Before the Michigan Senate approved SB 79, legislation establishing penalties for when a minor obtains an improperly stored firearm, the Senate kept in statute a provision that bans local governments from suing gun manufacturers over shooting deaths in their jurisdiction except in limited circumstances. When SB 79 was approved by the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on Mar. 9, Chair Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) discussed with the media how all of the language shielding gun manufacturers was taken out. However, this wasn't the version that the Senate voted on last Thursday. The "S-3" substitute kept the present-day provisions
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