HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, VETERANS AND HOMELAND SECURITY
REP. JENNIFER CONLIN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
12:00 PM
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security was called to order by
Chair Conlin.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Conlin, Tyrone Carter, Shannon, Rogers, Wegela, Xiong, Markkanen,
Bezotte, Martin, St. Germaine.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Wegela moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 11, 2024. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 6144, HB 6145 and HB 6146 before the committee:
HB 6144
(Rep. Brabec)
A bill to amend 1935 PA 59, entitled "An act to
provide for the public safety; to create the
Michigan state police, and provide for the
organization thereof; to transfer thereto the offices,
duties and powers of the state fire marshal, the
state oil inspector, the department of the Michigan
state police as heretofore organized, and the
department of public safety; to create the office of
commissioner of the Michigan state police; to
provide for an acting commissioner and for the
appointment of the officers and members of said
department; to prescribe their powers, duties, and
immunities; to provide the manner of fixing their
compensation; to provide for their removal from
office; and to repeal Act No. 26 of the Public Acts
of 1919, being sections 556 to 562, inclusive, of
the Compiled Laws of 1929, and Act No. 123 of
the Public Acts of 1921, as amended, being
sections 545 to 555, inclusive, of the Compiled
Laws of 1929," (MCL 28.1 to 28.16) by adding
section 5a.
HB 6145
(Rep. Brabec)
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 14 and 14a (MCL 28.434
and 28.434a), section 14 as amended by 2010 PA
295 and section 14a as amended by 2023 PA 19.
HB 6146
(Rep. Price)
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The
Michigan penal code," by amending sections 239
and 239a (MCL 750.239 and 750.239a), as
amended by 2010 PA 294.
Representative Brabec and Rev. Chris Yaw, Director of St. David's Firearm Buyback
Program, testified in support of HB 6144, HB 6145, HB 6146. Questions and discussion
followed.
Representative Price approached to answer questions from the committee.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 6144, HB 6145 and HB 6146, but
did not wish to speak:
Sean Holihan, representing Giffords.
Sgt. Travis Fletcher, representing the Michigan State Police.
Ramya Swami and Kelly Simpson, representing Brady United Against Gun Violence.
Cathy Tang, representing Everytown for Gun Safety.
Marti Praschan, representing the City of Ann Arbor.
Robert Stevenson, representing the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, testified in
opposition to HB 6145 and HB 6146.
Daniel Pfannes, representing the Michigan Sheriffs' Association, testified in opposition to HB
6144 and HB 6145.
Representative Price approached to answer questions from the committee.
Tom Lambert, representing the Michigan Open Carry, testified in opposition to HB 6144, HB
6145 and HB 6146. Questions and discussion followed.
Nick Boge, representing the National Rifle Association, testified in opposition to HB 6144,
HB 6145 and HB 6146.
Donovan Gomez testified in opposition to HB 6144, HB 6145 and HB 6146.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Conlin adjourned the meeting at
12:50 PM.
Representative Jennifer Conlin, Chair
Matt Carnagie
Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov