Quote:Michigan’s Democratic House passed legislation on Tuesday that enables attorneys to shut down “hate speech.” The new House Bill 4474 is a vague and unconstitutional censorship law that determines “feeling threatened” as reasonable grounds to prosecute offenders.
The punishment for making someone “feel threatened” in Michigan is five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
An alternate sentence proposes “community service” in order to “enhance the offender’s understanding of the impact of the offense upon the victim and wider community.”
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Here are the starter lists.
Quote:Sponsors
Rep. Noah Arbit [D] Rep. Ranjeev Puri [D] Rep. Kristian Grant [D] Rep. Sharon MacDonell [D]
Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou [D] Rep. Dylan Wegela [D] Rep. Jason Morgan [D] Rep. Veronica Paiz [D]
Rep. Jaime Churches [D] Rep. Carol Glanville [D] Rep. Jason Hoskins [D] Rep. Mike McFall [D]
Rep. Joey Andrews [D] Rep. Alabas Farhat [D] Rep. Betsy Coffia [D] Rep. Jasper Martus [D]
Rep. Kelly Breen [D] Rep. Donavan McKinney [D] Rep. Jimmie Wilson [D] Rep. Phil Skaggs [D]
Rep. Samantha Steckloff [D] Rep. Julie Rogers [D] Rep. Tyrone Carter [D] Rep. Erin Byrnes [D]
Rep. Natalie Price [D] Rep. Carrie Rheingans [D] Rep. Regina Weiss [D] Rep. Brenda Carter [D]
Rep. Reggie Miller [D] Rep. Kara Hope [D] Rep. Rachel Hood [D] Rep. Jenn Hill [D]
Rep. Felicia Brabec [D] Rep. Helena Scott [D] Rep. Jennifer Conlin [D] Rep. Emily Dievendorf [D]
Rep. Stephanie Young [D] Rep. Amos O'Neal [D] Rep. Cynthia Neeley [D] Rep. Christine Morse [D]
Rep. Julie Brixie [D] Rep. John Fitzgerald [D] Rep. Kimberly Edwards [D] Rep. Abraham Aiyash [D]
Rep. Karen Whitsett [D]
legiscan.com
Quote:House Bill No. 4474, entitled
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 147b (MCL 750.147b), as added by 1988 PA 371.
The bill was read a third time.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
Rep. Arbit moved to substitute (H-3) the bill.
The motion was seconded and the substitute (H-3) was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was then passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:
Roll Call No. 173 Yeas—59
Aiyash Farhat McFall Shannon
Andrews Filler McKinney Skaggs
Arbit Fitzgerald Mentzer Snyder
Brabec Glanville Miller Steckloff
Breen Grant Morgan Stone
Brixie Haadsma Morse Tate
Byrnes Hill Neeley Tisdel
Carter, B. Hood O’Neal Tsernoglou
Carter, T. Hope Paiz Wegela
Churches Hoskins Pohutsky Weiss
Coffia Koleszar Price Whitsett
Coleman Kuhn Puri Wilson
Conlin Liberati Rheingans Witwer
Dievendorf MacDonell Rogers Young
Edwards Martus Scott
Nays—50
Alexander DeSana Markkanen Schriver
Aragona Fink Martin Schuette
Beeler Fox Meerman Slagh
BeGole Friske Mueller Smit
Beson Green, P. Neyer St. Germaine
Bierlein Greene, J. Outman Steele
Bollin Hall Paquette Thompson
Borton Harris Posthumus VanderWall
Bruck Hoadley Prestin VanWoerkom
Carra Johnsen Rigas Wendzel
Cavitt Kunse Roth Wozniak
DeBoer Lightner Schmaltz Zorn
DeBoyer Maddock
www.legislature.mi.gov
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