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 (134 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 20, 2015: Committee Meetings

 

Insurance

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Time: 8:15 a.m.

Location: Room 521, House Office Building

Agenda:

SB 248 – (Sen. Hune) – Insurance; no-fault; coverage and benefits; make miscellaneous changes and create an insurance fraud prevention authority.

SB 249 – (Sen. Hune) – Insurance; no-fault; cross-reference to no-fault act in the support and parenting time enforcement act; amend to reflect amendments to the no-fault act.

 

Health Policy

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 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 21, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

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

Agenda:

HB 4391 – (Rep. Lauwers) – Agriculture; pesticides; pesticide product registration fee; increase, and revise out-of-state licensee requirements.

HB 4451 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Agriculture; other; feed law; provide general amendments.

HB 4470 – (Rep. Hoadley) – Food; other; certain MDARD fees; increase.

HB 4447 – (Rep. Pscholka) – Health facilities; other; certain fees under the public health code; modify, and provide other general amendments.

HB 4102 – (Rep. Pscholka) – Appropriations; zero budget; omnibus budget appropriations bill; provide for.

Department of Corrections Budget

Department of Environmental Quality Budget

Department of Natural Resources Budget

Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Budget

Department of Insurance and Financial Services Budget

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Budget

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Budget

Department of State Police Budget

Department of Transportation Budget

Judiciary Budget

Department of Education Budget

 

Criminal Justice

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Time 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 327, House Office Building, Lansing, MI 

Agenda:

Testimony Only:

HB 4314 – (Rep. Singh) – Traffic control; violations; operation of a motor vehicle on property open to public in a manner that would be a moving violation if on public property causing death or serious impairment of a body function; prohibit, and provide penalties.

HB 4248 – (Rep. Afendoulis) – Crimes; other; provisions relating to the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, use of contemptuous language under certain circumstances, use of indecent language in presence of women and children, and improper disposal of refrigerator; repeal.

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Time 10:30 a.m.

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

Agenda:

Testimony only:

HB 4319 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Traffic control; traffic regulation; criteria for vehicles to proceed without stopping at inactive railroad track grade crossings; amend.

HB 4320 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Transportation; school vehicles; requirement for driver of school bus to stop at certain railroad track grade crossings; revise.

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

Presentation by the Michigan Department of State Police

 

Commerce and Trade

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Time 10:30 a.m.

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

Agenda:

HB 4362 – (Rep. Sheppard) – Worker’s compensation; insurers; ownership of surplus by self-insurers; define.

 

Judiciary

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Time: Noon

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

Agenda:

SB 72 – (Sen. Jones) – Health; medical marihuana; authorization of medical marihuana in certain places; restrict.

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

REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE:

HB 4419 – (Rep. Heise) – Criminal procedure; sentencing; 2-year mandatory sentencing requirement for felony firearm conviction; eliminate.

HB 4420 – (Rep. Gay-Dagnogo) – Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of felony firearm; provide for.

 

AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ON THE MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT

 

Families, Children, and Seniors

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Room 327, House Office Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Presentations By:

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Child Support

The State of Michigan, Office of Children’s Ombudsman

 

Appropriations

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

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

Agenda:

Discussion of the FY 2015 – 2016 Budgets

 

Energy Policy

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 9 a.m.

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

Agenda:

Presentation from Valerie Brader, Deputy Legal Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Snyder,  on Certificate of Need and the Integrated Resource Plan process

 

Financial Services

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

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

Agenda:

TESTIMONY ONLY:

HB 4242 – (Rep. Love) – Financial institutions; money transmitters; posting of fees and rates for money orders and other money transmission services; require.

 

Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Room 426, State Capitol Building, Lansing, MI

Agenda:

Presentation by MDE on student assessments

 

Tax Policy

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

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

Agenda:

SB 100 – (Sen. Brandenburg) – Taxation; administration; prepayment of tax, penalty, and interest requirement as a prerequisite to filing a case regarding the assessment of tax in the Michigan court of claims; eliminate.

HB 4464 – (Rep. Lyons) – Sales tax; exemptions; over-the-counter medications sold pursuant to a prescription; exempt.

HB 4465 – (Rep. Lyons) – Use tax; exemptions; over-the-counter medications sold pursuant to a prescription; exempt.

 

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 22, 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-Delta Airlines

 

Regulatory Reform

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time: Noon

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

Agenda:

Testimony Only:

HB 4074 – (Rep. Dianda) – Liquor; licenses; minimum inventory threshold for certain specially designated merchants with gas pumps; eliminate.

Testimony and Vote:

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.

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

Testimony Only:

HB 4432 – (Rep. Chatfield) – Liquor; licenses; sale at private function; allow unlimited quantity of alcoholic liquor to be sold at a specific price, and regulate price of 2 or more drinks sold to an individual.

 

Appropriations

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015

Time 9 a.m.

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

Agenda:

Discussion of the FY 2015 – 2016 Budgets

 

Education

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015

Time 9 a.m.

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

Agenda:

HB 4390 – (Rep. Tedder) – Education; curriculum; 1/2 credit of personal economics or financial literacy; allow to satisfy economics credit required for Michigan merit curriculum.

SB 139 – (Sen. Colbeck) – Education; other; certain fund-raising activities during school hours; allow.

Testimony only:

HB 4265 – (Rep. Price) – Higher education; community colleges; annexation by community college district; revise criteria.

Presentation by:

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