, I believe No. 2 largest number of cars stolen in the United States. We passed it out of the Senate Chamber, it went over to the House, it passed the House, and then the former Speaker of the House would not support it and it died. In that time, over 30,000 vehicles estimated have been stolen here in Michigan. Often times, these gangs not only steal them but the cars are used for murder, drive-by shootings, business break-ins, retail frauds, stealing additional stolen vehicles. It’s been a catastrophe that it has taken this long to get this bill passed, so I’m a huge supporter and glad that we’re doing it.
The following bill was read a third time:
House Bill No. 5183, entitled
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 16f of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16f), as amended by 2000 PA 498.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: