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 (124 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 June 9, 2014: Committee Meetings
Conference Committee on SB 769
Date: Monday, June 9
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
SB 769 – (Sen. Caswell) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of human services; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Conference Committee on SB 767
Date: Monday, June 9
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
SB 767 – (Sen. Pappageorge) – Appropriations; zero budget; general government; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Conference Committee on SB 765
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
SB 765 – (Sen. Walker) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of education; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Conference Committee on SB 775
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 8:10 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
SB 775 – (Sen. Walker) – Appropriations; zero budget; school aid appropriations; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Regulatory Reform
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 8:15 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5095 – (Rep. McCready) – Animals; animal shelters; pet shop, dog pound, and animal shelters act; modify to include large-scale commercial dog breeders and to make other general revisions.
SB 846 – (Sen. Hildenbrand) – Liquor; licenses; issuance of additional licenses in certain redevelopment project areas or development districts; clarify and provide for.
SB 481 – (Sen. Jansen) – Occupations; foresters; regulation of foresters; repeal registration requirements and rescind administrative rules.
SB 484 – (Sen. Jansen) – Occupations; foresters; registration fee for foresters; repeal.
SB 704 – (Sen. Hune) – Health; pharmaceuticals; compounding pharmacies; regulate, require all pharmacies, manufacturers, and wholesale distributors to designate a pharmacist in charge, and provide penalties.
SB 904 – (Sen. Hune) – Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for felonies being created under the new regulations applicable to compounding pharmacies and violations of those regulations; enact.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 4411 – (Rep. Price) – Highways; name; naming of a portion of M-231; designate as the “Sgt. Henry E. Plant Memorial Highway”.
HB 4757 – (Rep. Muxlow) – Transportation; funds; funding for rail grade crossing surface repair and construction; establish.
HB 5142 – (Rep. McCready) – Traffic control; other; fee for commercial look-up service; provide for additional fee for web portal development, and allow private entities to provide a commercial look-up service.
SB 277 – (Sen. Hune) – Vehicles; trucks; requirement that commercial vehicles weighing over 5,000 pounds display certain identification information; revise to apply to vehicles weighing over 26,000 pounds.
SB 915 – (Sen. Casperson) – Vehicles; registration; fraudulently indicating that there is no security interest in a vehicle; prohibit.
SB 916 – (Sen. Nofs) – Vehicles; title; electronic title for vehicles with a lienholder; allow.
SB 917 – (Sen. Bieda) – Vehicles; title; electronic title for vehicles with a lienholder; allow.
SB 918 – (Sen. Brandenburg) – Vehicles; title; electronic title for vehicles with a lienholder; allow.
Conference Committee on SB 762
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
SB 762 – (Sen. Booher) – Appropriations; zero budget; community colleges; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015
Natural Resources
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 613 – (Sen. Booher) – Natural resources; wildlife; game killed by a vehicle; allow salvaging of.
SB 872 – (Sen. Casperson) – Environmental protection; cleanups; use of and development on stamp sands; allow.
Tax Policy
Date: Wednesday, June 11
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 758 – (Sen. Hildenbrand) – Taxation; hotel-motel tax; collection of delinquent excise taxes; provide for.
HB 4882 – (Rep. Cavanagh) – Property tax; delinquent taxes; interest imposed on delinquent taxes in distressed communities; revise.
Appropriations
Date: Wednesday, June 11
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 352, Capitol Building
Agenda:
Legislative Transfer 2014-6
Commerce
Date: Wednesday, June 11
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Room 327, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 398 – (Sen. Casperson) – Economic development; other; next Michigan development act; modify.
HB 4783 – (Rep. McBroom) – Economic development; other; next Michigan development act; modify.
House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee
Date: Thursday, June 12
Time: 9:45 a.m.
Location: Room 352, Capitol Building
Quarterly report presented by Mary Ann Cleary, Director of the House Fiscal Agency