HOUSE BILL No. 6135

 

 

June 7, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Whiteford, Chang, Rendon and Kesto and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 222 (MCL 750.222), as amended by 2015 PA 28.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 222. As used in this chapter:

 

     (a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section

 

105 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL

 

436.1105.

 

     (b) "Barrel length" means the internal length of a firearm as

 

measured from the face of the closed breech of the firearm when it

 

is unloaded, to the forward face of the end of the barrel.

 

     (c) "Brandish" means to point, wave about, or display in a

 

threatening manner with the intent to induce fear in another


person.

 

     (d) "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or

 

controlled substance analogue as those terms are defined in section

 

7104 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7104.

 

     (e) "Firearm" means any weapon which will, is designed to, or

 

may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an

 

explosive.

 

     (f) "Misdemeanor involving domestic violence" means a

 

violation of the laws of this state or another state, a political

 

subdivision of this state or another state, or the United States

 

that is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, and in

 

which any of the following occurs:

 

     (i) The victim is the convicted person's spouse or former

 

spouse.

 

     (ii) The victim has or has had a dating relationship, as that

 

term is defined in section 81, with the convicted person.

 

     (iii) The victim has or has had a child in common with the

 

convicted person.

 

     (iv) The victim is a resident or former resident of the

 

convicted person's household.

 

     (g) (f) "Pistol" means a loaded or unloaded firearm that is 26

 

inches or less in length, or a loaded or unloaded firearm that by

 

its construction and appearance conceals itself as a firearm.

 

     (h) (g) "Pneumatic gun" means that term as defined in section

 

1 of 1990 PA 319, MCL 123.1101.

 

     (i) (h) "Purchaser" means a person who receives a pistol from

 

another person by purchase, gift, or loan.


     (j) (i) "Rifle" means a firearm designed or redesigned, made

 

or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed

 

or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive

 

in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile

 

through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.

 

     (k) (j) "Seller" means a person who sells, furnishes, loans,

 

or gives a pistol to another person.

 

     (l) (k) "Short-barreled rifle" means a rifle having 1 or more

 

barrels less than 16 inches in length or a weapon made from a

 

rifle, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the

 

weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

 

     (m) (l) "Short-barreled shotgun" means a shotgun having 1 or

 

more barrels less than 18 inches in length or a weapon made from a

 

shotgun, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the

 

weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

 

     (n) (m) "Shotgun" means a firearm designed or redesigned, made

 

or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed

 

or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive

 

in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a

 

number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single function

 

of the trigger.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6134 (request no.

 

02806'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.