Michigan 2017 House Bill 4158 – Require conviction for property forfeiture
To establish that property seized from a person because it may be associated with a suspected drug crime is not subject to forfeiture unless the individual is actually convicted. The bill would also prohibit officials from requiring a person to negotiate for return of their property.
However, the conviction requirement would only apply to forfeitures of less than $50,000 (meaning police and prosecutors could still take and keep those assets using a lower burden of proof).
Introduced by Rep. Peter Lucido (R) on February 2, 2017
Passed 83 to 26 in the House on May 8, 2018.
See Who Voted – Yes / No – below to establish that property seized from a person because it may be associated with a suspected drug crime is not subject to forfeiture unless an individual is actually convicted.
IN FAVOR
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
AGAINST
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
| Cambensy (D) | Chirkun (D) | Cochran (D) | Dianda (D) | Elder (D) |
| Faris (D) | Green (D) | Greimel (D) | Guerra (D) | Kosowski (D) |
| Love (D) | Neeley (D) | Sabo (D) | Santana (D) | Yancey (D) |
| Yanez (D) |
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
| Cox (R) | Crawford (R) | Garcia (R) | Graves (R) | Kesto (R) |
| LaSata (R) | Maturen (R) | Miller (R) | Victory (R) | Webber (R) |
Michael Komorn is an advocate for Forfeiture Reform
See the Michigan House Judiciary Committee hearing on Asset Forfeiture legislation on HOUSE TELEVISION
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