evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen and Young.


activity_role: present

evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


activity_role: excused

evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Hope and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Hope and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Polehanki (C), Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, Irwin, Damoose and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki , Daley, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno, McBroom and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt , Hertel, Chang, McCann, Bellino and Victory


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen.(s) Wojno, McBroom, and Bumstead were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Geiss, Sen.(s) Klinefelt, Hertel, Chang, McCann, Bellino, and Victory


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. DeBoer, Whitsett and Foreman.
Excused: Reps. DeBoer, Whitsett and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley and Hoskins.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Arbit and Foreman.
Excused: Reps. Arbit and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


activity_role: absent

evidence_text: Absent: Senators Wojno, Bayer, McMorrow and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Geiss, Webber, Hauck, Huizenga and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Harris.
Excused: Rep. Harris.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. DeBoer.
Excused: Rep. DeBoer.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators McMorrow (C), Cavanagh, Polehanki , Moss, Geiss, Victory, Lindsey and Webber


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Camilleri, Damoose , Outman and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Chang, Polehanki , Lauwers and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh and Albert


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Outman.
Excused: Rep. Outman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Rheingans.
Excused: Rep. Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Posthumus and Tyrone Carter.
Excused: Reps. Posthumus and Tyrone Carter.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Bierlein, Jaime Greene and Schriver.
Excused: Reps. Bierlein, Jaime Greene and Schriver.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Woolford, Wozniak, Lightner, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Woolford, Wozniak, Lightner, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.
Due to Representatives Bierlein, Jaime Greene and Schriver being absent, the Chair elevated Representatives Wozniak, Lightner and St. Germaine.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Grant and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Grant and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews and Miller.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Shink and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey and Damoose


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. DeSana, Steckloff and Edwards.
Excused: Reps. DeSana, Steckloff and Edwards.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Glanville, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley and Hoskins.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley and Hoskins.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Arbit.
Excused: Rep. Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Absent: Senators Wojno, Bayer, McMorrow and Runestad


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno, Hauck and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Cherry, Klinefelt, Geiss, Webber and Huizenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McCann, Shink and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , McMorrow, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Grant and Coffia.
Excused: Reps. Grant and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Brixie and Tate.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Whitsett, Neeley and Grant.
Excused: Reps. Wendzel, Whitsett, Neeley and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer and Dievendorf.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki and Daley


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McCann and Wojno


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Irwin, Santana and Runestad


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Kuhn, Glanville, Edwards and Morgan.
Excused: Reps. Kuhn, Glanville, Edwards and Morgan.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Whitsett, Brenda Carter and Neeley.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett, Brenda Carter and Neeley.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Hope.
Excused: Rep. Hope.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. McFall and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. McFall and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, Scott, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Cherry, Sen.(s) Camilleri, Cavanagh and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt , Geiss, Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , McMorrow, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga, Outman and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Pavlov.
Excused: Rep. Pavlov.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Paiz, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. McFall.
Excused: Rep. McFall.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley and Grant.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer and Dievendorf.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen. Webber was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair McMorrow, Sen.(s) Cavanagh, Polehanki, Moss, Geiss, Victory and Lindsey


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen.(s) Santana, Webber and Lauwers were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Polehanki, McCann, Wojno, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt, Wojno, Hertel, Chang, McCann, Bellino, Victory and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana and Johnson


evidence_text: . Without objection, Senator Polehanki was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen. McBroom was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Geiss, Sen.(s) Klinefelt, Wojno, Chang, McCann, Victory and Bumstead


evidence_text: At 3:38 p.m., Sen.(s) Hertel and Bellino entered the meeting


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen. Polehanki was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Outman and Lindsey


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Cavanagh, Sen.(s) Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga, Theis and Daley


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen. Runestad was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana and Johnson


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen.(s) Cherry, Geiss, Hauck, and Runestad were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Hertel, Sen.(s) Santana, Wojno, Klinefelt, Webber, and Huizenga


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Wooden.
Excused: Rep. Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie, Linting, Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Coffia, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Posthumus and Tyrone Carter.
Excused: Reps. Posthumus and Tyrone Carter.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Anthony, Sen.(s) McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Cavanagh, Klinefelt, McMorrow, Camilleri, Albert, Damoose, Huizenga, Outman, and Theis


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Polehanki, McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. O'Neal, Farhat, Price and Longjohn.
Excused: Reps. O'Neal, Farhat, Price and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Martus, McKinney, Morgan and Snyder.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Frisbie, Whitsett, Neeley and Foreman.
Excused: Reps. Frisbie, Whitsett, Neeley and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Brenda Carter, Witwer and Hoskins.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Posthumus and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Posthumus and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Tyrone Carter.
Excused: Rep. Tyrone Carter.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Arbit, Foreman and Wooden.
Excused: Reps. Arbit, Foreman and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss and Myers-Phillips.


