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The bill specifically lists locations like martial arts studios, dance studios, summer camps, tutoring services and bowling alleys as businesses that would fall under the purview of this legislation, but does not specifically limit or define what would qualify as “primarily serving” minors.
That was one issue raised by Miriam Aukerman, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan, who noted that Michigan’s current Sex Offenders Registration Act has been deemed at least partially unconstitutional a number of times.
“HB 5425 is unconstitutionally vague. How can you know whether a business primarily provides services to individuals under the age of 18?” Aukerman asked the committee. “For example, is it a crime for a registrant to work as an after hours cleaner for a hairdresser, if a prosecutor can prove that half of the people getting haircuts are under 18? What counts as a business that allows for unsupervised access to individuals less than 18 years of age? Does that include stores where teenagers shop? It is impossible to know what employment is and isn’t prohibited by this bill, which is another reason why it is unconstitutional.”
Jessica Zimbelman, deputy director at the State Appellate Defender Office, also spoke out in opposition to the bill, specifically citing that the current sex offender list is “bloated.”
“I am a parent. I have seven year old twin daughters. I would do anything to protect them. This bill doesn’t do that, though, and let me tell you why,” she said, adding that the list includes people who did not commit offenses against children. “There’s about 45,000 people on the registry right now, and that would prohibit every single one of them, regardless of their risk of re-offending or what their offense actually involved, from working at these listed places or even volunteering to give back to their community.”
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02...fenders-from-jobs-primarily-serving-children/
The bill specifically lists locations like martial arts studios, dance studios, summer camps, tutoring services and bowling alleys as businesses that would fall under the purview of this legislation, but does not specifically limit or define what would qualify as “primarily serving” minors.
That was one issue raised by Miriam Aukerman, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan, who noted that Michigan’s current Sex Offenders Registration Act has been deemed at least partially unconstitutional a number of times.
“HB 5425 is unconstitutionally vague. How can you know whether a business primarily provides services to individuals under the age of 18?” Aukerman asked the committee. “For example, is it a crime for a registrant to work as an after hours cleaner for a hairdresser, if a prosecutor can prove that half of the people getting haircuts are under 18? What counts as a business that allows for unsupervised access to individuals less than 18 years of age? Does that include stores where teenagers shop? It is impossible to know what employment is and isn’t prohibited by this bill, which is another reason why it is unconstitutional.”
Jessica Zimbelman, deputy director at the State Appellate Defender Office, also spoke out in opposition to the bill, specifically citing that the current sex offender list is “bloated.”
“I am a parent. I have seven year old twin daughters. I would do anything to protect them. This bill doesn’t do that, though, and let me tell you why,” she said, adding that the list includes people who did not commit offenses against children. “There’s about 45,000 people on the registry right now, and that would prohibit every single one of them, regardless of their risk of re-offending or what their offense actually involved, from working at these listed places or even volunteering to give back to their community.”
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02...fenders-from-jobs-primarily-serving-children/
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