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HR 65

A Resolution establishing a task force to study social media platforms and websites on which suicide is encouraged.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tim Brennan and 15 co-sponsors

Declares April 2025 Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Michigan to raise awareness, promote prevention, support survivors, and encourage interagency collaboration.

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Bill Summary · HR 65

Summary — House Resolution 65 (Michigan): Declare April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Status: Adopted
Introduced: April 17, 2025 (Rep. Carol Glanville)
Adopting body: Michigan House of Representatives
Primary sponsors/co-sponsors (as adopted): Reps. Carol Glanville, Breen, Dievendorf, Fitzgerald, MacDonell, Mentzer, Rheingans, Rogers, Weiss, Witwer, Young
Related: Companion measure HCR 72

Purpose / Intent

HR 65 is a ceremonial (non‑binding) House resolution declaring April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Michigan. Its stated purpose is to raise public awareness about sexual violence, promote prevention education, support survivors, and encourage coordination among national, state, and local partners to reduce and respond to sexual assault.

Key provisions

  • Officially declares April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month for the State of Michigan.
  • Expresses support for efforts by national, state, and local organizations and encourages citizens to engage in prevention, survivor support, education, and accountability efforts.
  • Frames sexual violence as a public‑health and criminal‑justice concern and calls for community action to prevent re‑victimization and to hold perpetrators accountable.

Findings and statistics cited in the resolution

  • National Sexual Violence Resource Center: ~1 in 5 women in the U.S. experience completed or attempted rape in their lifetime; ~24.8% of men experienced some form of contact sexual violence.
  • Bureau of Justice (2019): children ages 14–17 reported as victims of sexual assault.
  • Michigan State Police (2019): 6,823 incidents of rape reported to law enforcement in Michigan.
  • National Crime Victimization Survey: approximately 68% of rape/sexual assault victims experience moderate to severe distress.

Who is affected / likely to be involved

  • Survivors and their families (recognition and encouragement of supports).
  • State and local public‑health agencies, law enforcement, schools, and community organizations that provide prevention education, response services, and victim support.
  • The resolution does not create new legal rights, obligations, or funding streams.

Practical effect and limitations

  • Symbolic declaration intended to promote awareness, prevention activities, and interagency/community cooperation.
  • Does not appropriate funds, change statutes, or impose regulatory or enforcement requirements. Any programmatic or fiscal actions would require separate legislation or appropriation.

Procedural timeline (selected)

  • Introduced in the Michigan House: April 17, 2025.
  • Read/adopted by the House (rules suspended/adopted): late April 2025 (documents show readings/adoption April 22–23, 2025).
  • Enrolled and transmitted per House procedure following adoption.

This resolution is primarily an awareness and advocacy vehicle to spotlight sexual assault prevention and survivor support across Michigan during April 2025.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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