TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RETENTION OF PROPERTY RELATED TO A FELONY INVESTIGATION.
House Bill 1780, now Act 684, amends the law regarding the retention and release of property connected to felony investigations. The bill clarifies that property related to a felony investigation must be released by the prosecuting attorney if they decide not to pursue prosecution. This change directly affects law enforcement agencies holding seized property and individuals whose property is involved in felony investigations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 13, 2025
Signed Apr 16, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 684' to 'HB 1780' with minor structural changes including the removal of an approval date line and addition of blank lines. These are primarily technical formatting adjustments rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL
Removed the 'APPROVED: 4/16/25' line that indicated prior approval status from Act 684.
Added blank lines at the beginning of the document for formatting purposes.
Changed document title from 'Act 684 of the Regular Session' to 'HB 1780' with updated session information.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1780 is now Act 684
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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