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HB 5014

Crimes: prostitution; references to prostitute and prostitution; modify in the public health code. Amends sec 5129 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5129). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5016'25

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Kelly Breen and 19 co-sponsors

HB 5014 updates public health law to replace terms with “commercial sexual activity” and expands court-ordered STI testing, counseling, and reporting for related offenses.

bill electronically reproduced 09/18/2025
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Bill Summary · HB 5014

Summary — HB 5014 (2025)

Title: Crimes: prostitution; references to prostitute and prostitution; modify in the public health code. (Amends MCL 333.5129 — Public Health Code)
Tie bar: HB 5016 (2025) — Companion: SB 2283

Purpose / Intent

HB 5014 updates Michigan’s Public Health Code (section 333.5129) to (1) change language and references related to prostitution to describe “commercial sexual activity” and “person who provides or offers to provide commercial sexual activity,” and (2) clarify and expand court-ordered public-health testing, counseling, reporting, and notification requirements for defendants charged with prostitution-related and certain sexual and drug offenses.

Key provisions

  • Language change: replaces terms such as “prostitute” and “prostitution” with phrasing referring to a “person who provides or offers to provide commercial sexual activity” and “commercial sexual activity” throughout the amended section.
  • Court-ordered testing:
    • Individuals arrested and charged with specified prostitution/commercial-sexual-activity statutes (and certain other listed offenses) may be ordered by a court to be examined/tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, or AIDS.
    • If a defendant is bound over to circuit court or indicted for certain listed sexual offenses and the district court finds reason to believe sexual penetration or exposure to body fluid occurred, the district or circuit court must order testing.
    • For specified sexual assault offenses (MCL 750.520b, .520c, .520d, .520e, .520g), the court shall, on the victim’s request, order expedited testing to be completed within 48 hours after the information/indictment is presented and the defendant is in custody or served; the order must require medically appropriate follow-up testing.
  • Notifications and reporting:
    • Positive test results must be reported to the defendant and, pursuant to sections 5114 and 5114a, to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the appropriate local health department for partner notification.
  • Information and counseling:
    • Judges/magistrates setting conditions of release for arrested persons must distribute STI/HIV information and recommend (voluntary) counseling/testing at local health department centers.
    • Courts must order counseling for defendants or juveniles adjudicated for listed offenses, covering treatment, transmission, and protective measures.
  • Administration and confidentiality:
    • Except as otherwise provided, exams/tests are to be confidentially administered by a licensed physician, the state department, or a local health department.
  • Victim consent provision:
    • If the victim (or guardian for minor/incapacitated victims) consents, the court/probation may provide the testing agency with the victim’s contact information to facilitate testing/notification (full text partially truncated in the source).

Who is affected

  • Defendants charged with prostitution/commercial-sexual-activity and a list of related sexual-offense and drug-related statutes (various MCL sections cited in the bill).
  • Victims of the covered sexual offenses (access to expedited testing and follow-up; may be contacted for partner notification if consent provided).
  • Local health departments and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (reporting, partner notification, testing/counseling services).
  • Courts, judges, magistrates, county clerks, and law enforcement involved in charging, pretrial release, and court orders.

Procedural status / timeline (selected)

  • Filed: March 13, 2025
  • House action: Passed the House (read 3rd time, recorded votes) and reported engrossed — May 9–10, 2025 (committee hearings and amendments recorded in April–May).
  • Electronic reproduction / reintroduction: September 18, 2025 (introduced/received and referred to Committee on Judiciary on that date, Rep. Douglas Wozniak listed as introducer).
  • Companion bill in the Senate: SB 2283

Notes

  • The bill amends MCL 333.5129 as last amended by 2016 PA 70.
  • The bill text in the provided source is partially truncated; readers should consult the full enrolled/introduced text for complete provisions and exact statutory cross-references (including subsections (5)–(7) and any exceptions).

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

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