DETROIT (MI)
Detroit News
May 24, 2018
By Beth LeBlanc
Lansing — The Michigan House approved on Thursday more than two dozen bills tailored to address the failings that allowed former sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar to sexually abuse hundreds of women and girls over two decades.
Emotions were high as lawmakers debated parts of the scaled-back legislation, but the House eventually passed all of the 27 bills by wide margins. Rep. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, grew emotional as she defended the legislation before the full House.
“I believe that we are taking critical steps to address sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse,” Chang said as she fought back tears. “And the legislation that we pass today will make a difference in the lives of countless Michiganders in the years to come.”
The legislation, some of which originated in the Senate, has been the subject of hours of testimony in the House Law and Justice Committee over the past six weeks. The panel advanced the legislation Wednesday to the full House.
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