In order to help make our state government more transparent and accessible to my constituents, each week that there is session I am going to post to my website a synopsis of the work each House committee will do for the week. This will include the time and location for the meeting as well as any bills or presentations the committee will hear. Each agenda item will include the bill number, the sponsor, and a brief summary of the legislation. If you would like to read in greater detail about any of these bills, you can read them in their full-text at www.legislature.mi.gov.

Please also note that you and your neighbors are welcome to observe any committee meeting or legislative session. Most House committee meetings are in the House Office Building (13 N. Capitol Ave. in Lansing) but some convene in the Capitol across the street.

As your elected officials, it is our job to conduct legislative business with efficiency and transparency. I hope you find these posts helpful and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.

 

Week of April 13, 2015: Committee Meetings

 

Energy Policy

Date: Monday, April 13, 2015

Time 9:30 a.m.

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4298 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; electric utilities; electric choice; eliminate, prohibit self-implementation of rate increases, and require utilities to utilize a competitive bid process.

HB 4299 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; electric utilities; 1951 PA 35; update references.

HB 4300 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; electric utilities; home rule city act; update references.

HB 4301 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; electric utilities; electric cooperative member-regulation act; update references.

HB 4302 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; electric utilities; clean, renewable, and efficient energy act; update references

 

Health Policy

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Presentations By:

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan

Project Healthy Schools

 

Appropriations

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4381 – (Rep. Afendoulis) – Occupations; licensing fees; occupational code fees under state license fee act; modify.

HB 4384 – (Rep. Afendoulis) – Businesses; nonprofit corporations; annual report fees under the nonprofit corporation act; modify.

HB 4389 – (Rep. Pagel) – Highways; name; portion of US-12; designate as the “Tpr. Steven B. Devries Memorial Highway”.

HB 4397 – (Rep. Darany) – Businesses; business corporations; annual report fees under the business corporation act; modify.

HB 4399 – (Rep. Love) – Businesses; limited liability companies; annual statement fees under the Michigan limited liability company act; modify.

HB 4400 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Agriculture; animals; licensing fees related to livestock operators; eliminate sunset.

HB 4404 – (Rep. Inman) – Employment security; funds; use of contingent funds for workforce training programs; allow.

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Time 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 521, House Office Building, Lansing, MI 

Agenda:

Presentations by:

Design Build Institute of America

Indiana Department of Transportation

 

Judiciary

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Time: Noon

Location: Room 521, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

SB 85 – (Sen. Hildenbrand) – Weapons; firearms; definition of pneumatic guns; provide for, and prohibit certain regulations by local units of government.

HB 4234 – (Rep. Runestad) – Law enforcement; other; release of recording taken by law enforcement officers with a body-worn camera; prohibit.

 

Communications and Technology

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Presentation by the Telecommunications Association of Michigan

 

Appropriations

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Discussion of Fees

 

Financial Services

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 326, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

TESTIMONY ONLY:

HB 4266 – (Rep. Callton) – Occupations; business licensing and registration; statewide database of transactions by secondhand dealers, precious metal and gem dealers, and pawnbrokers; require participation by precious metal and gem dealers.

HB 4267 – (Rep. Callton) – Occupations; junk and secondhand dealers; statewide database of transactions by secondhand dealers, precious metal and gem dealers, and pawnbrokers; require participation.

HB 4268 – (Rep. Callton) – Occupations; pawnbrokers; statewide electronic database of transactions by pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, and precious metal and gem dealers; establish, require participation, and make general revisions to licensing statute.

 

Tax Policy

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 521, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4173 – (Rep. Maturen) – Taxation; state real estate transfer; refunds and exemptions of real estate transfer tax; modify.

HB 4064 – (Rep. Yanez) – Individual income tax; veterans; property tax credit; increase for certain qualified veterans.

HB 4333 – (Rep. Chatfield) – Economic development; Michigan economic growth authority; new agreements and certain amendments to tax credit agreements; prohibit.

HB 4334 – (Rep. Glenn) – Michigan business tax; credits; limit modifications and amendments to existing agreements; provide for.

 

Agriculture

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Presentations from:

Michigan Milk Producers Association

Michigan Allied Poultry Industries

 

Tourism and Outdoor Recreation

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: Noon

Location: Room 326, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4239 – (Rep. Smiley) – Natural resources; hunting; small game hunting from a personal assistive mobility device; allow.

Presentation given by Wayne Koppa on Trail Development- a small community’s view.

 

Regulatory Reform

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: Noon

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4246 – (Rep. Farrington) – Administrative procedure; rules; adoption of rules by state agencies; prohibit from being more stringent than federal regulations.

Testimony Only:

HB 4220 – (Rep. Santana) – Occupations; athletics; Michigan unarmed combat regulatory act; revise to include amateur mixed martial arts.

HB 4286 – (Rep. Santana) – Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for violations of certain Michigan amateur mixed martial arts regulatory act violations; provide for.

 

Local Government

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: Noon

Location:  Room 307, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4039 – (Rep. Bumstead) – Property tax; delinquent taxes; notice by publication; revise.

HB 4166 – (Rep. Outman) – Counties; boards and commissions; certain counties to levy a special tax or appropriate from the county general funds for the purpose of advertising agricultural advantages; revise to allow.

 

Appropriations

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015

Time 9 a.m.

Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Discussion of Fees

 

Insurance

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015

Time 9 a.m.

Location: Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

HB 4354 – (Rep. Webber) – Insurance; insurers; confidentiality of certain required filings by insurers; provide for.

 

Military and Veterans Affairs  

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location:  Room 308, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Report House Substitute for:

HB 4238 – (Rep. Theis) – Property tax; exemptions; exemption for spouses of veterans; allow.

SB 52 – (Sen. Stamas) – Veterans; other; veterans welcome home act; replace reference to “department of labor and economic growth” with “Michigan veterans affairs agency”.

HCR 3 – (Rep. Maturen) – A concurrent resolution to urge the U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency to select the Fort Custer Training Center as the location for a new ground based interceptor ballistic missile defense mission.