HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
REP. JACK O'MALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
10:30 AM
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Transportation was called to order by Chair O'Malley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Sheppard moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 21, 2020. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5194 before the committee:
HB 5194
(Rep. Markkanen)
A bill to amend 1974 PA 300,
entitled "Motor vehicle service and repair act," by amending
section 2 (MCL 257.1302), as amended by 2016 PA 430.
Representative O'Malley offered the following amendments to HB 5194:
1. Amend page 2, line 9, after "weight" by inserting "rating".
2. Amend page 3, line 24, after "weight" by inserting "rating".
Representative Eisen moved to adopt the amendments to HB 5194. The motion prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Howell moved to refer House Bill No. 5194 as amended, as substitute (H-1), to
the committee on Ways and Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5194, but did not wish to speak:
Jenita Moore, representing the Michigan Secretary of State.
The Chair laid HB 4396 before the committee:
HB 4396
(Rep. Wittenberg)
A bill to amend 1925 PA 368,
entitled "An act to prohibit obstructions and encroachments
on public highways; to provide for the removal of
obstructions and encroachments on public highways; to
prescribe the conditions under which telegraph, telephone,
power, and other public utility companies, cable television
companies, broadband companies, and municipalities may
enter upon, construct, and maintain telegraph, telephone,
power, cable television, or broadband lines, pipe lines, wires,
cables, poles, conduits, sewers, and like structures upon,
over, across, or under public roads, bridges, streets, and
waters; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by
repealing section 19 (MCL 247.189).
Representative Clemente moved to refer House Bill No. 4396 to the committee on Ways and
Means. The motion prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Cole, Sheppard, Alexander, Bellino, Howell, Afendoulis,
Sneller, Clemente, Yancey, Haadsma, Shannon.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4396, but did not wish to speak:
Ed Noyola, representing the Michigan County Road Association.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley adjourned the meeting
at 10:36 AM.
Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov