Current Version
| Region | Michigan |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Apr 2, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Michigan maintained sexual orientation in hate-crime / bias-crime reporting or data collection, and added sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression to hate-crime / bias-crime criminal coverage. |
| Sources | https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-01-28/michigan-hate-crime-act-signed-into-law-expanding-definition-of-hate-crimes |
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| Description | Michigan’s hate-crime statute makes it a felony to use force or violence, cause bodily injury, stalk, damage or deface property, or make a true threat against someone at least partly because of the person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. | Michigan maintained sexual orientation in hate-crime / bias-crime reporting or data collection, and added sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression to hate-crime / bias-crime criminal coverage. |
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| Description | Michigan law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. | Michigan’s hate-crime statute makes it a felony to use force or violence, cause bodily injury, stalk, damage or deface property, or make a true threat against someone at least partly because of the person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. |
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| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Apr 2, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Michigan law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| Sources | https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-01-28/michigan-hate-crime-act-signed-into-law-expanding-definition-of-hate-crimes |