MEMBERS:
SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. DAN LAUWERS
SEN. WAYNE A. SCHMIDT
SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA
SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD
SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. ERIKA GEISS
SEN. JEREMY MOSS
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
SENATOR KEN HORN
CHAIR
S-132 CAPITOL BUILDING
P.O. BOX 30036
LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536
PHONE: (517) 373-1760
FAX: (517) 373-3487
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
November 2, 2021
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic and Small Business Development was scheduled for Tuesday,
November 2, 2021, at 12:00 noon, in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Reported SB 671 (S-1) (Sen. Horn) with recommendation and immediate effect.
2. Reported SB 615 (Sen. Horn) with recommendation and immediate effect.
3. Reported SB 623 (Sen. Horn) with recommendation and immediate effect.
The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:57 p.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, MacDonald, McMorrow,
Geiss and Moss, a quorum was present.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from October 19, 2021.
Without objection, the minutes were adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. LaSata to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection,
Sen. Schmidt was excused from the meeting.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 671. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, MacDonald, McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: None
The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. MacDonald to report the (S-1) version of SB 671 to the floor with
recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, MacDonald, McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: None
The motion prevailed and the bill was reported.
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The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 671. Without objection, immediate effect was
recommended.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. McMorrow to adopt the McMorrow amendment #1 to SB 615. The vote
was as follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. McMorrow to adopt the McMorrow amendment #2 to SB 615. The vote
was as follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. McMorrow to adopt the McMorrow amendment #3 to SB 615. The vote
was as follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the Geiss amendment #4 to SB 615. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the Geiss amendment #5 to SB 615. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the Geiss amendment #6 to SB 615. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the amendment #7 to SB 615. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Sen.(s) McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, and MacDonald.
The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to report SB 615 to the floor with the recommendation that
it pass. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, MacDonald
Nays: Sen.(s) McMorrow
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Pass: Sen.(s) Geiss
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lauwers to reconsider the vote by which SB 615 passed. The vote was
as follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Lauwers, LaSata, MacDonald, McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to report SB 615 to the floor with recommendation that it
pass. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, LaSata, MacDonald, and Moss.
Nays: Sen.(s) Lauwers and McMorrow.
Pass: Sen.(s) Geiss.
The motion prevailed and the bill was reported.
The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 615. Without objection, immediate effect was
recommended.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. MacDonald to report SB 623 to the floor with recommendation that it
pass. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, LaSata, MacDonald, McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss.
Nays: Sen.(s) Lauwers.
The motion prevailed and the bill was reported.
The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 623. Without objection, immediate effect was
recommended.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:14 p.m.
Date Adopted by Committee: December 2, 2021
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