HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, VETERANS AND HOMELAND SECURITY
REP. BEAU MATTHEW LAFAVE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
12:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security was called to order by
Chair LaFave.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. LaFave, Beeler, Eisen, Bezotte, Martin, Jones, Coleman, Rogers,
Steenland.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Jones moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 13, 2021. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HR 55 before the committee:
HR 55
(Rep. Fink)
A resolution to firmly affirm support for the
preservation of the Second Amendment and to
express the sense of the House of Representatives
regarding federal laws that infringe on the right to
bear arms.
Representative Fink introduced the resolution. Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of HR 55, but did not wish to speak:
Tom Lambert, representing the Michigan Open Carry.
Representative Beeler moved to report out HR 55 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 5-4-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. LaFave, Beeler, Eisen, Bezotte, Martin.
Nays: Reps. Jones, Coleman, Rogers, Steenland.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4030 and HB 4498 before the committee:
HB 4030
(Rep. Hoitenga)
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled "An act to
regulate and license the selling, purchasing,
possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas
ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption
devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying
of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and
electro-muscular disruption devices without a
license or other authorization; to provide for the
forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular
disruption devices under certain circumstances; to
provide for penalties and remedies; to provide
immunity from civil liability under certain
circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties
of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit
certain conduct against individuals who apply for
or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to
make appropriations; to prescribe certain
conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"
by amending sections 5b and 5l (MCL 28.425b
and 28.425l), as amended by 2017 PA 95.
HB 4498
(Rep. Paquette)
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled "An act to
regulate and license the selling, purchasing,
possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas
ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption
devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying
of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and
electro-muscular disruption devices without a
license or other authorization; to provide for the
forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular
disruption devices under certain circumstances; to
provide for penalties and remedies; to provide
immunity from civil liability under certain
circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties
of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit
certain conduct against individuals who apply for
or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to
make appropriations; to prescribe certain
conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"
by amending section 5l (MCL 28.425l), as
amended by 2017 PA 95.
Representative Paquette and Representative Hoitenga introduced the bills. Questions and
discussion followed.
Tom Lambert, representing the Michigan Open Carry, testified in support of HB 4030 and
HB 4498. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4030 and HB 4498, but did not
wish to speak:
Sergeant Chris Gerard, representing the Michigan State Police.
Bill Zaagman, representing the Michigan Association of County Clerks.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4030, HB 4498 and HR 55, but did
not wish to speak:
Brady Schickinger, representing the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Beau LaFave adjourned the
meeting at 12:39 PM.
Representative Beau LaFave, Chair
Matt Carnagie
Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov