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.) 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 5, 2014: Committee Meetings
Education
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5223 – (Rep. O’Brien) – Education; teachers; performance evaluation requirements for teachers; revise.
HB 5224 – (Rep. Zemke) – Education; employees; performance evaluation requirements for school administrators; revise.
Regulatory Reform
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5317 – (Rep. McCready) – Water; quality; testing lawn sprinkler backflow preventers; reduce frequency.
HB 5318 – (Rep. McCready) – Construction; plumbing; testing lawn sprinkler backflow preventers; reduce frequency.
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.
Energy and Technology
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5476 – (Rep. Stamas) – Public utilities; electric utilities; proceedings to modify cost allocation methods and rate design methods; provide for.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 4251 – (Rep. Cotter) – Counties; boards and commissions; requirement for competitive bidding by county road commissions on certain projects involving townships; provide for.
HB 4630 – (Rep. McCready) – Vehicles; registration; registration fees; modify.
HB 4925 – (Rep. Lane) – Transportation; other; public-private partnerships; allow the state transportation department to enter into.
HB 5167 – (Rep. Schmidt) – Transportation; funds; contracts entered into by state transportation departments and local road agencies; change bidding requirements and allow state transportation department to borrow money from local road agencies.
HB 5452 – (Rep. McCready) – Traffic control; traffic regulation; permit fees charged by state transportation department for vehicles excluding vehicle weight or size limits; modify.
HB 5453 – (Rep. Kosowski) – Traffic control; traffic regulation; traffic fines for overweight and oversized vehicles; increase.
HB 5460 – (Rep. Lauwers) – Highways; construction and repair; replacement warranties on road repairs; modify, and extend warranty requirement to local road agencies.
HB 5477 – (Rep. VerHeulen) – Transportation; motor fuel tax; motor fuel tax; modify.
HB 5493 – (Rep. VerHeulen) – Transportation; motor carrier fuel tax; flat tax rate; eliminate, and establish an 18-month limitation period for filing refund claims.
Health Policy
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
HB 5425 – (Rep. Schor) – Courts; jurisdiction; equitable jurisdiction of district court; extend to action by landlord against tenant concerning bedbug infestation.
HB 5199 – (Rep. Schor) – Housing; landlord and tenants; allocation of responsibilities; provide for with respect to prevention and management of bedbug infestation.
HB 5200 – (Rep. Callton) – Health; other; pest infestation; include as a reason the department or local health department may issue an order to correct, and assess costs for refusal to comply with order.
HB 5201 – (Rep. Darany) – Health; other; model policy regarding bedbug infestations; require department to create for use by local units of government and local health departments.
HB 5247 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Health facilities; hospitals; lifeguard requirement; exempt certain hospital-owned health and wellness center pools.
Natural Resources
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: Noon
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 869 – (Sen. Hansen) – Natural resources; fishing; bass season dates; revise.
HB 5361 – (Rep. Smiley) – Natural resources; hunting; small game hunting from a personal assistive mobility device; allow.
Presentation: Operation Freedom Outdoors
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
Same as above
Military and Veterans Affairs
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Agenda:
HJR N – (Rep. Stamas) – Higher education; tuition; public universities to offer in-state tuition to certain veterans; require.
HJR M – (Rep. Knezek) – Higher education; community colleges; in-district tuition rates for active service and reserve members and honorably discharged veterans; provide for.
HB 5451 – (Rep. Rendon) – Military affairs; other; tuition assistance program for Michigan national guardsmen; create.
Testimony Only
Tax Policy
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5459 – (Rep. Pettalia) – Sales tax; distribution; portion of sales tax revenue; earmark distribution and limit use to transportation purposes.
HB 5492 – (Rep. Poleski) – Use tax; distribution; 1% of use tax revenue; earmark to road funding.
SB 536 – (Sen. Proos) – Economic development; other; short-term abatement program; provide for.
HB 5202 – (Rep. McCready) – Property tax; special assessments; certain special assessments placed on property; eliminate being placed as a lien on property.
Oversight
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5081 – (Rep. McMillin) – Law enforcement; reports; reports of disposition of certain forfeited property; require, and provide a penalty for failing to report.
HB 5250 – (Rep. McMillin) – Criminal procedure; forfeiture; uniform forfeiture reporting act; enact.
HB 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.
HB 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.
Guest Speakers: Craig DeRoche, President of Justice Fellowship and Former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Lee McGrath, Legislative Counsel, Institute for Justice
Dan Korobkin, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU of Michigan
Commerce
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
Agenda:
HB 5478 – (Rep. Graves) – Worker’s compensation; administration; private employer group self-insurers security fund; create.
HB 5479 – (Rep. Graves) – Worker’s compensation; administration; liability of various self-insurer funds; establish.
HB 5480 – (Rep. Graves) – Worker’s compensation; administration; trustee authorization of payments from the private employer group self-insurers security fund; provide for.
HB 5481 – (Rep. Graves) – Worker’s compensation; administration; reimbursement from second injury fund; provide for private employer group self-insurers security fund.
