HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON RULES
REP. BILL SCHUETTE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, June 26, 2025
10:30 AM
Room 519, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Rules was called to order by Chair Schuette.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer and
Liberati.
Absent: Rep. Herzberg.
Excused: Rep. Herzberg.
Representative Liberati moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 05, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4391 before the committee:
HB 4391
(Rep. Rogers)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code," by amending
sections 625a, 625c, and 625g (MCL
257.625a, 257.625c, and 257.625g), sections
625a and 625g as amended by 2021 PA 85 and
section 625c as amended by 2014 PA 315.
Representative Aragona moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4391. The motion prevailed 7-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Witwer and Liberati.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative DeBoer moved to report out HB 4391 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 5-0-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin and DeBoer.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Witwer and Liberati.
The Chair laid HB 4017 before the committee:
HB 4017
(Rep. Neyer)
A bill to amend 1974 PA 154, entitled
"Michigan occupational safety and health act,"
by amending section 35 (MCL 408.1035), as
amended by 2024 PA 17.
Representative Aragona moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4017. The motion prevailed 7-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Witwer and Liberati.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4017, but did not wish to speak:
Joshua Scramlin, representing the Michigan Farm Bureau.
Representative Posthumus moved to report out HB 4017 with recommendation, as substitute
(H-2). The motion prevailed 8-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer and Liberati.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
At 10:35 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 10:36 AM, Majority Vice Chair Aragona called the committee back to order.
The Majority Vice Chair laid HB 4352 and HB 4354 before the committee:
HB 4352
(Rep. Tyrone Carter)
A bill to amend 1955 PA 233, entitled "An act
to provide for the incorporation of certain
municipal authorities to acquire, own, extend,
improve, and operate sewage disposal
systems, water supply systems, and solid waste
management systems; to prescribe the rights,
powers, and duties thereof; to authorize
contracts between such authorities and public
corporations; to provide for the issuance of
bonds to acquire, construct, extend, or improve
the systems; and to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies," by amending the title and
sections 1, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d (MCL
124.281, 124.284, 124.284a, 124.284b,
124.284c, and 124.284d), the title as amended
by 1998 PA 182, section 1 as amended by
2009 PA 164, section 4 as amended and
section 4c as added by 1985 PA 178, section
4a as amended by 2008 PA 172, section 4b as
amended by 2000 PA 24, and section 4d as
amended by 2009 PA 167.
HB 4354
(Rep. Mueller)
A bill to amend 1965 PA 203, entitled
"Michigan commission on law enforcement
standards act," by amending section 2 (MCL
28.602), as amended by 2021 PA 42.
Representative Tyrone Carter testified in support of HB 4354 and HB 4391. Questions and
discussions followed.
Bill Wolfson, Chief Barnett Jones, and Deputy Chief Walter Davis, representing the Great Lakes
Water Authority, testified in support of HB 4354 and HB 4391. Questions and discussions
followed.
At 10:49 AM, Majority Vice Chair Aragona laid the committee at ease.
At 10:50 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Representative Wendzel moved to excuse Representative Herzberg from the meeting. There being
no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Schuette adjourned the meeting at
10:50 AM.
Representative Bill Schuette, Chair
Taylor Thrush
Committee Clerk
tthrush@house.mi.gov