MEMBERS:
SEN. JON C. BUMSTEAD, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. RICK OUTMAN
SEN. WAYNE A. SCHMIDT
SEN. SEAN MCCANN, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
SENATOR ED MCBROOM
CHAIR
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COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
February 24, 2021
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was scheduled for Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at
8:00 a.m., in Room 403 of the Capitol Building.
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The agenda summary is as follow:
1. Reported SR 17 (Sen. McBroom) with recommendation.
2. Reported SR 15 (Sen. McBroom) with recommendation.
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair McBroom, Sen.(s) Bumstead, Outman, Schmidt, and McCann, a
quorum was present.
The Chair invited the committee to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bumstead to adopt the meeting minutes from February 17, 2021.
Without objection, the minutes were adopted.
The Chair summarized SR 17 for the committee.
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony via zoom regarding SR 17:
Jim Sweeney, Concerned Sportsmen of Michigan – Support. Member questions followed.
Al Ettenhoefer, U.P. Whitetails – Support.
The Chair invited the following individual to present testimony regarding SR 17:
Jordan Hoover, Baraga County U.P. Whitetails Association – Support. Member questions followed.
The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding SR 17:
Dean Beckman, Citizen – Support.
Andrew Vermeesch, Michigan Farm Bureau – Support.
Torin Miller, National Deer Association – Oppose.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Outman to report SR 17 to the floor with recommendation that it be
adopted. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair McBroom, Sen.(s) Bumstead, and Outman
Nays: Sen. McCann
The motion prevailed and the resolution was reported.
The Chair summarized SR 15 for the committee.
The Chair invited the following individual to present testimony regarding SR 15:
Jordan Hoover, Baraga County U.P. Whitetails Association – Support. Member questions followed.
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony via zoom regarding SR 15:
Rory Mattson, Delta Conservation District – Support.
Molly Tamulevich, Humane Society of the United States – Oppose. Member questions followed.
Dale McNamee, Self – Support. Member questions followed.
Bee Friedlander, Attorneys for Animals – Oppose. Member questions followed.
Karol Henckel Miller, Self – Oppose. Member questions followed.
Jeffery Towner, Self – Oppose. Member questions followed.
Gary V. Gorniak, Upper Peninsula Sportsmen's Alliance – Support. Member questions followed.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bumstead to report SR 15 to the floor with recommendation that it be
adopted. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair McBroom, Sen.(s) Bumstead, and Outman
Nays: Sen. McCann
The motion prevailed and the resolution was reported.
The following individuals submitted a testimony card regarding SR. 15:
Andrew Vermeesch, Michigan Farm Bureau – Support.
Aaron Payment, Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians – Oppose
The following individuals submitted written testimony regarding SR 15:
Jacqueline Winkowski, Marquette – Oppose
Nancy Warren, Ewen – Oppose
Kevin Fuchs, Kalamazoo – Oppose
Maggie Scheffer, Iron River – Oppose
Karen Mouradjian, Citizen – Oppose
Margaret O'Byrne – Oppose
Richard Sloat, Iron River – Oppose
Marilyn Patterson – Oppose
Andrea Hartman – Oppose
Patrice Cole – Oppose
Debra Linari, Dryden – Oppose
Mike Raymond, Shelby Township – Oppose
Levi Rinck – Oppose
Cathy Gray – Oppose