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen. Hoitenga was excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, and Damoose


evidence_text: . Without objection, Senators Camilleri and Johnson were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Irwin and Damoose


evidence_text: . Without objection, Sen.(s) Wojno, Runestad and Johnson were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, and Irwin


evidence_text: At 9:35 a.m., Sen. Santana entered the meeting


evidence_text: . Without objection, Senators Daley, Victory and Hoitenga were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Shink, Sen.(s) Cherry, Singh and Polehanki


evidence_text: . Without objection, Senators McCann, Camilleri and Daley were excused


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Cavanagh, Sen.(s) Irwin, Bayer, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Lightner and Rheingans.
Excused: Reps. Lightner and Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text: Absent: Reps. Rigas, Tyrone Carter and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Posthumus.
Excused: Rep. Posthumus.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Rheingans.
Excused: Rep. Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Neeley and Breen.
Excused: Reps. Neeley and Breen.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Jaime Greene.
Excused: Rep. Jaime Greene.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.
Due to Representative Jaime Greene being absent, the Chair elevated Representative St. Germaine.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Herzberg.
Excused: Rep. Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer and Liberati.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Absent: Senators Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki, McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel and Singh


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Santana, Sen.(s) Cherry, Irwin, Bayer, Outman, Huizenga, Hauck and Theis


evidence_text: At 9:09 a.m., Senator Cavanagh entered the meeting


evidence_text: At 9:11 a.m., Senator Klinefelt entered the meeting


evidence_text: following members were present: Chair Anthony, Sen.(s) McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Cavanagh, Klinefelt, McMorrow, Camilleri, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose, Huizenga, Outman, and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Arbit and Wooden.
Excused: Reps. Arbit and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman and Myers-Phillips.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Coffia.
Excused: Rep. Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie and Tate.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Whitsett, Neeley and Dievendorf.
Excused: Reps. Wendzel, Whitsett, Neeley and Dievendorf.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. VanWoerkom.
Excused: Rep. VanWoerkom.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paquette and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Paquette and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Schmaltz and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Schmaltz and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Scott.
Excused: Rep. Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope and Breen.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Scott and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Scott and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Grant.
Excused: Rep. Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Whitsett, Dievendorf and Grant.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer and Neeley.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paquette, Jaime Greene and Schriver.
Excused: Reps. Paquette, Jaime Greene and Schriver.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Woolford, Posthumus, Wozniak, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Woolford, Posthumus, Wozniak, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.
Due to Representatives Paquette, Jaime Greene and Shriver being absent, the Chair elevated Representatives Wozniak, Posthumus and St. Germaine.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Kunse, Prestin, Herzberg, Andrews and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Kunse, Prestin, Herzberg, Andrews and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Neyer, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Grant and Miller.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Camilleri (C), Polehanki, Hertel, Klinefelt, Cavanagh, Bayer, Theis and Albert


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Geiss, Damoose and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Polehanki (C), Chang, Camilleri and Irwin


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Edwards and Morgan.
Excused: Reps. Edwards and Morgan.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Paquette.
Excused: Rep. Paquette.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Meerman, Schmaltz and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Meerman, Schmaltz and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Arbit.
Excused: Rep. Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga, Theis and Daley


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Shink and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Wojno, Irwin, Santana and Runestad


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Wooden.
Excused: Rep. Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wortz, Herzberg, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Wortz, Herzberg, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Hope and Koleszar.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Maddock.
Excused: Rep. Maddock.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wortz and Scott.
Excused: Reps. Wortz and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, McFall, Weiss, Arbit, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Schriver.
Excused: Rep. Schriver.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Maddock, Markkanen, Beson, Borton, Cavitt, Steele and Robinson.
Excused: Reps. Maddock, Markkanen, Beson, Borton, Cavitt, Steele and Robinson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Roth, DeSana, Kuhn, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Polehanki (C), Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, Irwin, Damoose and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McMorrow and McBroom


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Wojno, Chang and Johnson


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McMorrow and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Maddock.
Excused: Rep. Maddock.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Arbit, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana, Geiss and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt, Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Absent: Senators Santana, Shink and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt, McMorrow, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C) and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Coffia.
Excused: Rep. Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie and Tate.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber and Lauwers


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki , Damoose , Outman and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno, McCann, Bellino and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt , Hertel, Chang, McBroom and Victory


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Santana and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Scott.
Excused: Rep. Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope and Breen.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Paiz.
Excused: Rep. Paiz.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Thompson, Whitsett and Neeley.
Excused: Reps. Wendzel, Thompson, Whitsett and Neeley.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Outman.
Excused: Rep. Outman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen and Young.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wortz and Andrews.
Excused: Reps. Wortz and Andrews.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Geiss and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Lindsey and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Santana and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki, Daley, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Santana (C), Cherry, Irwin, Cavanagh, Bayer, Klinefelt, Outman, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Mueller.
Excused: Rep. Mueller.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Paquette.
Excused: Rep. Paquette.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt , Webber, Hauck, Huizenga and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Shink, Singh, Bumstead and Theis


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Shink, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki , Damoose , Outman and Hauck


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana and Shink


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , McMorrow, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga, Outman and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McCann and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Hertel, Camilleri and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Bayer, Klinefelt and Albert


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Schuette and Breen.
Excused: Reps. Schuette and Breen.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Wegela.
Excused: Rep. Wegela.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Tsernoglou.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Klinefelt and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Camilleri (C), Polehanki, Hertel, Klinefelt, Cavanagh, Bayer, Theis and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Santana and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Santana (C), Cherry, Irwin, Cavanagh, Bayer, Klinefelt, Outman, Huizenga, Hauck and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Edwards.
Excused: Rep. Edwards.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Byrnes.
Excused: Rep. Byrnes.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar and Weiss.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Meerman and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Meerman and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Arbit, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Wojno, McMorrow, Chang, Johnson and McBroom


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Irwin, Singh, Albert and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), McCann, McMorrow, Camilleri, Cherry, Huizenga and Bumstead


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Wortz.
Excused: Rep. Wortz.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Posthumus and Herzberg.
Excused: Reps. Posthumus and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Witwer and Liberati.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paquette and Rigas.
Excused: Reps. Paquette and Rigas.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, St. Germaine, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.
Due to Representatives Paquette and Rigas being absent, the Chair elevated Representatives Lightner and St. Germaine.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Santana and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Santana (C), Cherry, Irwin, Cavanagh, Bayer, Klinefelt, Huizenga, Hauck and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. DeSana, Steckloff and Martus.
Excused: Reps. DeSana, Steckloff and Martus.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal, Rogers, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, McKinney, Morgan, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Weiss.
Excused: Rep. Weiss.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Klinefelt and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Irwin, Singh, Albert and Damoose


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Cherry, Geiss and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Klinefelt , Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Shink, Singh, Bumstead and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), McCann, Camilleri, Cherry, Huizenga and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf, Rheingans and Skaggs.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Coffia.
Excused: Rep. Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie and Tate.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Liberati, Whitsett and Dievendorf.
Excused: Reps. Liberati, Whitsett and Dievendorf.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Liberati and Herzberg.
Excused: Reps. Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer and Witwer.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki, McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki, Lauwers, Damoose, Outman, Hauck and Bellino


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Bayer and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Klinefelt and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Santana and Outman


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Bayer and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Bayer and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Camilleri, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Camilleri (C), Polehanki, Hertel, Klinefelt, Cavanagh, Theis and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt, Geiss, Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Irwin, Singh and Albert


evidence_text: Absent: Senators Shink, Singh and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C) and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Santana and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), McCann, McMorrow, Camilleri, Cherry, Huizenga and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Bayer (C), Klinefelt and Albert


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Irwin and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C) and Santana


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Bayer and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Klinefelt and Albert


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Coffia and Herzberg.
Excused: Reps. Coffia and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie, Linting, Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers Phillips.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Herzberg, Hope and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Herzberg, Hope and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Bayer and Shink


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Arbit.
Excused: Rep. Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman, Myers Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Irwin, Singh, Albert and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Shink, Singh, Bumstead and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Singh, Shink, Cherry, Bayer, Bumstead, Hauck and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Hertel, McCann, Camilleri, Damoose and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Bayer, Klinefelt , Albert and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McMorrow and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Huizenga, Outman and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki, Lauwers, Outman, Hauck and Bellino


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Linting and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Linting and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Jaime Greene, Kunse, Wendzel, Schmaltz, Schriver, Fairbairn, Scott, Andrews and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Klinefelt and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Camilleri (C), Polehanki, Hertel, Klinefelt, Cavanagh, Bayer, Theis and Albert


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Cherry, Lindsey and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Geiss and Damoose


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. DeSana.
Excused: Rep. DeSana.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, Tate, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Tisdel, Brenda Carter and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Tisdel, Brenda Carter and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Foreman.
Excused: Rep. Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Arbit, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki, McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga, Theis and Daley


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Irwin, Santana and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Bayer (C), Klinefelt and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Senators Santana (C), Cherry, Irwin, Cavanagh, Bayer, Klinefelt, Outman, Huizenga, Hauck and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Bayer, Klinefelt , Albert and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Santana, Irwin and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), McCann, McMorrow, Camilleri, Cherry, Huizenga and Bumstead


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Bohnak, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.
Excused: Reps. Bohnak, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Tisdel and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Wendzel, Tisdel and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga, Outman and Theis


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Coffia.
Excused: Rep. Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie, Linting, Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Johnsen.
Excused: Rep. Johnsen.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Lightner.
Excused: Rep. Lightner.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Runestad and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, Tate, O'Neal, Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Edwards, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Morgan, Snyder and Longjohn.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paquette and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Paquette and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope and Breen.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Scott and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Scott and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Singh (C), McMorrow, Geiss, Polehanki , McBroom and Lindsey


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paiz and Skaggs.
Excused: Reps. Paiz and Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Dievendorf and Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Thompson and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Thompson and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Farhat, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Jaime Greene, Kunse, Wendzel, Schmaltz, Schriver, Fairbairn, Linting, Scott, Andrews, Arbit and Skaggs.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Rheingans.
Excused: Rep. Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Hope.
Excused: Rep. Hope.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki , Daley, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators McBroom and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt, Wojno, Hertel, Chang, McCann, Bellino and Victory


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Kunse.
Excused: Rep. Kunse.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Outman, Arbit and Myers-Phillips.
Excused: Reps. Outman, Arbit and Myers-Phillips.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Skaggs.
Excused: Rep. Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf and Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Posthumus.
Excused: Rep. Posthumus.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Farhat, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Runestad and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki , Damoose , Outman, Hauck and Bellino


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana and Webber


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Scott, Andrews and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Jaime Greene, Kunse, Schmaltz, Schriver, Fairbairn, Linting and Skaggs.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Paquette, Carra and Conlin.
Excused: Reps. Paquette, Carra and Conlin.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, MacDonell, Mentzer, Tsernoglou and Wegela.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki , Daley, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno and Bumstead


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt , Hertel, Chang, McCann, Bellino, McBroom and Victory


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Fox.
Excused: Rep. Fox.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Hope.
Excused: Rep. Hope.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Arbit, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Wojno, McMorrow, Chang and McBroom


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Farhat, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Senators McMorrow (C), Cavanagh, Polehanki, Moss, Geiss, Victory, Lindsey and Webber


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Shink, Lauwers, Hauck and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki , Damoose and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Posthumus and Breen.
Excused: Reps. Posthumus and Breen.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Wegela.
Excused: Rep. Wegela.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell and Mentzer.


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Shink (C), Cherry, Singh, Polehanki , Daley, Victory and Hoitenga


evidence_text: Present: Senators Polehanki (C), Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, Irwin and Damoose


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Wojno and Victory


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt , Hertel, Chang, Greene, Bellino, McBroom and Bumstead


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Fox.
Excused: Rep. Fox.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Brenda Carter and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Brenda Carter and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Hope.
Excused: Rep. Hope.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wortz and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Wortz and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Hertel, Polehanki , Greene, Outman and Lindsey


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt , Geiss, Webber, Hauck, Huizenga and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators McMorrow (C), Cavanagh, Polehanki , Moss, Victory, Lindsey and Webber


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Herzberg.
Excused: Rep. Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Farhat and Liberati.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh, Greene and Albert


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Santana and Runestad


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Johnson


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Hertel, Camilleri and Hauck


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Polehanki , Lauwers, Damoose , Outman and Bellino


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Fox.
Excused: Rep. Fox.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Lightner, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant, Miller and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Whitsett, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Harris, Tisdel, Lightner, Posthumus, Aragona, Neyer, Schuette, Brenda Carter, Tate and Fitzgerald.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Hertel, Polehanki, Greene, Outman and Lindsey


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt, Geiss, Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Excused: Senators Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss and Lindsey


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Skaggs.
Excused: Rep. Skaggs.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Neyer, Wortz, Lightner, Alexander, Fox, Kunse, Pavlov, Paiz, Dievendorf and Rheingans.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Whitsett.
Excused: Rep. Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Farhat.
Excused: Rep. Farhat.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Thompson.
Excused: Rep. Thompson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Lightner.
Excused: Rep. Lightner.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Tisdel, Frisbie, VanderWall, Martin, Posthumus, Alexander, Aragona, Schuette, Hoskins, Tyrone Carter, Neeley, Breen, Young and Paiz.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Meerman, Jaime Greene and Miller.
Excused: Reps. Meerman, Jaime Greene and Miller.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Wegela.
Due to Representative Jaime Greene being absent, the Chair elevated Representative Lightner.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Miller.
Excused: Rep. Miller.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Herzberg, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Senators Klinefelt (C), Wojno, Moss, Bayer, Shink, Hoitenga and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt , Wojno, Hertel, Chang, Greene, Bellino, McBroom, Victory and Bumstead


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Weiss.
Excused: Rep. Weiss.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Thompson and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Thompson and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Weiss and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Weiss and Arbit.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, Wortz, McFall, Scott, Foreman, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Moss (C), Polehanki , McCann, Wojno, Santana, Hertel, Singh, Greene, Hauck, Webber, Lauwers and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators McMorrow (C), Cavanagh, Polehanki , Moss, Geiss, Victory, Lindsey and Webber


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cavanagh (C), Irwin, McCann, Bayer, Camilleri, Huizenga, Theis and Daley


evidence_text: Present: Senators Hertel (C), Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt , Geiss, Webber, Hauck and Huizenga


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wendzel, Thompson and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Wendzel, Thompson and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Farhat, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Senators McCann (C), Singh, Bayer, Shink, Hertel, Camilleri, Chang, Polehanki, Lauwers, Damoose, Outman, Hauck and Bellino


evidence_text: Present: Senators Chang (C), Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana and Johnson


evidence_text: Present: Senators Cherry (C), Camilleri, Cavanagh, Greene and Albert


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Thompson.
Excused: Rep. Thompson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Meerman.
Excused: Rep. Meerman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Jaime Greene, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Herzberg and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Herzberg and Wilson.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Irwin (C), Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey and Damoose


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Brenda Carter and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Brenda Carter and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Wortz, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.
Excused: Reps. Wortz, Myers-Phillips and Wooden.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Martin, St. Germaine, VanderWall, Outman, Hoadley, Johnsen, Prestin, Bohnak, Fairbairn, McFall, Scott, Weiss, Arbit and Foreman.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Geiss (C), Klinefelt, Wojno, Hertel, Chang, Greene, Bellino, McBroom, Victory and Bumstead


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Coffia.
Excused: Rep. Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant, Brixie and Tate.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Jaime Greene.
Excused: Rep. Jaime Greene.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Wegela.


evidence_text:
Present: Reps. DeBoyer, Bierlein, Meerman, Paquette, Carra, Bruck, Rigas, Schriver, Woolford, Lightner, Miller, Pohutsky, Conlin, MacDonell, Mentzer and Wegela.
Due to Representative Jaime Greene being absent, the Chair elevated Representative Lightner.


evidence_text:
Absent: Reps. Tyrone Carter and Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Tyrone Carter and Whitsett.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Witwer, Neeley, Dievendorf and Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Farhat, Liberati and Herzberg.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann, Cherry, Bayer, Santana, Shink, Irwin, Hertel, Camilleri, Klinefelt , McMorrow, Cavanagh, Bumstead, Albert, Damoose , Huizenga, Outman and Theis


evidence_text:
Absent: Rep. Grant.
Excused: Rep. Grant.


evidence_text: Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.


evidence_text: Present: Senators Camilleri, Anthony and Outman


evidence_text: Present: Senators Anthony (C), McCann and Outman


activity_role: prevailed

evidence_text: Representative LaFave moved to adopt Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 519 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the House Judiciary Committee. The motion prevailed 7-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Filler, LaFave, Farrington, Howell, Johnson, Rendon, Bolden. Nays: None. Pass: None. Chairman Filler stated the committee will follow Chapter IV, as stated in the House Standing Rules. Chairman Filler welcomed committee members and audience members to the committee meeting. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack, and Tom Clement, representing the Supreme Court Administrative Office. Questions and discussion followed. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by Sergeant Matt Williams and Trooper Chris Gerard, both representing The Michigan State Police. Questions and discussion followed. Representative LaGrand moved to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection Reps. Elder and Yancey were excused from the meeting. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:08 AM. Representative Graham Filler, Chair Melissa Weipert Committee Clerk mweipert@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Rendon moved to adopt Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. in room 326 House Office Building as the normal day, time, and location for meetings of the House Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Committee. The motion prevailed 9-0-0. The motion prevailed 9-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Howell, Wakeman, Calley, Reilly, Rendon, Eisen, Sowerby, Cambensy, Pohutsky. Nays: None. Pass: None. Chair Howell stated that the committee would follow the committee rules, as prescribed in Chapter IV of the House Rules. The Chair invited Amy Trotter, representing the Michigan United Conservation Clubs to give presentations. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 12:38 PM. Representative Gary Howell, Chair Amy K Rostkowycz Committee Clerk arostkowycz@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Berman moved to adopt Tuesday, in room 521 of the House Office Building, as the day, time, and location for the regularly scheduled meetings of the House Regulatory Reform Committee. The motion prevailed 15-0-0: Yeas: Reps. Webber, Berman, Crawford, Farrington, Frederick, Hoitenga, Filler, Hall, Wendzel, Chirkun, Liberati, Cambensy, Jones, Garza, Robinson. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chairman stated that the committee will follow the committee rules as stated in the House rules. The Chairman discussed his expectations for the committee. The Chairman invited each member to introduce themselves. The Chairman invited Frank Waters, representing the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. The Chairman invited Andrew Deloney, representing the Michigan Liquor and Control Commission, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:53 AM. Representative Michael Webber, Chair Sondra Gordon Committee Clerk sgordon@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Paquette moved to adopt Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 521 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the Education Committee. The motion prevailed 14-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Hornberger, Paquette, Crawford, Vaupel, Reilly, Markkanen, O'Malley, Wakeman, Camilleri, Sowerby, B. Carter, T. Carter, Koleszar, Stone. Nays: None. Pass: None. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 09:13 AM. Representative Pamela Hornberger, Chair Taylor Thrush Committee Clerk tthrush@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Lilly moved to adopt the standing date, time, and location of regularly scheduled meetings: Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., room 308 House Office Building The motion prevailed 5-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Sheppard, Cole, Lilly, Greig, Rabhi. Nays: None. Pass: None. At 09:02 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 02:48 PM, from session floor of the House of Representatives. Representative Jason Sheppard, Chair Angela Lake Committee Clerk alake@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative S. Johnson moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 29, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan Department of Corrections. Kyle Kaminski, representing the Michigan Department of Corrections, gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan Sheriffs' Association. Sheriff Rick Fuller from Kalamazoo County and Sheriff Matt Saxton from Calhoun County, both representing the Michigan Sheriffs' Association, gave a presentation to the committee. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:04 AM. Representative Graham Filler, Chair Melissa Weipert Committee Clerk mweipert@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Wakeman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 29, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair invited Bryan Burroughs, representing Trout Unlimited, and Dennis Eade, representing the Michigan Steelhead and Salmon Fishermen's Association, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 12:52 PM. Representative Gary Howell, Chair Amy K Rostkowycz Committee Clerk arostkowycz@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 12:02 p.


evidence_text: The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the committee rules. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lauwers, Sen.(s) Horn, LaSata, Nesbitt, Barrett, Bumstead, Outman, McCann, Brinks, and McMorrow Nays: None The motion prevailed and the rules were adopted.


evidence_text: the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:05 p.


evidence_text: Representative Meerman moved to adopt Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., in room 326 of the House Office Building, as the day, time, and location for the regularly scheduled meetings of the House Agriculture Committee. The motion prevailed 10-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Alexander, Meerman, LaFave, Eisen, Mueller, Wendzel, Elder, Coleman, Garza, Witwer. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair stated that the House Agriculture Committee will follow Chapter IV, stated in the House Standing Rules, that were adopted on the House Floor. The Chair discussed her expectations for the committee. The Chair invited each member to introduce themselves. The Chair explains how the committee will run under her leadership. Gary McDowell, Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, provided a presentation regarding the Michigan Food and Agriculture Industry and reviewed the following topics: what the Michigan Food and Agriculture Industry encompasses; nationally known companies that use Michigan products; the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Mission and Key Goals; personnel makeup and tasks of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Budget; Key Initiatives. Questions and discussion followed. Phil Korson, President of the Cherry Market Institute and Executive Director of the Michigan Cherry Committee, provided a presentation on the Michigan and United States Tart Cherry Industry. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:23 AM. Representative Julie Alexander, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Johnson moved to adopt Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. in room 327 House Office Building as the normal day, time, and location for meetings of the House Communications and Technology Committee. The motion prevailed 5-0-0 The motion prevailed 5-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Hoitenga, Johnson, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun. Nays: None. Pass: None. Chair Hoitenga stated that the committee would follow the committee rules, as prescribed in Chapter IV of the House Rules The Chair invited Sally Talberg & Robin Ancona, representing the Michigan Public Service Commission, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed The Chair invited Eric Frederick, representing Connect Michigan, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed The Chair invited David Lewis and Gavin Goetz, representing AT and T, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:00 PM. Representative Michele Hoitenga, Chair Amy K Rostkowycz Committee Clerk arostkowycz@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Tyrone Carter moved to adopt Wednesday at 9:00 a.m in room 519 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the House Energy Committee. The motion prevailed 16-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Bellino, Wendzel, Alexander, Frederick, Lower, Filler, Markkanen, Mueller, O'Malley, Schroeder, Lasinski, Tyrone Carter, Haadsma, Kuppa, Manoogian, Shannon. Nays: None. Pass: None. Chairman Bellino stated the committee will follow Chapter IV, as stated in the House Standing Rules. Chairman Bellino welcomed committee members and audience members to the committee meeting. Committee members introduced themselves. Chairman Bellino laid before the committee a presentation by DTE Energy. Jerry Norcia and Renze Hoeksema, both representing DTE Energy, gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 09:53 AM. Representative Joseph Bellino, Chair Melissa Weipert Committee Clerk mweipert@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Rendon moved to adopt Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 308 of the Anderson House Office Building as the day, time, and location for the regular schedule for the meetings of the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee. The motion prevailed 9-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Hoitenga, Meerman, Wozniak, Garrett, Liberati, B. Carter, C.A. Johnson. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair asked the committee members and support staff to introduce themselves to the full committee. The Chair laid before the committee a presentation given by the Children’s Services Agency. Stacie Bladen, the Deputy Director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Services Agency, introduced her staff: Collin Parks, Manager of the Children Protection Services Program Office; Sarah Goad, Manager of the Foster Care Program Office; and Cathe Hoover, Manager of the Adoption, Guardianship, Recruitment and Retention. Deputy Director Bladen gave an overview on the agency’s child welfare program. Questions and discussion followed. Copy of the PowerPoint presentation is attached. There being no other business before the committee;


