ID THEFT:  RIGHT OF VICTIM TO FILE POLICE REPORT

Senate Bill 1384 (Substitute H-2)

Sponsor:  Sen. Laura Toy

House Committee:  Criminal Justice

Senate Committee:  Judiciary

Complete to 11-24-04

A SUMMARY OF SENATE BILL 1384 (SUBSTITUTE H-2)

The bill is part of a multi-bill, bi-cameral package of legislation addressing the problem of identity theft.

Senate Bill 1384 would amend the Crime Victim's Right Act to specify that in order to facilitate compliance with federal law, a bona fide victim of identify theft would be entitled to 1) file a police report with a law enforcement agency in a jurisdiction where the alleged violation of identity theft could be prosecuted as provided by Section 10c of the Code of Criminal Procedure (which would be added by Senate Bill 793), and 2) obtain a copy of that report from the law enforcement agency.

"Identity theft" would mean the term as defined in the Identity Theft Protection Act, which would be created by Senate Bill 792.

The bill is tie-barred to House Bill 6173, which contains similar provisions.

MCL 780.64a

[As of the date of this summary, Senate Bills 220, 657, 792, 793, 795, 798, and 803 have passed both chambers but are not yet ordered enrolled; House amendments to Senate Bill 797 were concurred in, but there is a vote pending to reconsider the vote to concur.  House Bills 6199 and 6174 have been ordered enrolled, 6173 and 6177 have passed both chambers but not yet ordered enrolled, and House Bills 6168, 6170-6172, 6175, and 6176 have been passed by the House.]

FISCAL IMPACT:

The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on local law enforcement agencies, depending on the number of police reports requested and the length of the police reports.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   Susan Stutzky

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   Jan Wisniewski

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.