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SB 169 — Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
Last action — referred to Committee on Appropriations
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This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced May 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.
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Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
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1647 added · 1571 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to SB 169 adjusted the gross appropriation for the budget from $2,254,778,600 to $2,254,778,700, which reflects an increase of $100. Additionally, there was a minor increase in the state general fund allocation from $2,191,548,700 to $2,191,548,800. These changes may seem small, but they indicate a tight, precise management of funds, which is crucial for ensuring that financial resources are accurately tracked and utilized effectively for the intended programs and services.
SB-169, As Passed Senate, May 14, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS APPROPRIATION SUMMARY Full-time equated unclassified positions 16.0 Full-time equated classified positions 13,207.0 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 2,254,778,6002,254,778,700 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 2,254,778,6002,254,778,700 Federal revenues:
Total local revenues 12,122,000 Total private revenues 0 Total other state restricted revenues 45,904,200 State general fund/general purpose $ 2,191,548,7002,191,548,800 Sec.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT Full-time equated unclassified positions 16.0 Full-time equated classified positions 412.0 Unclassified salaries--FTEs 16.0 $ 2,362,900 Administrative hearings officers 4,070,200 Budget and operations administration--FTEs 316.0 45,097,300 Compensatory buyout and union leave bank 100 Corrections officer pensions 31,000,000 County jail reimbursement program 14,814,600 Employee wellness programming--FTEs 8.0 2,395,600 Equipment and special maintenance 1,559,700 Executive direction--FTEs 28.0 5,515,200 Judicial data warehouse user fees 50,600 New custody staff training 23,815,400 Prison industries operations--FTEs 60.0 10,309,100 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s Property management 2,638,000 Prosecutorial and detainer expenses 3,801,000 Worker's compensation 8,770,900 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 156,200,600 Appropriated from:
OFFENDER SUCCESS ADMINISTRATION Full-time equated classified positions 343.9 Community corrections comprehensive plans and services $ 14,198,100 Criminal justice reinvestment 2,548,400 Education/skilled trades/career readiness programs--FTEs 259.9 39,336,400 Enhanced food technology program--FTEs 11.0 1,711,200 Goodwill Flip the Script 1,250,000 Higher education in prison 2,000,000 Offender success community partners 19,425,000 Offender success federal grants 751,000 Offender success programming 15,742,200 Offender success services--FTEs 73.0 14,905,400 Probation residential services 13,575,500 Public safety initiative 250,000 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s Transitional housing development project 2,000,000 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 127,693,200 Appropriated from:
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION Full-time equated classified positions 678.0 Body-worn cameras--FTEs 8.0 $ 3,821,800 Central records--FTEs 43.0 5,121,100 Contraband prevention 2,750,000 Correctional facilities administration--FTEs 37.0 6,980,900 Housing inmates in federal institutions 511,000 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s Inmate housing fund 100 Inmate legal services 290,900 Intelligence unit--FTEs 30.0 4,068,700 Leased beds and alternatives to leased beds 100 Prison food service--FTEs 324.0 77,620,600 Prison store operations--FTEs 32.0 3,645,400 Transportation--FTEs 204.0 35,932,600 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 140,743,200 Appropriated from:
HEALTH CARE Full-time equated classified positions 1,525.3 Clinical complexes--FTEs 1,034.3 $ 177,805,900 Health care administration--FTEs 18.0 3,765,900 Healthy Michigan plan administration--FTEs 12.0 1,069,200 Hepatitis C treatment 10,499,100 Interdepartmental grant to health and human services, eligibility specialists 120,200 Mental health and substance use disorder treatment services--FTEs 461.0 67,780,200 Prisoner health care services 117,540,700 Vaccination program 691,200 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 379,272,400 Appropriated from:
Robert Cotton Correctional Facility - Jackson--FTEs 396.0 51,549,700 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s Gus Harrison Correctional Facility - Adrian-- FTEs 299.0 41,677,200 Ionia Correctional Facility - Ionia--FTEs 293.3 39,964,900 Kinross Correctional Facility - Kincheloe--FTEs 247.3 35,852,800 Lakeland Correctional Facility - Coldwater-- FTEs 275.4 38,226,700 Macomb Correctional Facility - New Haven--FTEs 313.3 43,326,900 Marquette Branch Prison - Marquette--FTEs 319.7 42,929,700 Muskegon Correctional Facility - Muskegon--FTEs 217.3 31,806,000 Newberry Correctional Facility - Newberry--FTEs 200.1 28,319,600 Oaks Correctional Facility - Eastlake--FTEs 289.4 40,701,900 Parnall Correctional Facility - Jackson--FTEs 266.1 34,877,400 Richard A.
