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Committee advances bill to designate Mackinac Bridge a 'key facility' under state penal code
House Transportation Infrastructure Committee · October 29, 2025
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Summary
The committee voted to report House Bill 44 70, which would add the Mackinac Bridge to Michigan’s list of key facilities to allow stiffer penalties for trespassing and increase deterrence; sponsor cited a 2020 trespass incident and repeated bomb threats as rationale.
Representative Preston told the committee House Bill 44 70 would add the Mackinac Bridge to the list of "key facilities" in the Michigan penal code so law enforcement can pursue stronger penalties for trespass and related conduct. He cited a 2020 arrest of an Ohio man who climbed the bridge’s structure and…
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