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Campus Sexual Assault Bills To Be Proposed Today

Reginald Hardwick
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WKAR-MSU
Michigan Capitol

The measures would require coaches and trainers to report suspicions of abuse. They would also ban the governmental immunity defense Michigan State University has tried to use to fend off sexual assault lawsuits filed by victims of former sport doctor Larry Nassar. 

State Senator Margaret O'Brien said people feel let down by institutions they trusted.

"We want to make that we are doing everything in our power to let people know that we take this seriously, and we will not allow for our children to be victimized."

Survivors of Nassar's abuse will be apart of the rollout. O'Brien says she hopes bills will be sent to Governor Rick Snyder this spring. 

Rick Pluta is Senior Capitol Correspondent for the Michigan Public Radio Network. He has been covering Michigan’s Capitol, government, and politics since 1987. His journalism background includes stints with UPI, The Elizabeth (NJ) Daily Journal, The (Pontiac, MI) Oakland Press, and WJR. He is also a lifelong public radio listener.
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