HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REP. NATE SHANNON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure was called to order by
Chair Shannon.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Farhat moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 20, 2024. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5378 and HB 5379 before the committee:
HB 5378
(Rep. Prestin)
A bill to amend 1980 PA 119, entitled "Motor
carrier fuel tax act," by amending section 1 (MCL
207.211), as amended by 2015 PA 178.
HB 5379
(Rep. Hill)
A bill to amend 1960 PA 124, entitled "An act to
create the Michigan highway reciprocity board; to
prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities; to allow certain
reciprocal compacts, agreements, and
arrangements; and to repeal certain acts and parts
of acts," by amending section 3 (MCL 3.163), as
amended by 2022 PA 25.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5378 and HB 5379, but did not wish to
speak:
Henry Scienebeck, representing the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association.
Michigan Forest Products Council.
Representative Kunse offered the following amendment to HB 5378:
1. Amend page 4, following line 23, by inserting:
"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5379 of
the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.".
Representative Outman moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5378. The motion prevailed 13-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Roth moved to report HB 5378 as amended, as substitute (H-1). The motion
prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Edwards offered the following amendment to HB 5379:
1. Amend page 4, following line 3, by inserting:
"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5378 of
the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.".
Representative Hoskins moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5379. The motion prevailed 13-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Conlin moved to report HB 5379 as amended, as substitute (H-1). The motion
prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 5127 before the committee:
HB 5127
(Rep. McFall)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 803f (MCL
257.803f), as amended by 2022 PA 143.
Representative McFall and Councilman Sean Fleming, representing the Madison Heights City
Council and a Veteran, testified in support of HB 5127. Questions and discussion followed.
The Chair laid HB 5434 before the committee:
HB 5434
(Rep. Glanville)
A bill to amend 2001 PA 142, entitled "Michigan
memorial highway act," (MCL 250.1001 to
250.2092) by adding section 114.
Representative Glanville and Douglass Voss, representing the Korean War Veterans Association,
testified in support of HB 5434. Questions and discussion followed.
Representative Miller moved to report out HB 5434 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Conlin, Edwards, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
At 11:02 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 11:04 AM, Majority Vice Chair MacDonell called the committee back to order.
The Majority Vice Chair laid HB 5150 before the committee:
HB 5150
(Rep. Shannon)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 208 (MCL
257.208), as amended by 2020 PA 376.
Representative Shannon and Thomas Steinbis testified in support of HB 5150. Questions and
discussion followed.
Melissa Horste, representing the Michigan Department of State, approached to answer questions
from members. Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5150, but did not wish to speak:
Melissa Horste, representing the Michigan Department of State.
At 11:15 AM, Rep. Conlin laid the committee at ease.
At 11:15 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Shannon adjourned the meeting at
11:16 AM.
Representative Nate Shannon, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov