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Committee vote · prevailed · 16–0–0
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committee vote
Recorded committee decision
that the House Oversight Committee authorize the Chair of the committee to execute a subpoena to Ms. LaResha Thornton. Members of this committee have been investigating several issues involving the Michigan Department of Corrections. The House Oversight Committee and, more broadly, the House of Representatives, has a clear legislative purpose in examining the conditions at MDOC facilities. Depending on the findings of such an investigation, members of the House may desire to sponsor legislation to address the treatment of individuals in MDOC custody. Ms. Thornton is a former employee of the MDOC, and she has agreed to testify before this Committee. However, she has asked to be subpoenaed by this body. The party to be subpoenaed is Ms. LaResha Thornton, to appear and testify before the House Oversight Committee.
- Meeting date
- Not recorded
- Result
- prevailed
- Yeas
- 16
- Nays
- 0
- Validation
- consistent
- Related meeting
- meeting-308
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- Canonical name
- Angela Rigas
- Committee vote id
- committee-vote-287597
- Evidence text
- Representative Rigas moved that the House Oversight Committee authorize the Chair of the committee to execute a subpoena to Ms. LaResha Thornton. Members of this committee have been investigating several issues involving the Michigan Department of Corrections. The House Oversight Committee and, more broadly, the House of Representatives, has a clear legislative purpose in examining the conditions at MDOC facilities. Depending on the findings of such an investigation, members of the House may desire to sponsor legislation to address the treatment of individuals in MDOC custody. Ms. Thornton is a former employee of the MDOC, and she has agreed to testify before this Committee. However, she has asked to be subpoenaed by this body. The party to be subpoenaed is Ms. LaResha Thornton, to appear and testify before the House Oversight Committee. The motion prevailed 16-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Woolford, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid before the committee a report on subpoenaed documents from the Office of the Attorney General. Catherine Edwards, Kasey Markarian, and Omar Shajrah, representing the Michigan House Legal Counsel, provided a report on the subpoenaed documents from the Office of the Attorney General. Questions and discussion followed.
- Meeting id
- meeting-308
- Member id
- member-29
- Motion text
- that the House Oversight Committee authorize the Chair of the committee to execute a subpoena to Ms. LaResha Thornton. Members of this committee have been investigating several issues involving the Michigan Department of Corrections. The House Oversight Committee and, more broadly, the House of Representatives, has a clear legislative purpose in examining the conditions at MDOC facilities. Depending on the findings of such an investigation, members of the House may desire to sponsor legislation to address the treatment of individuals in MDOC custody. Ms. Thornton is a former employee of the MDOC, and she has agreed to testify before this Committee. However, she has asked to be subpoenaed by this body. The party to be subpoenaed is Ms. LaResha Thornton, to appear and testify before the House Oversight Committee.
- Mover label
- Rigas
- Nays
- 0
- Passes
- 0
- Position
- 2
- Resolution method
- unique surname
- Result
- prevailed
- Service id
- service-41
- Validation state
- consistent
- Yeas
- 16
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Committee vote · prevailed · 16–0–0,” /committee-votes/committee-vote-287597.
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