Current Version
| Region | Michigan |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Protected in some contexts |
| Start Date | Oct 28, 2009 |
| End Date | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Description | The United States federal government can charge an anti-sexual orientation or anti-gender identity hate crime under 18 United States Code, section 249 when the offense involves bodily injury or a qualifying attempted bodily injury and has a federal nexus, such as interstate travel or communications, use of a weapon that moved in interstate commerce, interference with commercial activity, another effect on interstate or foreign commerce, or occurrence within special federal jurisdiction. Michigan maintained sexual orientation to hate-crime / bias-crime reporting or data collection. |
| Sources | https://www.michigan.gov/msp/-/media/Project/Websites/msp/micr-assets/2022/MICR-Annual-Report-2022.pdf https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section249&num=0&edition=prelim |
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Description | The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act can allow federal prosecution of certain bias-motivated bodily-injury crimes or qualifying attempted weapon attacks when the victim was targeted because of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity and the crime occurred in federal jurisdiction, crossed state or national lines, used interstate-commerce channels or items, interfered with commercial activity, or otherwise affected interstate or foreign commerce. Michigan’s 1991 Act 172, required local police and sheriffs to report hate/bias-crime information to the Michigan State Police for crimes motivated by prejudice or bias based on sexual orientation, but it provided reporting/data-collection coverage only. | The United States federal government can charge an anti-sexual orientation or anti-gender identity hate crime under 18 United States Code, section 249 when the offense involves bodily injury or a qualifying attempted bodily injury and has a federal nexus, such as interstate travel or communications, use of a weapon that moved in interstate commerce, interference with commercial activity, another effect on interstate or foreign commerce, or occurrence within special federal jurisdiction. Michigan maintained sexual orientation to hate-crime / bias-crime reporting or data collection. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Protected in some contexts |
| Start Date | Oct 28, 2009 |
| End Date | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Description | The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act can allow federal prosecution of certain bias-motivated bodily-injury crimes or qualifying attempted weapon attacks when the victim was targeted because of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity and the crime occurred in federal jurisdiction, crossed state or national lines, used interstate-commerce channels or items, interfered with commercial activity, or otherwise affected interstate or foreign commerce. Michigan’s 1991 Act 172, required local police and sheriffs to report hate/bias-crime information to the Michigan State Police for crimes motivated by prejudice or bias based on sexual orientation, but it provided reporting/data-collection coverage only. |
| Sources | https://www.michigan.gov/msp/-/media/Project/Websites/msp/micr-assets/2022/MICR-Annual-Report-2022.pdf https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section249&num=0&edition=prelim |