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Committee vote · prevailed
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committee vote
Recorded committee decision
to adopt the meeting minutes from October 28, 2025.
- Meeting date
- Not recorded
- Result
- prevailed
- Yeas
- Not recorded
- Nays
- Not recorded
- Validation
- not applicable
- Related meeting
- meeting-268
A committee motion is a proceeding-level decision. A named choice supports that individual vote only and does not establish continuous attendance.
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- Canonical name
- Gregory Alexander
- Committee vote id
- committee-vote-287217
- Evidence text
- Representative Alexander moved to adopt the meeting minutes from October 28, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4720 before the committee: HB 4720 (Rep. Smit) A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan election law," by amending sections 795 and 795a (MCL 168.795 and 168.795a), section 795 as amended by 2018 PA 127 and section 795a as amended by 1998 PA 215. At 9:04 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 9:05 AM, Majority Vice Chair Fox called the committee back to order. Representative Smit testified in support of HB 4720. Questions and discussions followed. Majority Vice Chair Fox laid HB 5197 before the committee: HB 5197 (Rep. Smit) A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled "Michigan campaign finance act," by amending sections 7, 15, 24, 26, 51, and 54 (MCL 169.207, 169.215, 169.224, 169.226, 169.251, and 169.254), section 7 as amended by 2001 PA 250, section 15 as amended by 2015 PA 269, sections 24, 26, and 51 as amended by 2019 PA 93, and section 54 as amended by 2023 PA 244, and by adding section 34a. Representative Smit testified in support of HB 5197. Questions and discussions followed. At 9:23 AM, Majority Vice Chair Fox laid the committee at ease. At 9:24 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Jason Snead, representing Honest Elections Project, and Caitlin Sutherland, representing Americans for Public Trust testified in support of HB 5197. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid HB 5198 before the committee: HB 5198 (Rep. Bruck) A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan election law," (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 645a. Representative Bruck testified in support of HB 5198. Questions and discussions followed. Jason Snead, representing the Honest Elections Project, testified in support of HB 5198. Questions and discussions followed. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4720, HB 5197 and HB 5198, but did not wish to speak: Sheree Ritchie, representing the Pure Integrity Michigan Elections. The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4720, but did not wish to speak: Erin Schor, representing the Michigan Department of State.
- Meeting id
- meeting-268
- Member id
- member-26
- Motion text
- to adopt the meeting minutes from October 28, 2025.
- Mover label
- Alexander
- Nays
- Not recorded
- Passes
- Not recorded
- Position
- 1
- Resolution method
- unique surname
- Result
- prevailed
- Service id
- service-1
- Validation state
- not applicable
- Yeas
- Not recorded
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Committee vote · prevailed,” /committee-votes/committee-vote-287217.
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