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2022-05-12

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For 2022-05-12, the release reports observations found. It contains 122 attributable activity rows naming 38 members.

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2
Committee meetings
3

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Attributable activity records
122
Committee meeting count
3
Committee meetings
  • Actual end
    2022-05-12 09:08:00.000000
    Actual start
    2022-05-12 08:30:00.000000
    Chamber
    senate
    Committee id
    committee-248
    Committee name
    Agriculture
    Evidence text
    MEMBERS: SEN. ROGER VICTORY, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. DAN LAUWERS SEN. DAYNA POLEHANKI, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. WINNIE BRINKS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE SENATOR KEVIN DALEY CHAIR 3100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1777 FAX: (517) 373-5871 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES May 12, 2022 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Agriculture was scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SR 139 (Sen. VanderWall) with recommendation. 2. Testimony regarding HB 5742 (Rep. Cambensy), HB 5743 (Rep. Steenland), HB 5744 (Rep. Alexander), HB 5745 (Rep. Borton), HB 5746 (Rep. Bezotte), HB 5747 (Rep. Posthumus) and HB 5748 (Rep. Filler). The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Daley, Sen.(s) Victory, Lauwers and Polehanki, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Victory to adopt the meeting minutes from April 14, 2022. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lauwers to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. Brinks was excused from the meeting. The Chair invited Senator VanderWall to summarize SR 139. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SR 139: Scott Swinton, MSU Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics – Support Bill Schwass, Farm Owner – Support Peter Conrad, Farm Owner – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SR 139: Rebecca Park, MI Farm Bureau – Support Sam Olsen, MI Food Processors Association - Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Victory to report SR 139 to the floor with recommendation that it be adopted. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Daley, Sen.(s) Victory, Lauwers, and Polehanki. Nays: None Page 1 of 2 The motion prevailed and the resolution was reported. Chair Daley invited Rep. Posthumus to summarize HBs 5742-5748. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HBs 5742 - 5748: Jamie Zmitko-Somers, MDARD Director of the Agriculture Development Division – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HBs 5742 -5748: Rebecca Park, MI Farm Bureau, MI Farm Bureau – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:08 a.m. Date Adopted by Committee: May 19, 2022 Page 2 of 2
    Location
    the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
    Media count
    1
    Meeting date
    2022-05-12
    Meeting id
    meeting-3676
    Meeting state
    held
    Quorum state
    quorum confirmed
    Scheduled start
    2022-05-12 08:30:00.000000
    Session name
    2021-2022
  • Actual end
    2022-05-12 13:17:00.000000
    Actual start
    2022-05-12 12:00:00.000000
    Chamber
    senate
    Committee id
    committee-236
    Committee name
    Economic and Small Business Development
    Evidence text
    MEMBERS: SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. DAN LAUWERS SEN. WAYNE A. SCHMIDT SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD SEN. MARK HUIZENGA SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. JEREMY MOSS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SENATOR KEN HORN CHAIR S-132 CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1760 FAX: (517) 373-3487 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES May 12, 2022 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic and Small Business Development was scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 12:00 noon, in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 888 (Sen. Ananich). The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, Schmidt, MacDonald, Huizenga, McMorrow and Moss, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from April 21, 2022. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. McMorrow to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen.(s) LaSata and Geiss were excused from the meeting. The Chair invited Senate Majority Leader Shirkey to summarize SB 888. The Chair invited Bob Burnett of Divvy Systems and Barefoot Mining for a presentation on cryptocurrency and bitcoin. The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 888: Steve Japinga, Lansing Chamber of Commerce – Support Brent Forsberg, TA Forsberg Inc. – Support David Silva Smith – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:17 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: May 19, 2022 Page 1 of 1
    Location
    the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
    Media count
    1
    Meeting date
    2022-05-12
    Meeting id
    meeting-3678
    Meeting state
    held
    Quorum state
    quorum confirmed
    Scheduled start
    2022-05-12 12:00:00.000000
    Session name
    2021-2022
  • Actual end
    2022-05-12 14:15:00.000000
    Actual start
    2022-05-12 13:07:00.000000
    Chamber
    senate
    Committee id
    committee-229
    Committee name
    Health Policy and Human Services
    Evidence text
