HOUSE BILL NO. 6441

October 28, 2026, Introduced by Rep. Rheingans and referred to Committee on Government Operations. - Title: Intro, sponsors, and referral

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

by amending section 229 (MCL 750.229).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 229. (1) Any A pawnbroker who shall not accept a pistol firearm in pawn , or any second-hand or junk dealer, as defined in Act No. 350 of the Public Acts of 1917, who shall accept a pistol and or offer or display the same a firearm for resalesale.

(2) A second hand dealer or junk dealer that accepts a firearm shall not offer or display the firearm for sale.

(3) , shall be A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Pawnbroker" means that term as defined in section 3 of 1917 PA 273, MCL 446.203.

(b) "Second hand dealer" and "junk dealer" mean those terms as defined in section 3 of 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.403.