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 Avenue, Lansing, Michigan) 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 May 19, 2014: Committee Meetings
Energy and Technology
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5555 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; natural gas utilities; infrastructure expansion investment costs for certain underserved or unserved areas; allow natural gas utilities to recover.
HB 5556 – (Rep. Townsend) – Natural resources; gas and oil; administrative fines for certain pipeline violations; modify.
HB 5557 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Public utilities; public service commission; assessment of certain fines or penalties; prohibit.
HB 5205 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Energy; alternative sources; advanced waste energy recovery; allow.
Regulatory Reform
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5426 – (Rep. Hovey-Wright) – Liquor; licenses; scope of farmer’s market permits; expand to include micro brewers.
HB 5427 – (Rep. Schor) – Liquor; licenses; scope of farmer’s market permits; expand to include micro brewers.
HB 4890 – (Rep. McBroom) – Cemeteries and funerals; burial or cremation; termination of interment rights; provide for under certain circumstances.
HB 4573 – (Rep. Dianda) – Liquor; licenses; licensing and transfer fees; allow to prorate quarterly.
Detroit’s Recovery and Michigan’s Future
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Office Building
Special Presentation by Richard Ravitch
HB 5566 – (Rep. Walsh) – State financing and management; authorities; oversight commission act; create.
HB 5567 – (Rep. Kivela) – Cities; home rule; chief financial officer for a city with a population of more than 600,000; require, and require 4-year financial plan.
HB 5568 – (Rep. Haines) – Cities; home rule; base pay to calculate pension benefit in a defined benefit plan established by a city with a population of more than 600,000; provide for, and provide a defined contribution plan and elimination of retiree health benefits for new hires after Dec. 31, 2014.
HB 5569 – (Rep. LaFontaine) – Labor; public service employment; opt-out for public employee contribution to employer-provider health care benefits; modify.
HB 5570 – (Rep. Yonker) – Retirement; pension oversight; oversight of certain pensions of cities with a population of more than 600,000; provide for.
HB 5571 – (Rep. Goike) – Local government; authorities; art institute authorities act; remove authorization to levy a new tax or renew an existing tax.
HB 5572 – (Rep. Olumba) – State financing and management; funds; budget stabilization fund distributions; modify.
HB 5573 – (Rep. Talabi) – State financing and management; funds; Michigan trust fund act; allow allocation of certain revenues into the budget stabilization fund; provide for.
HB 5574 – (Rep. Stallworth) – State financing and management; funds; budget stabilization fund distribution; provide for.
HB 5575 – (Rep. Durhal) – State financing and management; authorities; Michigan settlement administration authority; create.
HB 5576 – (Rep. Haveman) – Labor; arbitration; certain local government arbitration awards; make subject to the oversight commission act.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 4723 – (Rep. Daley) – Traffic control; driver license; eligibility criteria for basic driver improvement course; broaden.
HB 5168 – (Rep. Walsh) – Transportation; authorities; agreement between a regional transit authority and a street railway; allow, and provide other general revisions.
HB 5169 – (Rep. Schmidt) – Transportation; authorities; definition of public transportation provider in regional transit authority act; amend to exclude street railways.
HB 5543 – (Rep. Outman) – Highways; name; portion of M-57 within Montcalm county; designate as the “Joseph Prentler Memorial Highway”.
Health Policy
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
SB 713 – (Sen. Booher) – Mental health; community mental health; powers of governing board of a community mental health services authority; expand.
HB 5176 – (Rep. Cotter) – Health; occupations; report or allegation of misconduct by a licensed health care professional; prohibit department from investigating if based on information seen on a reality television show
Presentation on Physical Therapy Direct Access
Oversight
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
5250 – (Rep. McMillin) – Criminal procedure; forfeiture; uniform forfeiture reporting act; enact
5251 – (Rep. Robinson) – Criminal procedure; forfeiture; reports of disposition of certain forfeited property; amend public health code to require, and provide a penalty for failing to report.
5252 – (Rep. Callton) – Criminal procedure; forfeiture; seizure and forfeiture of property for abatement of nuisance to be reported to the department of state police under the uniform forfeiture reporting act; require.
5081 – (Rep. McMillin) – Law enforcement; reports; reports of disposition of certain forfeited property; require, and provide a penalty for failing to report
Natural Resources
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: Noon
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 444 – (Sen. Casperson) – Natural resources; nonnative species; permits for treatment of aquatic invasive species; revise, and authorize certain local ordinances.
Agriculture
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5226 – (Rep. McBroom) – Natural resources; hunting; issuance of crop damage permits; expand to include bear.
HB 5279 – (Rep. Glardon) – State financing and management; bonds; credit rating for issuance of a security to pay off unfunded pension or postemployment health care liability; revise.
Tax Policy
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 425 – (Sen. Brandenburg) – Property tax; principal residence exemption; exemption for trust-owned property; revise.
SB 473 – (Sen. Brandenburg) – Individual income tax; withholding requirements; flow-through entities that have entered into certain housing agreements; eliminate withholding requirement.
HB 5421 – (Rep. Walsh) – Property tax; delinquent taxes; additional interest upon forfeiture; permit waiver under certain circumstances.