    MEMBERS: SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D., MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD SEN. LANA THEIS SEN. WINNIE BRINKS, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. CURTIS HERTEL, JR. SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. PAUL WOJNO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL CHAIR 4500 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1725 FAX: (517) 373-0741 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES May 12, 2022 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services was scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported HB 5875 (Rep. Kahle) with recommendation and immediate effect. 2. Reported SB 1012 (S-1) (Sen. VanderWall) with recommendation and immediate effect. 3. Testimony regarding SB 614 (Sen. MacDonald). 4. Testimony regarding SB 812 (S-1) (Sen. VanderWall). 5. Testimony regarding HB 4075 (Rep. LaFave). 6. Testimony regarding HB 4076 (Rep. LaFave). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:07 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, MacDonald, Theis, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the meeting minutes from April 21, 2022. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Johnson to report HB 5875 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, MacDonald, Theis, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for HB 5875. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair offered, and summarized, an (S-1) version of SB 1012. The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 1012: Matt Dargay, Masters of Social Work Student at U of M – Support Payment for Placements at the University of Michigan – Support Page 1 of 3 Sherri Boyd, The Arc Michigan – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 1012. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, MacDonald, Theis, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to report the (S-1) version of SB 1012 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, MacDonald, Theis, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 1012 (S-1). Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. Sen. MacDonald offered an (S-2) version of SB 614. The Chair invited Sen. MacDonald to summarize the (S-2) version of SB 614. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 614: Emily Camiener, RDN, Michigan Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – Support Traci Hobson and Judy Stone, American Nutrition Association – Support Bethany Thayer, Citizen – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 614: John Shaski, Sparrow Health System – Support Patricia Willard, RDN – Support Jarrett Skorup, Mackinac Center for Public Policy – Oppose Sam Champagne, Henry Ford Health – Support Diana Rademacher, Americans for Prosperity – Oppose Matt Black, Michigan Academy of Family Physicians – Support The Chair summarized SB 812. The Chair offered, and summarized, an (S-1) version of SB 812. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Johnson to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 812. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, MacDonald, Theis, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 812: Kyle Sheiko, Dearborn Cardiology – Support Dr. Elias Kassab, Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute – Support Dr. Fadi Saab, Michigan Outpatient Cardiovascular Association – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 812: Ryan Burtka, DaVita Dialysis – Oppose Keith Mentz, Fresenius Medical Care – Oppose Page 2 of 3 Ramiro Galvan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – Oppose The Chair invited Mark Pierce, Executive Director of the Disability Network Capitol Area, to summarize HB 4075 and HB 4076. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4075 and HB 4076: Teri Langley, Disability Network Michigan – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4075 and HB 4076: Jeremy Murphy, Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council – Support Brain Injury Association of Michigan – Support Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council – Support The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen.(s) LaSata and Brinks were excused from the meeting. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:15 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: May 26, 2022 Page 3 of 3
    Location
    the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
    Media count
    1
    Meeting date
    2022-05-12
    Meeting id
    meeting-3677
    Meeting state
    held
    Quorum state
    quorum confirmed
    Scheduled start
    2022-05-12 13:00:00.000000
    Session name
    2021-2022
Day date
2022-05-12
Interpretation
Counts describe collected public records on this date. They do not measure all work, and a proceeding-level quorum outcome does not establish any individual's attendance.
Members with activity
38
Observation state
observations found
Sitting count
2
Sittings
  • Chamber
    house
    Evidence status
    convened no quorum
    Journal object name
    2022-HJ-05-12-043
    Linked media count
    1
    Named action count
    0
    Quorum method
    explicit language
    Quorum state
    no quorum confirmed
    Quorum text
    The roll was called by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who announced that a quorum was not present.
    Roll call count
    0
    Scheduled start
    Not recorded
    Scheduled state
    official schedule observed
    Session name
    2021-2022
    Sitting date
    2022-05-12
    Sitting id
    sitting-905
  • Chamber
    senate
    Evidence status
    convened journal
    Journal object name
    2022-SJ-05-12-046
    Linked media count
    1
    Named action count
    7
    Quorum method
    explicit language
    Quorum state
    quorum confirmed
    Quorum text
    The roll was called by the Secretary of the Senate, who announced that a quorum was present.
    Roll call count
    0
    Scheduled start
    Not recorded
    Scheduled state
    official schedule observed
    Session name
    2021-2022
    Sitting date
    2022-05-12
    Sitting id
    sitting-1097

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