evidence_text: Representative Garrett moved that the Committee adjourn. The motion prevailed without objection. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:28 AM. Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair Joy Brewer Committee Clerk joybrewer@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Schroeder moved to adopt Wednesday, at 12:00 noon, in room 307 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the House Financial Services Committee. The motion prevailed 11-0-0. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Farrington, Schroeder, Sheppard, Bellino, Berman, Wakeman, Gay-Dagnogo, Wittenberg, Clemente, Stone, Whitsett. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair stated the committee will follow the committee rules as stated in the House Rules. The Chair welcomed members to the committee. The Chair invited the following individuals to give a presentation on Banking in Michigan: Tim Jewell, representing the Michigan Bankers Association. David Worthams, representing the Michigan Bankers Association. Alex Morris, representing the Michigan Bankers Association. Questions and discussion followed. Patricia Herndon, representing the Michigan Bankers Association, was called to answer questions previously asked by members. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair invited Mike Tierney, from the Community Bankers of Michigan, to give a presentations on Community Banks. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:15 PM. Representative Diana Farrington, Chair Sondra Gordon Committee Clerk sgordon@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Lilly moved to adopt the meeting minutes from 02/05/2019 09:00 AM. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. At 09:01 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 02:37 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order. The Chair laid HCR 0001 before the committee: HCR 0001 (Rep. Lower) A concurrent resolution to disapprove Executive Order No. 2019- 02. Representative Lower testified in support of his resolution. Questions and discussion followed. Jason Geer, representing the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the concurrent resolution. Questions and discussion followed. Nick Occhipinti, representing the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, testified in opposition to the concurrent resolution. Questions and discussion followed. Sean Hammond and James Clift, both representing the Michigan Environmental Council, testified in opposition to the concurrent resolution. Representative Cynthia A. Johnson testified in opposition to the concurrent resolution. Questions and discussion followed. Tim Griemel, representing AFSCME 25, testified in opposition to the concurrent resolution. The following people submitted a card in Support of HCR 0001, but did not wish to speak: Rebecca Park, representing the Michigan Farm Bureau. David Guenthner, representing the Mackinac Center. Amanda Fisher, representing the National Federation of Independent Businesses of Michigan. The following people submitted a card in Opposition of HCR 0001, but did not wish to speak: Travis Boeskool, representing the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Representative Haadsma, representing House District 62. Representative Pohutsky, representing House District 19. Representative Brixie, representing House District 69. Representative Greig offered the following amendments to HCR 0001: 1. Amend page 2, following line 17, by inserting: "Whereas, By disapproving of the Executive Order, the Legislature will also be eliminating the Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate and the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate; and".


evidence_text: Representative Greig moved to adopt the amendments to HCR 0001. The motion did not prevail 2-3-0: Yeas: Reps. Greig, Rabhi. Nays: Reps. Sheppard, Cole, Lilly. Pass: None.


evidence_text: Representative Rabhi moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HCR 0001. The motion did not prevail 2-3-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Greig, Rabhi. Nays: Reps. Sheppard, Cole, Lilly. Pass: None.


evidence_text: Representative Lilly moved to report out House Concurrent Resolution No. 1 with the recommendation that the concurrent resolution be adopted. The motion prevailed 3-2-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Sheppard, Cole, Lilly. Nays: Reps. Greig, Rabhi. Pass: None. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 03:34 PM. Representative Jason Sheppard, Chair Angela Lake Committee Clerk alake@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Marino moved to adopt Wednesday at 12:00 noon in room 521 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee. The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Meerman, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chairman stated the committee will follow the Chapter IV as stated in the House Rules. The Chair laid HB 4101 before the committee: HB 4101 (Rep. Frederick) A bill to amend 2018 PA 57, entitled "Recodified tax increment financing act," by amending section 204 (MCL 125.4204). Representative Fredrick testified in support of HB 4101. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4101, but did not wish to speak: Jen Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League. Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Township Association. The Chair laid the presentation from the Michigan Township Association before the committee. Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association, gave an overview of the association. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid the presentation from the Michigan Municipal League before the committee. Chris Hackbarth, representing the Michigan Municipal League, gave an overview of the association. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid the presentation by the Michigan Association of Counties before the committee. Deena Bosworth, representing the Michigan Association of Counties, gave an overview of the association. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:04 PM. Representative James Lower, Chair Angela Lake Committee Clerk alake@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen.


evidence_text: The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bumstead to adopt the committee rules. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Runestad, Sen.(s) Nesbitt, Daley, Bumstead, Chang, and Alexander Nays: None The motion prevailed and the rules were adopted.


evidence_text: the Chair moved to adjourn the meeting. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:27 p.