Louis-- FTEs 306.6 43,821,100 Thumb Correctional Facility - Lapeer--FTEs 295.6 41,526,300 Womens Huron Valley Correctional Complex - Ypsilanti--FTEs 506.1 67,658,600 Woodland Correctional Facility - Whitmore Lake- -FTEs 296.9 42,564,300 Northern region administration and support-- FTEs 42.0 4,594,100 Southern region administration and support-- FTEs 51.0 18,969,800 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)(S-2)_SB169_APS_1 x49a7sfrnq7s GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 1,160,045,700 Appropriated from:
ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS A Brighter Way $ 500,000 Ambulance service reimbursements 100 Chance for Life 100 Eastern Michigan University 100,000 Facility cell block railing safety improvements 15,000,000 Goodwill Flip the Script 1,000,000 Peer recovery coaches 1,000,000 Reducing medical co-payments 500,000 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 18,100,10018,100,200 Appropriated from:
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s Special revenue funds:
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s Work project lapse funds 15,600,100 State general fund/general purpose $ 2,500,0002,500,100 PART 2 PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 GENERAL SECTIONS Sec.
In accordance with section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, total state spending under part 1 from state sources is $2,237,452,900.00$2,237,453,000.00 and state spending under part 1 from state sources to be paid to local units of government is $121,292,500.00.
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ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (a) "Administrative segregation" means confinement for maintenance of order or discipline to a cell or room apart from accommodations provided for inmates who are participating in programs of the facility.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (l) "Recidivism" means that term as defined in section 1 of ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s 2017 PA 5, MCL 798.31.
(b) Preference must be given to goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses, if they are ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s competitively priced and of comparable quality.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Preference must be given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of comparable quality.
The department shall not use funds appropriated in part 1 to hire a person to provide legal services that are the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s responsibility of the attorney general.
This section does not apply ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s to legal services for bonding activities or to outside services that the attorney general authorizes.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor, including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and payment description.
On a quarterly basis, the department shall report on the number of full-time equated positions in pay status by civil service classification, including a comparison by line item of the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s number of full-time equated positions authorized from funds ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s appropriated in part 1 to the actual number of full-time equated positions employed by the department at the end of the reporting period.
A department or agency receiving an appropriation under this part or part 1 must notify the standard report recipients if an appropriation of funds ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s described under this section is projected to lapse.
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(b) Affect an industry, community, population, or other group regulated or served by, or that otherwise engages with, the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s department.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Affect regulations that currently protect the public to the extent that the regulations affect an industry, community, population, or other group regulated or served by, or that otherwise engages with, the department.
(b) Mechanisms by which the department receives employee feedback in areas under subdivision (a) and how the department ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s considers suggestions made by employees.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Steps the department has taken, and future plans and goals the department has for retention and improving employee wellness.
(1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for prosecutorial and detainer expenses must be used to reimburse counties for ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s housing and custody of parole violators and offenders being ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s returned by the department from community placement who are available for return to institutional status and for prisoners who volunteer for placement in a county jail.
(b) Extending the telephone contract, including the department ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s exercising the option to extend the contract.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Rebidding the telephone contract.
(d) How the program provides marketable skills that lead to ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s employable outcomes after release from a department facility.
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ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (a) Internal sources of recruitment, including transfers and ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s promotions.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (e) Providing substance abuse testing and referrals for ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s counseling services and treatment.
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From the funds appropriated in part 1, the Department shall prepare a report of the following information by March 1 of each year:
(1) The number of Department employees charged with the commission of a criminal offense committed in a correctional facility and during the employee's work hours in the previous fiscal year.
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The information shall be categorized by facility and shall specify the offense charged and the outcome of the charge.
(2) The number of employees disciplined, demoted, or separated from service due to personal misconduct in the previous fiscal year.
To the extent it does not disclose confidential personnel records, the information shall be organized by type of misconduct, nature of corrective action taken, and outcome of the corrective action.
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From the funds appropriated in part 1, the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s department shall provide an annual statistical report for the immediately preceding calendar year not later than June 30.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (a) The felon's sentencing guidelines recommended range upper limit is more than 18 months, the felon's sentencing guidelines recommended range lower limit is 12 months or less, the felon's prior record variable score is 35 or more points, and the felon's sentence is not for commission of a crime in crime class G or crime class H or a nonperson crime in crime class F under chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69.
(c) The felon was sentenced to jail for a felony committed while the felon was on parole and under the jurisdiction of the parole board and for which the sentencing guidelines recommended range for the minimum sentence has an upper limit of more than 18 ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s months.
Not later than October 15, the department shall ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s distribute the documentation requirements to all counties.
(c) The total number of days inmates were in the custody of ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s the sheriff and eligible for the county jail reimbursement program.
(7) A county receiving reimbursement under subsection (3) must offer in-person visitation for all housed inmates within that ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s county's jail.
(b) "Group 2 crime" means a crime that is not a group 1 crime, including larceny, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, motor vehicle offenses, malicious destruction of property, controlled substance ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s offense, felony drunk driving, and other nonassaultive offenses.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (c) Electronic monitoring populations.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (e) The number of prisoner exits, including paroles, maximum discharges, and other exits during the previous quarter.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (d) A detailed accounting of vacant positions that are being held open for temporarily nonactive employees.
It is the intent of the legislature that the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s department establish and maintain a management-to-staff ratio of not more than 1 supervisor for each 8 employees at the department's central office in Lansing and at both the northern and southern region administration offices.
The funds appropriated in part 1 for corrections officer pensions that are remitted to the state employees' retirement system must be used to pay for costs associated with retirement benefit changes provided to employees in ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s the departments of corrections, natural resources, health and human services, and state police that would be eligible under House Bill Numbers 4665, 4666, and 4667 of the 102nd Legislature.
(a) The number of individuals who received transitional ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s housing services.
(3) The department may accept cash or in-kind donations to ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s supplement funds for prison education training, supplies, and materials necessary to complete the academic and jobs skills related programs.
(1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall design services for offender success and ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s vocational education programs, collaborating with the department of labor and economic opportunity and local entities to the extent deemed necessary by the director.
Allowable uses of community corrections ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s comprehensive plans and services funds must include reimbursing counties for transportation, treatment costs, and housing drunk drivers during a period of assessment for treatment and case planning, in accordance with an approved comprehensive plan.
(a) Approved technical assistance grants and community corrections comprehensive plans including each program and level of funding, the utilization level of each program, and profile ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s information of enrolled offenders.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (2) The report required under subsection (1) must include the total funding allocated, program expenditures, required program data, and year-to-date totals.
(2) As a condition of receiving funding appropriated for public safety initiative, reports required in the previous fiscal year must be submitted before funds may be disbursed for the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s current fiscal year.
(2) The department must report not later than March 1 on all ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s of the following for the previous fiscal year:
The department shall use the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s funds appropriated in part 1 for enhanced food technology program to collaborate with the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association and other restaurant industry stakeholders to provide job placement assistance to individuals on probation or parole.
The programs shall employ a multifaceted approach to treatment, ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s including various forms of medication-assisted treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder, counseling, and postrelease referral to community-based providers.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (c) The number of offenders who subsequently received treatment in the community for a duration of not less than 3 months.
(1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for Goodwill Flip the Script must be distributed to a Michigan-chartered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation operating in a county with greater than ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s 1,500,000 people for administration and expansion of a program that serves a population of individuals aged 16 to 39.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (b) The number of individuals diverted from incarceration.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (d) The steps the department has undertaken to improve programs, track records, accommodate transfers and prisoners with health care needs, and reduce waiting lists.
(1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for criminal justice reinvestment must be used only to fund data collection and ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s evidence-based programs designed to reduce recidivism among probationers, parolees, and prisoners.
Programming and support services should begin ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s before release and continue after release from the county jail.
Funding must be used for prisoner programming, special ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s equipment, and security projects.
From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall prepare individual reports not later than March 1 ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s for the residential reentry program, the electronic monitoring program, and the special alternative to incarceration program.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (f) Return to prison statistics.
To the extent the department has insufficient policies or resources to affect the continued increase in prison commitments among these offender populations, from the ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall explore other policy options to allow for program alternatives, including department or OCC-funded programs, local level programs, and programs available through private agencies that may be used as prison alternatives for these offenders.
(a) The numbers of parole and probation violators returned to or sent to prison for a new crime with a comparison of original ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s versus new offenses by major offense type:
(d) The number of offenders who participated in the reentry ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s program versus the number of those who did not.
(b) Participants completing the program earn a nationally ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s recognized credential for a career or vocational program.
(e) The distribution of the total number of prisoners reviewed during that quarter grouped by whether the prisoner had been ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s interviewed for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or more than sixth time.
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From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department must submit a report not later than March 1 each year, related to the medical parole process for the previous fiscal year.
The report must include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The number of incarcerated individuals who applied for medical parole the previous year, organized by reason for submission of the application, including the following:
(a) Demographic data including race or ethnicity, gender, and age;
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (b) The highest class of offense for which the individual is incarcerated;
(c) Whether the applicant had applied for medical parole before and been denied, and, if so, when;
and, (d) A basic description of the underlying medical condition that led to the application.
(2) The number of incarcerated individuals who were referred to the medical parole process the following year, organized by reason for submission of the application, including the following:
(a) Demographic data including race or ethnicity, gender, and age;
(b) The highest class of offense for which the individual is incarcerated;
(c) Whether the applicant had applied for medical parole before and been denied, and, if so, when;
and, (d) A basic description of the underlying medical condition that led to the referral.
(3) The number of medical parole hearings that took place in the previous year.
(4) The number of individuals who were granted medical parole in the previous year, categorized by the following:
(a) Demographic data including race or ethnicity, gender, and age;
(b) Whether the person applied as a person who is medically incapacitated or a person who is terminally ill;
(c) A basic description of the underlying medical condition that led to the application;
(5) The number of individuals who were denied medical parole in the previous year, categorized by reason.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (6) The number of individuals who were serving medical parole at the end of the previous fiscal year.
(7) The number of individuals who were previously granted medical parole but have since been returned to the custody of the department as of the end of the previous fiscal year, and the reasons for their return.
The department shall ensure that all prisoners, ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s upon any health care treatment funded from appropriations in part ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s 1, are given the opportunity to sign a medical release of information form designating a family member or other individual to whom the department shall release records and information regarding the prisoner upon the request of the prisoner.
(a) The amounts collected annually for all medical co-payments paid by prisonersprisoners, foritemized by categories such as medical, dental, and prescription, including those items listed under subsection (1)(a) to (d).
(b) The amounts collected from prisoners for any other medical ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s services, medication, medical devices, or any other payments for medical services that are not a co-payments.
Funds appropriated in part 1 for Hepatitis C ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s treatment must be used only to purchase specialty medication for Hepatitis C treatment in the prison population.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s Funding must be used by the department to support costs of staff, including nurses, qualified mental health professionals, recovery coaches, and corrections officers, and costs of medication and ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s supplies.
(e) Details on the operation of medication-assisted treatment clinics, including clinic site locations, staffing levels, and ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s expenditures for staffing, supplies, and medications.
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ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (b) Prison industries operations.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (e) Offender success programming.
The report must identify the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s facility at which the incident occurred.
(b) Not later than March 1, the number of critical incidents occurring each month at each facility during the previous calendar ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s year, categorized by type and severity of each incident.
(3) AsPursuant usedto inthe thisrequirements section,of "criticalsubsection incident"(2), includesif athe prisonercause assaultof ondeath staffis thatdetermined results in a serious physical injury to staff,be an escape or attempted escape, a prisoner disturbance that causes facility operation concerns, a drug overdoseoverdose, orthe suspectedrequired overdosereport thatmust resultsinclude inthe inpatientclassification hospitalization,of andthe andrug, unexpectedincluding, deathbut ofnot alimited prisoner.to:
Tylenol, opioids, or a mixture of drugs, if determinable.
(4) Additionally, the department must provide an annual report by September 15 listing the number of drug overdose deaths by facility, and broken down by the classification of the drug as described in subsection (3).
(5) As used in this section, "critical incident" includes a prisoner assault on staff that results in a serious physical injury to staff, an escape or attempted escape, a prisoner disturbance that causes facility operation concerns, a drug overdose or suspected overdose that results in inpatient hospitalization, and an unexpected death of a prisoner.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (b) Shift command staff to line custody staff.
Programming includes, but is not limited to, violence prevention programming, sexual abuse prevention programming, substance use disorder programming, thinking for a change programming, and any other programming that is required as a ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s condition of parole.
If a pregnant prisoner in a facility funded from appropriations in part 1 consents to a visitor being present, the department shall allow that 1 person to be present during the prisoner's labor and delivery, in addition to a doula being present ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s if the pregnant prisoner wants to work with a doula.
Prisoners with serious mental illness or serious developmental disorders must not be removed from the general population as a punitive response to behavior caused by ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s their serious mental illness or serious developmental disorder.
(1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall report not later than March 1 on the number of prisoners during the previous fiscal year in administrative segregation and, of those, the number who at any time during the current or previous prison term were diagnosed with serious mental illness or have a developmental disorder and the number of days ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s each of the prisoners with serious mental illness or a developmental disorder have been confined to administrative segregation.
(3) For any prisoner housed in administrative segregation for ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s 12 months or longer, an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the prisoner's placement in administrative segregation.
Prisoners less than 18 years of age who have serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental disorder must not be ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s removed from an existing placement as a punitive response to behavior caused by their serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental disorder.
A prisoner less than 18 years of age with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or a serious developmental disorder who is confined in these specialized housing programs must be evaluated or monitored by a ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s medical professional at a frequency of not less than every 12 hours.
From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department must submit a report on the number of prisoners who lost ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s visiting privileges.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (e) The number of prisoners who had visiting restrictions extended.
(1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department must submit a preliminary report on the department's plans to close, consolidate, or relocate any correctional facility ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s in the state.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (3) If the department is planning to close a correctional facility, the department must complete an analysis of the potential economic impact of the correctional facility closure on the local community where the facility is located.
The information packet must be reviewed not later than February 1 and ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s updated as necessary.
(f) The purpose and importance of prisoners signing a medical ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s release of information form.
From the funds appropriated in part 1 for contraband prevention, the department must reform the department's strip search protocol such that it results in fewer and less intrusive strip searches of prisoners to maintain the safety and security of ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s correctional facilities.
The contract must ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s include peer-led group mentoring, along with 1-on-1 peer mentoring for referred parolees to improve housing, civic engagement, transportation, education, employment, and access to health care and insurance.
(f) The 1-, 2-, and 3-year return to prison rates, if ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s available.
(1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for Eastern Michigan University, the university must provide incarcerated individuals nearing release with the opportunity to ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s complete a comprehensive bachelor's degree program at no cost to the student.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (f) The 1-, 2-, and 3-year return to prison rates, if available.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s Sec.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (3) Goodwill Flip the Script must submit a report by July 1 to the standard report recipients.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (g) Outcomes and performance measures.
(1) Outcomes and performance measures for A Brighter Way, the Eastern Michigan University pilot program, and the one- time Goodwill Flip the Script program must include at least the ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s following, as applicable to each program or entity as stated in their program goals:
(e) The number of individuals employed or enrolled in an ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s educational or vocational program, or both, within 60 to 90 days of release.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s (n) Civic engagement, including, but not limited to, voter registration.
ELF S01520'25 (S-2) x49a7s (u) Supervisory performance reviews.
(1) It is the intent of the legislature that the state budget director use the state budget director's authority under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a, to lapse a total of $15,600,100.00 appropriated under 2019 PA 64 for work project number W2234021, designated for the Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, work project number W2246021, ELF S01520'25 (S-2)_SB169_APS_1 frnq7s designated for the Michigan Reformatory, and work project number W2270021, designated for the Womens Huron Valley Correctional Complex.
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Sponsors
- Sue Shink · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 17 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Sue Shink Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 46% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (37)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Outman | — | Nay |
| Darrin Camilleri | Democrat | Yea |
| Dayna Polehanki | Democrat | Yea |
| Erika Geiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeff Irwin | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeremy Moss | Democrat | Yea |
| John Cherry | Democrat | Yea |
| Kevin Hertel | Democrat | Yea |
| Mallory McMorrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Cavanagh | Democrat | Yea |
| Paul Wojno | Democrat | Yea |
| Rosemary Bayer | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Singh | Democrat | Yea |
| Sarah Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean McCann | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Sue Shink | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Santana | Democrat | Yea |
| Veronica Klinefelt | Democrat | Yea |
| Winnie Brinks | Democrat | Yea |
| Aric Nesbitt | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Lauwers | Republican | Nay |
| Edward McBroom | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Runestad | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Damoose | Republican | Nay |
| Jon Bumstead | Republican | Nay |
| Jonathan Lindsey | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Bellino Jr. | Republican | Nay |
| Kevin Daley | Republican | Nay |
| Lana Theis | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Huizenga | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Webber | Republican | Nay |
| Michele Hoitenga | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hauck | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Victory | Republican | Nay |
| Ruth Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Albert | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 51% | 46% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (37)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Darrin Camilleri | Democrat | Yea |
| Dayna Polehanki | Democrat | Yea |
| Erika Geiss | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeff Irwin | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeremy Moss | Democrat | Yea |
| John Cherry | Democrat | Yea |
| Kevin Hertel | Democrat | Yea |
| Mallory McMorrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Cavanagh | Democrat | Yea |
| Paul Wojno | Democrat | Yea |
| Rosemary Bayer | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Singh | Democrat | Yea |
| Sarah Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean McCann | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Sue Shink | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Santana | Democrat | Yea |
| Veronica Klinefelt | Democrat | Yea |
| Winnie Brinks | Democrat | Yea |
| Aric Nesbitt | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Lauwers | Republican | Nay |
| Edward McBroom | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Runestad | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Damoose | Republican | Nay |
| Jon Bumstead | Republican | Nay |
| Jonathan Lindsey | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Bellino Jr. | Republican | Nay |
| Kevin Daley | Republican | Nay |
| Lana Theis | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Huizenga | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Webber | Republican | Nay |
| Michele Hoitenga | Republican | Nay |
| Rick Outman | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hauck | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Victory | Republican | Nay |
| Ruth Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Albert | Republican | Nay |
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 169 do?
- Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2025-2026; provide for. Creates appropriation act.
- Who sponsors SB 169?
- SB 169 is sponsored by Sue Shink (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 169?
- This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced May 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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