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The Michigan Legislature is now halfway through the Lame Duck session for 2024. This week and next week hold the remaining six scheduled working session days of the year. The Michigan Legislature typically meets Tuesday-Thursday although it's not uncommon for session to extend into Friday or even Monday during the unpredictable and fast-moving final days of a Lame Duck session. You can find status updates, links to bills, and MCRGO's positions on all Michigan firearms legislation HERE.
Several hundred new bills have been introduced in lame duck session including many new gun bills. Due to the constitutional requirement that bills lay over for five calendar days between chambers, any bill that is to move forward must pass the chamber it was introduced in by the end of this week.
The House Democratic Caucus needs all of its 56 members present to pass any legislation on a party-line vote. Two House Democratic members were not in session last week. House Democrats hope all 56 will be present this week and next. Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) could use a rare "Call of the House" to force members to attend session even to the point of being escorted there by the Michigan State Police.
Below we list the firearms legislation most likely to be taken up yet in this year's Lame Duck session as of the date of publication of this newsletter. Here are links to contact your State Senator and State Representative in opposition to these bills.
Capitol & Legislative Office Buildings Carry Ban: Senate Bills 857 & 858
Destruction of Buyback & Seized Guns: House Bills 6144, 6145, & 6146
Firearms Industry Responsibility Act: House Bills 6183, 6184, & 6185
Ghost Gun Ban: Senate Bills 1149 & 1150
Bump Stock Ban: Senate Bill 942
Domestic Violence, Part II: House Bills 6134 & 6135
The list above is not comprehensive. Other legislation including recently introduced vehicle firearms storage requirements and a ban on "deceptively colored firearms" may also be considered yet this year.
There has been no movement to date on a modern rifle ban, the elimination of local government preemption, raising the age of private party firearms purchases to 21, or the creation of a 14-day waiting period for firearms purchases.
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