Michigan legislation · 103rd Legislature
Michigan HB6301: Courts: other; failure to appear reporting requirements; mandate, and require court to publish certain public information related to warrants. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 3a to ch. IV.
Status: In committee, August 27, 2026
What the bill says
To amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," (MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 3a to chapter IV.
From the introduced text, August 27, 2026:
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," (MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 3a to chapter IV. the people of the state of michigan enact: CHAPTER IV Sec. 3a. (1) Beginning October 1, 2026, each court shall post to the court's website both of the following: (a) The court's failure to appear rate, fugitive rate, or both. (b) The number of active warrants the court has, listed separately by traffic, misdemeanor, and felony offenses. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Failure to appear" means the failure to appear before court by a defendant for a hearing or any scheduled and required appearances. (b) "Failure to appear rate" means the number of defendants who qualify as failure to appear divided by the total population of defendants in the court's system. (c) "Fugitive" means an individual under judicial authority, including, but not limited to, defendants on pretrial release, probationers, and parolees, who fail to appear in court, abscond from supervision, or become fugitives from justice. (d) "Fugitive rate" means the number of individuals who qualify as a fugitive divided by the total number of individuals under judicial authority.
Sponsors
- Maddock, Matt (R, 51) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : bill electronically reproduced 08/27/2026
- : referred to Committee on Judiciary
- : read a first time
- : introduced by Representative Rep. Matt Maddock
Subjects: Courts: funding, Courts: employees, Courts: other, Courts: records
Common questions
- What is HB6301?
- HB6301 is a bill in the Michigan Legislature (103rd Legislature): Courts: other; failure to appear reporting requirements; mandate, and require court to publish certain public information related to warrants. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 3a to ch. IV.
- What does HB6301 do?
- In its own words: To amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," (MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 3a to chapter IV.
- What is the status of HB6301?
- In committee as of August 27, 2026. Latest action: bill electronically reproduced 08/27/2026 (August 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB6301?
- Maddock, Matt (R, 51).
- Where is the official record for HB6301?
- On the Michigan Legislature website: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-6301
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