HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SENIORS
REP. RODNEY WAKEMAN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
12:00 p.m.
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called. The Clerk called the attendance and announced a
quorum was present.
Present: Reps. Wakeman, Meerman, Rendon, Roth, Tisdel, Pohutsky, Camilleri, Brenda
Carter, Aiyash.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Meerman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 8, 2022. There
being no objections, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5461, HB 5462 and HB 5463 before the committee:
HB 5461
(Rep. Steven Johnson)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social
welfare act," (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding
section 14n.
HB 5462
(Rep. Outman)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social
welfare act," by amending section 105c (MCL
400.105c), as added by 2013 PA 107.
HB 5463
(Rep. Outman)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social
welfare act," by amending section 10f (MCL
400.10f), as added by 2013 PA 41.
Peter Ruark, Senior Policy Analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, testified and
submitted written testimony in opposition to HB 5461.
Adam Carlson, Senior Vice President of Advocacy at Michigan Health and Hospital
Association, submitted a card in opposition to HB 5462 , but did not wish to speak.
Representative Roth moved to report out HB 5461 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 5-4-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Wakeman, Meerman, Rendon, Roth, Tisdel.
Nays: Reps. Pohutsky, Camilleri, Brenda Carter, Aiyash.
Pass: None.
Representative Rendon moved to report out HB 5462 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 5-4-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Wakeman, Meerman, Rendon, Roth, Tisdel.
Nays: Reps. Pohutsky, Camilleri, Brenda Carter, Aiyash.
Pass: None.
Representative Tisdel moved to report out HB 5463 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 5-4-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Wakeman, Meerman, Rendon, Roth, Tisdel.
Nays: Reps. Pohutsky, Camilleri, Brenda Carter, Aiyash.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 5675 before the committee:
HB 5675
(Rep. Peterson)
A bill to amend 1846 RS 83, entitled "Of marriage
and the solemnization thereof," by amending
sections 7 and 16 (MCL 551.7 and 551.16),
section 7 as amended by 2014 PA 278 and section
16 as amended by 2006 PA 419.
Representative Aiyash moved to refer House Bill No. 5675 to the Committee on Judiciary.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Wakeman, Meerman, Rendon, Roth, Tisdel, Pohutsky, Camilleri, Brenda
Carter, Aiyash.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee; Representative Meerman moved that
the committee adjourn. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 12:12 p.m.
Representative Rodney Wakeman, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov