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 Sept. 15, 2014: Committee Meetings
Energy and Technology
Date Tuesday, Sept. 16 Time 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
A presentation reviewing the implementation and operation of the Michigan Energy Assistance Program
Regulatory Reform
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5419 – (Rep. LaFontaine) – Occupations; athletic trainers; license fee and continuing education hours for athletic trainers; modify, and require training on use of automated external defibrillator.
SB 1017 – (Sen. Kahn) – Taxation; tobacco; compensation for upgrades to technology and equipment; clarify.
HB 5731 – (Rep. Haveman) – Administrative procedure; rules; adoption of rules; enact requirements for rules that are more stringent than federal regulations.
Pending Referral:
HB 5798 (Rep. Crawford) Liquor; other; powdered alcohol, conditional licenses, and brand logoed items; prohibit and clarify.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 521, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5714 – (Rep. McCready) – Transportation; carriers; motor carrier act; modify procedure for issuance of authority and other general revisions.
HB 5715 – (Rep. Dianda) – Highways; bridges; renaming of M-64 bridge over the Ontonagon river in Ontonagon, Michigan; designate as the “Ontonagon County Veterans Memorial Bridge”.
SB 882 – (Sen. Casperson) – Transportation; other; requirement of annual certification of employee-related conditions by local road agencies; repeal.
Health Policy
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
SB 991 – (Sen. Pappageorge) – Health; other; experimental therapies for certain individuals; facilitate use.
HB 5649 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Health; occupations; action against certain professional licenses for conduct regarding access to or treatment with an investigational drug pursuant to the new “Right to Try” act; prohibit.
Testimony Only:
SB 880 – (Sen. Gregory) – Occupations; psychologists; licensing requirements; expand to allow the board to approve certain doctoral programs and extend date by which the programs must receive certain designations or accreditations.
Oversight
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16
Time: Noon
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5781 – (Rep. Lori) – Legislature; rules; provision related to authorization for the administration of oath of office; modify.
HB 5784 – (Rep. Stamas) – Legislature; rules; certain publications of the legislative service bureau; modify requirements.
SB 431 – (Sen. Caswell) – State financing and management; purchasing; biobased procurement plan for state of Michigan purchasing; create.
HB 4246 – (Rep. Muxlow) – State financing and management; purchasing; biobased procurement plan for state of Michigan purchasing; create
Natural Resources
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16
Time: Noon
Location: Room 307, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5563 – (Rep. LaFontaine) – Environmental protection; solid waste; abandoned vehicle disposal process for watercraft, snowmobiles, and ORVs; establish.
Tax Policy
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
SB 113 – (Sen. Green) – Property tax; exemptions; certain conservation easements; exempt.
HB 5616 – (Rep. Yonker) – Property tax; exemptions; real and personal property of a nonprofit charitable organization; modify exemptions
Appropriations
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol Building
HCR 35 – (Rep. McCready) – A concurrent resolution relative to secondary road patrol funds for counties providing road patrol services to cities and villages.
SB 616 – (Sen. Kahn) – Appropriations; zero budget; supplemental appropriations; provide for fiscal year 2013-2014.
HB 5742 – (Rep. O’Brien) – Insurance; health; distribution and use of autism coverage fund revenue; modify
Agriculture
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
Agenda:
SB 685 – (Sen. Booher) – Agriculture; weights and measures; date reference in handbook; revise to 2013.
Legislative Council
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Senate Appropriations, State Capitol
Agenda:
TBA
Financial Services
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: Noon
Location: Room 326, House Office Building
Agenda:
HB 5412 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Financial institutions; banks; savings promotion raffles by state banks; allow.
HB 5413 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Crimes; gambling; gambling and lottery crimes; clarify exclusion for savings promotion raffles by state banks.
Families, Children and Seniors
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: Noon
Location: Room 519, House Office Building
HB 5444 – (Rep. MacGregor) – Children; foster care; educational fund for foster children who are adopted or age out of foster care; establish.
HB 5743 – (Rep. Rendon) – Children; adoption; court in which adoption petition may be filed; modify.
HB 5744 – (Rep. Kurtz) – Children; foster care; filing fee requirement for actions involving the young adult foster care act; eliminate.
HB 5745 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Children; foster care; continued court jurisdiction in certain foster care guardianship cases; allow.
HB 5746 – (Rep. Jenkins) – Children; foster care; continued court jurisdiction under the young adult voluntary foster care act; allow