Youth Indigent Defense (Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Act)

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• 2025-02-12 — Courts: other; Michigan indigent defense commission act; expand duties to include indigent defense of youth. Amends title & secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21 & 23 of 2013 PA 93 (MCL 780.983 et seq.) & adds sec. 14.: HB 4070 amends the title and secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21 & 23 of 2013 PA 93 (MCL 780.983 et seq.) and adds sec. 14 to expand the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission’s duties and standards to cover indigent defense of youth in addition to adults. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-03-25 — Criminal procedure: indigent defense; parent and child legal representation commission; create. Creates new act.: cross-connection with parent-child-legal-representation-commission: Both establish/expand commission-based oversight of indigent legal representation in Michigan — the youth indigent defense framework under MIDC and the new parent-and-child representation commission would operate as parallel structures for court-appointed counsel. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Courts: other; Michigan indigent defense commission act; expand duties to include indigent defense of youth. Amends title & secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21 & 23 of 2013 PA 93 (MCL 780.983 et seq.) & adds sec. 14.: SB 81 (103rd Legislature) passed a chamber and was ordered enrolled, amending the title and secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of 2013 PA 93 and adding sec. 14 to expand the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission’s duties to include indigent defense of youth, establishing standards and oversight for juvenile representation. (novelty: 3)

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