HB 6260

HOUSE BILL NO. 6260
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 520b (MCL 750.520b), as amended by
2014 PA 23.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 520b. (1) A person is guilty of
criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if he
or she the person engages in sexual
penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists:exist:
(a) That other
person is under 13 years of age.
(b) That other
person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and any of the following:following
circumstances exist:
(i) The actor is a member of the same
household as the victim.
(ii) The actor is related to the victim by
blood or affinity to the fourth degree.
(iii) The actor is in a position of authority
over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit.
(iv) The actor is a teacher, substitute
teacher, or administrator of the public school, nonpublic school, school
district, or intermediate school district in which that other person is
enrolled.
(v) The actor is an employee or a
contractual service provider of the public school, nonpublic school, school
district, or intermediate school district in which that other person is
enrolled, or is a volunteer who is not a student in any public school or nonpublic
school, or is an employee of this state or of a local unit of government of
this state or of the United States assigned to provide any service to that
public school, nonpublic school, school district, or intermediate school
district, and the actor uses his or her the actor's employee, contractual, or volunteer
status to gain access to, or to establish a relationship with, that other
person.
(vi) The actor is an employee, contractual
service provider, or volunteer of a child care organization, or a person
licensed to operate a foster family home or a foster family group home in which
that other person is a resident, and the sexual penetration occurs during the
period of that other person's residency. As used in this subparagraph,
"child care organization", "foster family home", and
"foster family group home" mean those terms as defined in section 1
of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.
(c) Sexual The sexual penetration
occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony.
(d) The actor is
aided or abetted by 1 or more other persons and either of the following
circumstances exists:
(i) The actor knows or has reason to know
that the victim is mentally incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically
helpless.
(ii) The actor uses force or coercion to
accomplish the sexual penetration. Force or coercion includes, but is not
limited to, any of the circumstances listed in subdivision (f).
(e) The actor is
armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the
victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon.
(f) The actor
causes personal injury to the victim and force or coercion is used to
accomplish sexual penetration. Force or coercion includes, but is not limited
to, any of the following circumstances:
(i) When the actor overcomes the victim
through the actual application of physical force or physical violence.
(ii) When the actor coerces the victim to
submit by threatening to use force or violence on the victim, and the victim
believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats.
(iii) When the actor coerces the victim to
submit by threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim, or any
other person, and the victim believes that the actor has the ability to execute
this threat. As used in this subdivision, subparagraph, "to retaliate" includes
threats of physical punishment, kidnapping, or extortion.
(iv) When the actor engages in the medical
treatment or examination of the victim in a manner or for purposes that are
medically recognized as unethical or unacceptable.
(v) When the actor, through concealment or
by the element of surprise, is able to overcome the victim.
(g) The actor
causes personal injury to the victim, and the actor knows or has reason to know
that the victim is mentally incapable, mentally incapacitated, or physically
helpless.
(h) That other
person is mentally incapable, mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or
physically helpless, and any either of the following:following circumstances exist:
(i) The actor is related to the victim by
blood or affinity to the fourth degree.
(ii) The actor is in a position of authority
over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit.
(2) Criminal sexual
conduct in the first degree is a felony punishable as follows:
(a) Except as
provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), by imprisonment for life or for any term
of years, but not less than 15 years.
(b) For a violation
that is committed by an individual 17 years of age or older against an
individual less than 13 years of age, by
imprisonment for life or any term of years, but not less than 25 years.
(c) For a violation
that is committed by an individual 18 years of age or older against an
individual less than 13 years of age, by imprisonment for life without the
possibility of parole if the person was previously convicted of a violation of
this section or section 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g committed against an
individual less than 13 years of age or a violation of law of the United States , or another state or political subdivision substantially
corresponding to a violation of this section or section 520c, 520d, 520e, or
520g committed against an individual less than 13 years of age.
(d) In addition to
any other penalty imposed under subdivision (a) or (b), the court shall
sentence the defendant to lifetime electronic monitoring under section 520n.
(3) The court may
order a term of imprisonment imposed under this section to be served
consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for any other criminal
offense arising from the same transaction.
Enacting section 1.
This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.