HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
REP. JULIE CALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
11:45 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Elections and Ethics was called to order by Chair Calley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Guerra moved to adopt the meeting minutes from September 22, 2020. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SB 757 before the committee:
SB 757
(Sen. Ruth Johnson)
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan
election law," by amending sections 765, 765a,
and 765b (MCL 168.765, 168.765a, and
168.765b), sections 765 and 765a as amended by
2020 PA 95, section 765b as added by 2018 PA
127, and by adding sections 14b and 24k.
Representative Guerra offered the following amendment to SB 757:
1. Amend page 5, line 6, after "township" by striking out "with a population of at
least 25,000".
Representative Guerra moved to adopt the amendment to SB 757. The motion did not prevail
2-5-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Guerra, Hope.
Nays: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette.
Pass: None.
Representative Sheppard moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to SB 757. The motion prevailed 5-
0-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Guerra, Hope.
Representative Sheppard moved to refer Senate Bill No. 757 to the Committee on Ways and
Means, with recommendation as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 4-1-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Marino, Paquette.
Nays: Rep. Hornberger.
Pass: Reps. Guerra, Hope.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Julie Calley adjourned the
meeting at 11:53 AM.
Representative Julie Calley, Chair
Amy Rostkowycz
Committee Clerk
arostkowycz@house.mi.gov