Michigan Knife Rights Act Introduced

The Michigan Knife Rights Act, HB 4066, Knife Rights’ signature knife law preemption bill, has been re-introduced. Last year the Act was passed by the House with a bipartisan vote of 71-36 but was never moved in the Senate because the pandemic stopped most legislation from proceeding.

Sponsors include author Rep. Steven Johnson, who has previously led the effort on this bill, as well as Representatives Andrew Fink, John Reilly, Steve Carra, Joseph Bellino, Brad Paquette, John Damoose, Beau LaFave, Gregory Markkanen, Matthew Maddock, Luke Meerman, Gary Eisen, David LaGrand, John Roth and Pat Outman.

Preemption prevents enforcement of existing local knife ordinances. It prohibits new ordinances, more restrictive than state law, which only serves to confuse or entrap law-abiding citizens traveling within or through the state.

We will let you know when it is time to contact your Michigan legislators.

In 2017 Knife Rights’ Michigan Switchblade Ban Repeal bill was enacted. HB 4066 would ensure that automatics are legal throughout Michigan.

Knife Rights passed the nation’s first Knife Law Preemption bill in Arizona in 2010 and has since passed preemption bills in Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.