HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REP. KARA HOPE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Criminal Justice was called to order by Chair Hope.
The Clerk read a letter from House Speaker Joe Tate which appointed members of the House
Criminal Justice Committee.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hope, Andrews, Tyrone Carter, Breen, Young, Arbit, Dievendorf,
Tsernoglou, Filler, Mueller, Bezotte, Harris, BeGole.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Arbit joined the committee remotely.
Representative T. Carter 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
Criminal Justice Committee. The motion prevailed 12-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hope, Andrews, Tyrone Carter, Breen, Young, Dievendorf, Tsernoglou,
Filler, Mueller, Bezotte, Harris, BeGole.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Chair Hope announced that the House Criminal Justice Committee will follow the Uniform
Committee rules, stated in the House Standing Rules, that were adopted on the House Floor.
Chair Hope laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan State Police. Sergeant
Travis Fletcher and Trooper Kristina Lidak Droste gave a presentation to the committee.
Questions and discussion followed.
Chair Hope laid before the committee a presentation by the State Court Administrative
Office. The State Court Administrator, Tom Boyd, gave a presentation to the committee.
Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hope adjourned the meeting at
10:06 AM.
Representative Kara Hope, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov