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 March 24, 2014: Committee Meetings
Energy and Technology
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5184 – (Rep. Shirkey) – Public utilities; electric utilities; cap on electric choice; modify, require certain utilities to file a plan with the public service commission, and require the purchase of alternative electric suppliers’ receivables.
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
- Public Testimony on Executive Budget Recommendation for FY 2014-15
HB 5295 – (Rep. Potvin) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of agriculture and rural development; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Regulatory Reform
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5220 – (Rep. Kelly) – Occupations; accounting; licensure requirements for certain officers of public accounting firms; revise.
HB 5275 – (Rep. Geiss) – Liquor; tax; credit for “Michigan farm to glass” beer, wine, mead, or cider; provide for.
HB 4685 – (Rep. Crawford) – Occupations; landscape architects; licensure of landscape architects; repeal.
HB 4686 – (Rep. Yonker) – Occupations; landscape architects; fees for licensed landscape architects; repeal.
HB 4687 – (Rep. Yonker) – Occupations; landscape architects; contracts with public entities; revise prohibition against certain indemnification provisions
Appropriations: Subcommittee on General Government
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5301 – (Rep. Poleski) – Appropriations; zero budget; general government; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Appropriations: Subcommittee on School Aid
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 426, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
Decisions on School Aid Budget for FY 2014-15:
HB 5310 – (Rep. Rogers) – Appropriations; zero budget; school aid appropriations; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Health Policy
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5375 – (Rep. Haines) – Health facilities; nursing homes; employment of or contracting with health professionals to provide medical treatment to patients; allow regardless of business entity status of nursing home.
HB 5376 – (Rep. Haines) – Businesses; limited liability companies; definition of learned profession; clarify application to certain health professionals.
HB 5377 – (Rep. Haines) – Businesses; business corporations; definition of learned profession; clarify application to certain health professionals.
HB 5389 – (Rep. Clemente) – Health facilities; nursing homes; dining assistant program; implement.
SB 656 – (Sen. Caswell) – Human services; medical services; utilization of maximum allowable cost pricing for generic drugs; require.
HB 4341 – (Rep. Lori) – Health; education; dead bodies donated to science; allow department to designate any accredited medical school in this state to accept.
SB 446 – (Sen. Booher) – Health facilities; hospitals; requirements applicable to hospitals providing extended care services through swing beds; clarify.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 265 – (Sen. Jones) – Vehicles; registration; company test vehicles; exempt from additional tax on vehicle registrations charged by regional transit authority.
SB 415 – (Sen. Brandenburg) – Use tax; rate; tax on jet fuel; exempt.
HB 5245 – (Rep. Rogers) – Vehicles; fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for the “Thin Blue Line”; provide for.
Appropriations: Subcommittees on Military and Veterans Affairs
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: Noon
Location: Room 424, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5307 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of military and veterans affairs; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: Noon
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5308 – (Rep. VerHeulen) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of transportation; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Natural Resources
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: Noon
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5400 – (Rep. Schmidt) – Environmental protection; solid waste; low-hazard industrial waste, beneficial use by-products, and inert material; reduce regulation of.
HB 5401 – (Rep. McBroom) – Environmental protection; cleanups; person who stores or uses inert materials and beneficial use by-products; exempt from liability.
HB 5402 – (Rep. Potvin) – Agriculture; fertilizer; liming material licensing conditions; provide for beneficial use by-products and inert materials.
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Education
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: Noon
Location: Room 426, State Capitol Building
HB 5305 – (Rep. Rogers) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of education; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Senate Hearing Room, Ground Floor, Boji Tower, 124 W. Allegan in Lansing
Department of Treasury
Executive Director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board
Millionaire Party Rules
(2013-088TY) (JCAR 14-03)
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Higher Education
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5312 – (Rep. Pscholka) – Appropriations; zero budget; higher education; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Tax Policy
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 611 – (Sen. Kowall) – Economic development; other; collection of interest on delinquent assessment; modify.
SB 562 – (Sen. Schuitmaker) – Property tax; delinquent taxes; delinquent tax revolving fund; revise.
HB 5261 – (Rep. Cotter) – Sales tax; exemptions; sale of vehicles to certain family members; exempt.
HB 4934 – (Rep. Heise) – Individual income tax; credit; historic preservation credit; revise.
Agriculture
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5379 – (Rep. Outman) – Counties; boards and commissions; act authorizing a county to levy a special tax or appropriate from the county general fund for the purpose of advertising agricultural advantages; repeal.
HB 5226 – (Rep. McBroom) – Natural resources; hunting; issuance of crop damage permits; expand to include bear
Appropriations
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
SB 780 – (Sen. Booher) – Appropriations; capital outlay; supplemental appropriations; provide for natural resources trust fund.
HB 5181 – (Rep. Somerville) – Retirement; public school employees; retirant employed in a critical shortage discipline area or to provide substitute teaching services without forfeiting retirement allowance; extend sunset. (The intention of the committee is to refer the bill to the Standing Committee on Education)
Criminal Justice
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 327, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5230 – (Rep. Cavanagh) – Civil procedure; other; abatement of nuisances; allow abatement for property used for human trafficking and make other general amendments.
SB 325 – (Sen. Jones) – Children; abduction; uniform child abduction prevention act; create.
SB 729 – (Sen. Hansen) – Criminal procedure; other; recovery of certain costs for prosecution of retail fraud; provide for.
Commerce
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 387 – (Sen. Schuitmaker) – Worker’s compensation; definitions; worker’s disability compensation act; expand employee definition to include reserve and auxiliary officers.
Appropriations Subcommittee on Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 424, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
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Report substitute for: HB 5303 – (Rep. Forlini) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of licensing and regulatory affairs; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
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Report substitute for: HB 5304 – (Rep. Forlini) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of insurance and financial services; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 352, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5296 – (Rep. Lori) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of community health; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: Noon
Location: Room 327, House Office Building
Agenda:
Report House Substitute for HB 5302
House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 352, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
Quarterly report presented by Mary Ann Cleary, Director of the House Fiscal Agency.
Appropriations Subcommittee on Environmental Quality
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 426, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5298 – (Rep. Kowall) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of environmental quality; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.
- Subcommittee Chairman’s Recommendation
Appropriations Subcommittee on State Police
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5306 – (Rep. McCready) – Appropriations; zero budget; department of state police; provide for fiscal year 2014-2015.