HB 5182 – (Rep. Zorn) – Property tax; exemptions; nonprofit housing property exemption; provide for.
Military and Veterans Affairs
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 741 – (Sen. Schuitmaker) – Occupations; health care professions; transfer of professional license or certification of out-of-state military spouses; allow.
SB 742 – (Sen. Schuitmaker) – Occupations; individual licensing and regulation; temporary license or registration for certain military spouses; allow.
HB 5529 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Courts; drug court; providing information to veteran regarding veteran benefits; require.
HB 5530 – (Rep. Poleski) – Criminal procedure; probation; presentence report to disclose status of individual as veteran; require and provide for forwarding of information to department of military and veterans affairs.
HB 5531 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Courts; other; veteran completing sobriety court program to meet with veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as part of program; require.
HB 5532 – (Rep. Graves) – Criminal procedure; other; individual to meet with veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as condition of parole; require.
HB 5533 – (Rep. Schmidt) – Criminal procedure; probation; veteran to meet with veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as condition of probation; require.
HB 5534 – (Rep. Shirkey) – Human services; services or financial assistance; veteran applying for benefits; require to report to department of military and veterans affairs.
HB 5535 – (Rep. Muxlow) – Human services; food assistance; veteran applying for benefits; require to report to department of military and veterans affairs.
HB 5498 – (Rep. Lori) – Businesses; nonprofit corporations; certain fees under the nonprofit corporation act; waive for certain veterans.
HB 5497 – (Rep. Kosowski) – Occupations; electricians; certain veterans; revise experience requirements and waive certain license, registration, and application fees.
HB 5506 – (Rep. Santana) – Occupations; mechanical contractors; certain veterans; waive certain license fees.
HB 5491 – (Rep. Walsh) – Businesses; limited liability companies; certain fees under Michigan limited liability company act; waive for certain veterans.
Criminal Justice
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 327, House Office Building
SB 584 – (Sen. Emmons) – Criminal procedure; indictment; statute of limitations for child sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation of children offenses; eliminate.
SB 587 – (Sen. Gregory) – Children; services; counseling program for children found to be victims of human trafficking; provide for.
SB 590 – (Sen. Proos) – Civil procedure; civil actions; human trafficking; allow victims to sue violators for damages.
SB 592 – (Sen. Proos) – Human services; medical services; victims of human trafficking to receive medical and psychological care; establish.
SB 593 – (Sen. Warren) – Children; foster care; consideration within foster care system for minors who may be victims of human trafficking; allow.
SB 597 – (Sen. Warren) – Health; occupations; training requirements for medical professionals regarding human trafficking; implement.
SB 598 – (Sen. Casperson) – Crimes; definitions; definition of racketeering; include enticing away a female under 18 years of age.
Education
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5581 – (Rep. Genetski) – Education; other; oversight for statewide assessments; transfer to department of treasury.
Families, Children and Seniors
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5473 – (Rep. Lori) – Family law; paternity; court refusal to enter an order setting aside a paternity determination revoking an acknowledgment of parentage; allow under certain circumstances.
HB 5510 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Family law; paternity; acknowledgment of parentage process; modify.
HB 5511 – (Rep. McCready) – Civil procedure; other; collection of court-ordered financial obligations from judgments against the state; allow.
HB 5508 – (Rep. Zorn) – Family law; child support; office of child support to develop an electronically accessible registry containing names of individuals with outstanding child support to intercept gambling winnings; establish.
HB 5509 – (Rep. MacGregor) – Gaming; casinos; distribution of casino winnings for child support arrearages; update to reflect payment to the state disbursement unit.
HB 5463 – (Rep. Denby) – Family law; paternity; certain genetic testing establishes paternity; provide for.
HB 5464 – (Rep. Hooker) – Family law; paternity; genetic parentage act; create.
HB 5465 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Family law; paternity; summary support and paternity act; establish.
HB 5466 – (Rep. Kosowski) – Family law; paternity; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the paternity act.
HB 5467 – (Rep. Hooker) – Family law; paternity; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the revocation of paternity act.
HB 5468 – (Rep. Victory) – Family law; child support; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the family support act.
HB 5469 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Family law; child support; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the uniform interstate family support act.
HB 5470 – (Rep. Kesto) – Family law; child support; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act.
HB 5471 – (Rep. Outman) – Family law; child support; consolidation of child support functions into 1 local agency; provide for in the status of minors and child support act.
HB 5583 – (Rep. Hovey-Wright) – Family law; paternity; paternity revocation process for genetic father; include in revocation of paternity act.
Financial Services
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
SB 664 – (Sen. Kowall) – Consumer credit; debt management; debt management act; make general revisions.
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Date: Thursday, May 22
Time: 8:15 a.m.
Location: Room 424 Capitol Building
Agenda:
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs: Elevators – (JCAR #14-08) (2012-009 LR)
Insurance
Date: Thursday, May 22
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
HB 4926 – (Rep. Callton) – Vehicles; title; access to salvage or scrap certificate of title; allow for insurance companies under certain circumstances.
Local Government
Date: Thursday, May 22
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
HB 5560 – (Rep. Price) – Local government; other; publication of legal notices; revise, and create the local government public notice act.