HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. BRIAN BEGOLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 5, 2026
9:00 AM
Room 307, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 26, 2026. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5340 before the committee:
HB 5340
(Rep. Paquette)
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled "The
management and budget act," (MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594) by adding section 427.
The following person submitted a card wishing to speak with no position on HB 5340, but due to
the time constraints was unable to speak:
Ashley Meyers.
Representative Fitzgerald moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5340. The motion did not prevail
2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Pass: None.
Representative Harris moved to report out HB 5340 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
4-0-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall and McFall.
Nays: None.
Pass: Rep. Fitzgerald.
The Chair laid HB 5652 before the committee:
HB 5652
(Rep. BeGole)
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961," (MCL
600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 2940a.
At 9:07 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 9:08 AM, Majority Vice Chair Harris called the committee back to order.
Representative BeGole testified in support of HB 5652. Questions and discussions followed.
At 9:10 AM, Majority Vice Chair Harris laid the committee at ease.
At 9:10 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Tierra Hubbard, representing the Performance Racing Industry, testified in support of HB 5652.
Questions and discussions followed.
Woody Sloan, representing the Sloan Onondaga Dragway, testified in support of HB 5652.
Questions and discussions followed.
Ashley Meyers testified in opposition to HB 5652.
Brandon Hamby, representing the Flat Rock Speedway, testified in support of HB 5652.
Dennis Wheeler, representing the Owosso Speedway, testified in support of HB 5652. Questions
and discussions followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at 9:38
AM.
Representative Brian BeGole, Chair
Edward Sleeper
Committee Clerk
esleeper@house.mi.gov