HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
REP. MATT HALL
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, August 29, 2019
10:30 AM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Oversight was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, Steven Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, Cynthia Johnson,
Camilleri, LaGrand.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Reilly moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 18, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Reilly moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 13, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid before the committee the following:
Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report Office of Children’s Ombudsman,
Department of Technology, Management, and Budget April 2019 #071-0176-17.
Chair Hall spoke regarding the report.
Representative Reilly motioned to adopt the House Oversight Committee Report
Recommendations on the Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report Office of
Children’s Ombudsman,
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, Steven Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, Cynthia Johnson,
Camilleri, LaGrand.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Reilly motioned to refer the Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit
Report Office of Children’s Ombudsman, Department of Technology, Management, and Budget
to the committee on Families Children and Seniors.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, Steven Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, Cynthia Johnson,
Camilleri, LaGrand.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4436 before the committee:
HB 4436
(Rep. Reilly)
A bill to promote and safeguard the right of
free speech and assembly on the campuses of public
universities and community and junior colleges; and to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities.
Representative Reilly spoke to the bill.
Representative Reilly moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4436. The motion prevailed 7-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, Steven Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, LaGrand.
Nays: Reps. Cynthia Johnson, Camilleri.
Pass: None.
Discussion regarding the bill followed.
Representative LaFave moved to refer House Bill No. 4436 to the committee on Judiciary, with
recommendation as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 7-1-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, Steven Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, Cynthia Johnson.
Nays: Rep. Camilleri.
Pass: Rep. LaGrand.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4436, but did not wish to speak:
Daniel Hurley, representing the Michigan Association of State Universities.
Lee Gonzales, representing the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
Mike Hansen, representing the Community College Association.
At 11:02 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 11:03 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Representative C.A. Johnson made comments regarding the bill.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hall adjourned the meeting at 11:06
AM.
Representative Matt Hall, Chair
Taylor Thrush
Committee Clerk
tthrush@house.mi.gov