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HB 5574: Make additional crime of harassing a first responder
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Introduced February 24, 2026
Official text and analysis
Crimes: public office and officers; intimidating or harassing an individual based on actual or perceived employment as a first responder; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 409c.

Sponsor: Alicia St. Germaine
Cosponsors: Mike Harris, Jay DeBoyer, Jamie Thompson, Steve Frisbie, Kathy Schmaltz, Thomas Kuhn, Brian BeGole, Matt Bierlein, Mike Mueller, Matt Maddock, Jason Woolford, Brad Paquette, Ken Borton, Joseph Aragona
Referred to House Judiciary Committee

 Votes on this bill
 
06/09/26  House roll call vote #187 On passage: Passed 74 – 30
For
AlexanderAndrewsAragonaBeGole
BesonBierleinBohnakBollin
BortonBruckCarraCarter, B.
Carter, T.CavittConlinDeBoer
DeBoyerDeSanaEdwardsFairbairn
FarhatFrisbieGreenGreene
HallHarrisHerzbergHoadley
Jenkins-ArnoJohnsenKellyKuhn
KunseLiberatiLightnerLinting
MaddockMarkkanenMartinMcFall
MeermanMentzerMuellerNeeley
NeyerO'NealOutmanPaquette
PavlovPosthumusPrestinRigas
RobinsonRothSchmaltzSchriver
SchuetteScottSlaghSmit
SnyderSt. GermaineSteckloffSteele
ThompsonTisdelVanWoerkomVanderWall
WendzelWitwerWoolfordWortz
WozniakXiong
Against
BreenBrixieByrnesDievendorf
FitzgeraldForemanGrantHope
HoskinsKoleszarLongjohnMacDonell
MartusMcKinneyMillerMorgan
Myers-PhillipsPaizPohutskyPrice
PuriRheingansRogersSkaggs
TsernoglouWegelaWeissWilson
WoodenYoung
Not Voting
ArbitCoffiaFoxGlanville
TateWhitsett
 



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