HB 5482 – (Rep. Graves) – Worker’s compensation; administration; reimbursement from the compensation supplement fund; provide for the private employer group self-insurers security find.
HB 5483 – (Rep. Santana) – Worker’s compensation; administration; authority to assess for insufficiencies in the private employer group self-insurers security fund; establish.
HB 5484 – (Rep. Santana) – Worker’s compensation; administration; attorney general representation of the private employer group self-insurers security fund; provide for.
HB 5485 – (Rep. Santana) – Worker’s compensation; administration; rights against insolvent employer; establish for private employer group self-insurers security fund.
HB 5486 – (Rep. Santana) – Worker’s compensation; administration; availability of certain records; provide for private employer group self-insurers security fund.
HB 5487 – (Rep. Phelps) – Worker’s compensation; administration; calculation of and increased assessment limits for certain claims; authorize and provide for audits and for sanctions for delinquent payments.
HB 5488 – (Rep. Kosowski) – Worker’s compensation; administration; reimbursement for delinquent carriers; restrict.
HB 5489 – (Rep. Jacobsen) – Worker’s compensation; administration; certain payments from the self-insurers’ security fund; authorize.
HB 5490 – (Rep. Foster) – Worker’s compensation; administration; rights of certain funds; establish as same as an employer or carrier.
Criminal Justice
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 327, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 535 – (Sen. Proos) – Criminal procedure; other; methamphetamine offenders registry; create, and require offenders to obtain a prescription to purchase ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products for a period of 10 years.
SB 563 – (Sen. Proos) – Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of purchasing or possessing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine knowing that it will be combined with any other quantity of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for the purpose of manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine; enact.
HB 5088 – (Rep. Kivela) – Law enforcement; other; reporting certain methamphetamine-related offenses to department of state police; require, and prohibit sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to individual convicted of methamphetamine-related offense without a prescription.
HB 5089 – (Rep. Genetski) – Crimes; controlled substances; purchasing or attempting to purchase ephedrine or pseudoephedrine knowing that it will be combined with any other quantity of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for the purpose of manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine; prohibit and provide a penalty.
HB 5090 – (Rep. Nesbitt) – Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of purchasing or attempting to purchase ephedrine or pseudoephedrine knowing that it will be combined with any other quantity of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for the purpose of manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine; enact.
HB 5363 – (Rep. Price) – Crimes; controlled substances; purchasing or possessing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine knowing or having reason to know it is intended to be used to manufacture methamphetamine; prohibit, and provide a penalty.
SB 597 – (Sen. Warren) – Health; occupations; training requirements for medical professionals regarding human trafficking; implement.
SB 593 – (Sen. Warren) – Children; foster care; consideration within foster care system for minors who may be victims of human trafficking; allow.
Families, Children and Seniors
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: Noon
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
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 5511 – (Rep. McCready) – Civil procedure; other; collection of court-ordered financial obligations from judgments against the state; allow.
HB 5512 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Human services; services or financial assistance; eligibility for family independence program assistance benefits; deny for certain noncompliance with child support provisions.
HB 5472 – (Rep. Rendon) – Family law; child support; alternative contempt track docket for certain individuals behind in child support; create.
Financial Services
Date: Wednesday, May 7
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.
Judiciary
Date: Thursday, May 8
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
HB 5082 – (Rep. Heise) – Family law; parenting time; parenting coordinator; create.
HB 5178 – (Rep. Pettalia) – Torts; premises liability; liability for recreational user; include aviation activities.
HB 5383 – (Rep. Lauwers) – Criminal procedure; evidence; expert witness testimony concerning chemical testing and custody of evidence by video communication; allow at preliminary examination and trial for certain prosecutions, and provide for release subject to conditions reasonably necessary for the protection of the public under certain circumstances.
HB 5385 – (Rep. Lauwers) – Crimes; intoxication or impairment; preliminary chemical testing for certain controlled substances; authorize, and provide for procedures and penalties for refusal.
SB 714 – (Sen. Schuitmaker) – Civil procedure; alternate dispute resolution; uniform collaborative law act; enact.
SB 49 – (Sen. Casperson) – Weapons; licensing; certain firearm licensing information; exempt from freedom of information act.
SB 834 – (Sen. Pavlov) – Weapons; licensing; firearm records; clarify exemption under the freedom of information act.
SB 881 – (Sen. Hansen) – Weapons; licensing; firearms records; clarify what records are exempt under the freedom of information act.
HB 5404 – (Rep. Crawford) – Health; emergency services; protocols that require emergency response vehicles to carry opioid antagonists and require emergency services personnel to be trained; require medical control authority to develop.
HB 5405 – (Rep. Forlini) – Crimes; controlled substances; immunity from criminal prosecution or administrative sanction for prescribing, dispensing, possessing, or administering opioid antagonist; provide for.
HB 5406 – (Rep. Forlini) – Torts; liability; administration of a drug in response to a drug overdose; provide protection from civil liability.
HB 5407 – (Rep. Forlini) – Health; pharmaceuticals; opioid antagonist including naloxone hydrochloride; allow prescribers to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense under certain circumstances to friends or family of individuals who may suffer overdose, and require department to publish a report.