May 3, 2016, Introduced by Senators KNOLLENBERG, PROOS, WARREN, EMMONS, ROCCA, BRANDENBURG, GREEN, BOOHER and NOFS and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 8a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8a. As used in this act, "recidivism" means the rearrest,
reconviction, and reincarceration in prison or jail of an
individual within 3 and 5 years of his or her release from
incarceration, placement on probation, or conviction, whichever is
later, and probation and parole violations as well as misdemeanor
and felony convictions, if recidivism data regarding technical
probation and parole violations are collected and maintained
separately from data on new felony or misdemeanor convictions.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.