evidence_text: Representative Frederick moved to adopt Thursday, at 10:30 a.m., in room 519 of the House Office Building as the day, time, and location for regularly scheduled meetings of the House Regulatory Reform Committee. The motion prevailed 16-0-0. The motion prevailed 19-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Vaupel, Frederick, Alexander, Calley, Hornberger, Lower, Whiteford, Afendoulis, Filler, Mueller, Wozniak, Liberati, Garrett, Clemente, Ellison, Koleszar, Pohutsky, Stone, Witwer. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair stated the committee will follow the committee rules as stated in the House Rules. The Chair welcomed members to the committee, and invited members to introduce themselves. The Chair invited Dominic Pallone, from the Michigan Association of Health Plans, to give a presentations on insurance policies. The Chair invited Mark Cook, from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, to give a presentation on insurance policies. Questions and discussion followed. Dominic Pallone, representing the Michigan Association of Health Plans, was called to answer questions previously asked by members. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:50 AM. Representative Hank Vaupel, Chair Sondra Gordon Committee Clerk sgordon@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the Committee Rules. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the rules were adopted.


evidence_text: the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:22 p.


evidence_text: Representative LaFave moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 5, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative LaGrand moved to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection Reps. Berman, Guerra, Elder and Bolden were excused from the meeting. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan Judges Association. Judge Christopher Yates, representing the Michigan Judges Association, gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed. Chairman Filler laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office. Jonathan Sacks, representing the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office, gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 09:59 AM. Representative Graham Filler, Chair Melissa Weipert Committee Clerk mweipert@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Sowerby moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 5, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair invited Nick Occhipinti, representing the MI League of Conservation Voters, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair invited Charlotte Jameson and Sean Hammond, representing the MI Environmental Council, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:10 PM. Representative Gary Howell, Chair Amy K Rostkowycz Committee Clerk arostkowycz@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Eisen moved to adopt Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m., in room 327 of the House Office Building, as the day, time, and location for the regularly scheduled meetings of the House Transportation Committee. The motion prevailed 11-0-0. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis, Sneller, Haadsma, Shannon. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair stated that the House Agriculture Committee will follow Chapter IV, stated in the House Standing Rules, which were adopted on the House Floor. The Chair introduced himself and discussed his expectations for the committee. The Chair invited each member of the committee to introduce themselves. Representative Sneller moved to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection Rep. Clemente were excused from the meeting. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:43 AM. Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Coleman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 6, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair invited Scott Stevenson, representing the Telecommunications Association of Michigan, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair invited Tom Frazier, representing the Michigan Townships Association, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair invited Matt Groen, representing the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association, to give a presentation. The Chair invited Chris DeRusha, representing the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, Lt. Jim Ellis, representing the Michigan State Police, and Gen. Michael Stone and Lt. Cd. Dan Goy, both representing the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to give an update on Cybersecurity. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:23 PM. Representative Michele Hoitenga, Chair Amy K Rostkowycz Committee Clerk arostkowycz@house.mi.gov


evidence_text: Representative Rendon moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 6, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent of the members present. ______ The Chair laid before the committee presentations by Michigan Federation for Children and Families, and Wellspring Lutheran Services. Janet Reynolds Snyder, MBA, Executive Director for Michigan Federation for Children and Families, introduced Sean deFour, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Wellspring Lutheran Services, who gave an overview on their programs. Questions followed. Copies of their written testimony and handouts are attached. The Chair laid before the committee a presentation by the Association of Accredited Child and Families Agencies. Judith Fischer Wollack, Chief Executive Officer for Wolverine Human Services and President of the Association of Accredited Child and Families Agencies (AACFA), gave recommendations to improve the Child Welfare System. Questions followed. A copy of her handout is attached. ______ Jim Casha submitted written testimony to the full committee on Michigan’s Foster Care, which is attached. There being no further business before the committee,


evidence_text: Representative Garrett moved that the Committee adjourn. The motion prevailed, the time being 10:07a.m. Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair House Standing Committee on Families, Children and Seniors ________________________________ ___________________________ Joy Brewer, Committee Clerk Date approved by committee


evidence_text: Representative Marino moved to adopt the meeting minutes from 02/06/2019 12:00 PM. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4101 before the committee: HB 4101 (Rep. Frederick) A bill to amend 2018 PA 57, entitled"Recodified tax increment financing act,"by amending section 204 (MCL 125.4204).


evidence_text: Representative Marino moved to refer House Bill No. 4101 to the committee on Ways and Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Meerman, Paquette, Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4119 before the committee: HB 4119 (Rep. Meerman) A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled"The charter township act,"by amending section 13a (MCL 42.13a), as amended by 2012 PA 191. Representative Meerman, Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association, and Adam Elenbaas, representing the Allendale Charter Township, all testified in support of the bill. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid HB 4095 before the committee: HB 4095 (Rep. Reilly) A bill to amend 2006 PA 110, entitled"Michigan zoning enabling act,"by amending section 102 (MCL 125.3102), as amended by 2008 PA 12. Jason and Maggie Dunn, House of Providence, testified in Support of HB 4095. Questions and discussion followed. Jen Rigterink, Michigan Municipal League, testified in opposition to HB 4095. Questions and discussion followed. Judy Allen, Michigan Township Association, testified in opposition to HB 4095. Questions and discussion followed. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 01:14 PM. Representative James Lower, Chair Angela Lake Committee Clerk alake@house.mi.gov