Jill Savage, DVM, Auburn Hills – Oppose
Sandy Kondos – Oppose
Judith Brock, Charlevoix – Oppose
Don & Jane Ensley, Davisburg – Oppose
Rosemary Plourde, Marquette – Oppose
Bill Lawrence – Oppose
Maureen Grady, Ann Arbor – Oppose
Chris Byrne – Oppose
Karen Stamper – Oppose
Piermg27@aol.com – Oppose
Nancy Andrews – Oppose
Kristi Lloyd, Hickory Corners – Oppose
Jodi Von Wihl, W. Bloomfield – Oppose
Janice Prokop-Heitman, Plymouth – Oppose
Victor Khayat – Oppose
Debra Linari, Dryden – Oppose
Michele Williams – Oppose
Dierdre Lisk, Wayne – Oppose
Rebecca Nelson, Smiths Creek – Oppose
Sue Bissell, Harbor Springs – Oppose
Pam Westerhold, Northville – Oppose
Pat McCall, Hartland – Oppose
Anna Mary Walsh, Shepherdstown W. Virginia – Oppose
Pamela Lubig, Marquette – Oppose
Sharon Klemm, Sodus – Oppose
Sue Alward – Oppose
Julie Dye, Dowagiac – Oppose
Mary Hippler – Oppose
Lynn Babcock, Dexter – Oppose
Florence Sandok – Oppose
Terri Keppler – Oppose
Virginia Tyson – Oppose
Charlene Michael – Oppose
Jodi Hefferan, Rapid City – Oppose
Allison Goodwin, Birmingham – Oppose
Allan & Marlin Derkacz, Grand Blanc – Oppose
Sandra Rotunda, Taylor – Oppose
Karol Miller, Rochester – Oppose
Anne Honhart, Birmingham – Oppose
Ellen Nini – Oppose
Renee Gregory, Milan – Oppose
Doris Applebaum, Oak Park – Oppose
Sheila Pugach – Oppose
Katie Weeks – Oppose
Lisa Uchno, Sylvan Lake – Oppose
Diane Hoerner, West Bloomfield – Oppose
Robert Burgener – Oppose
Dr. Susan Huber – Oppose
Laura Long, MD – Oppose
Charles Bond, Maple City – Oppose
Carol Fletcher – Oppose
Tom Progar, President, VegMichigan – Oppose
JP Callaghan, Birmingham – Oppose
Barbara Michniewicz – Oppose
Scott Newell, Ann Arbor – Oppose
Dr. Mark Poletti, Muskegon – Oppose
Francine Dolins, Ann Arbor – Oppose
Kristen Schelbert – Oppose
Jack Christenson, Troy – Oppose
jushujo@aol.com – Oppose
Lila Shah – Oppose
Judy Satterthwaite, Rochester – Oppose
Pam Jackson, Kalamazoo – Oppose
Diane Hein-Beutel – Oppose
Darcie Livingston, St. Clair Shores – Oppose
Renee Noomie, Rochester – Oppose
Lisa Popa – Oppose
Paul Weber, Chesterfield – Oppose
Brandi Vezina – Oppose
Jeff Sanderson – Oppose
Joan Victor – Oppose
Sue Wright – Oppose
Shubram Subramanyam – Oppose
Katharine Murphy – Oppose
Anna Eerola, St Clair – Oppose
Joyce Janicki, St. Clair Shores – Oppose
Joan White, Grand Blanc – Oppose
Brian Gaisford – Oppose
Jean Public – Oppose
Ed Shalda – Oppose
Aggie Monfette, Royal Oak – Oppose
Noelle Grain – Oppose
Jan Strait, Grand Rapids – Oppose
Ali Mosa – Oppose
Elaine Delaney, Dearborn – Oppose
Franklin Eventoff, Bow, WA – Oppose
Barton Grimm – Beverly Hills – Oppose
Michelle Leveque, Ada – Oppose
Monique Balaban, Rochester Hills – Oppose
Ann von Lossberg – Oppose
Jessica Myers – Oppose
Patricia Fisher – Oppose
Katherine Cross – Oppose
James Winkowski, Marquette – Oppose
Jacqueline Winkowski, Marquette – Oppose
Kristi Lloyd, Hickory Corners – Oppose
Stephanie Williams, Guilford CT – Oppose
Rhea Linn – Oppose
James Kleinschmidt – Oppose
Mike DePue – Oppose
Hardy Fuchs – Oppose
Joan Swain – Oppose
Jessamine Belland, Cedarville – Oppose
Kelley LaBonty – Oppose
James Vetuskey – Oppose
S. Lambertson & R. Polly – Oppose
Kathy Fahey – Oppose
Barbara McBride, Benzie County – Oppose
Sheri Giardini, DVM, Birmingham – Oppose
Jeff Towner, Negaunee Twp. – Oppose
Michele & Greg Petrosky – Oppose
Virginia Holder, Berrien Springs – Oppose
Ana Maria Pimentel – Oppose
Margaret Emerson-Rich, Lansing – Oppose
Tina L. Bass – Oppose
Carla Vaughan – Oppose
Ann Platte – Oppose
Susan Kilmer, DeWitt – Oppose
Joel Harding – Oppose
Patrice Cole – Oppose
Renee Kermeen, Middleville – Oppose
Anne Throop, Caledonia – Oppose
Philip Grundlehner, Bloomfield Hills – Oppose
Alex Little – Oppose
Margaret Riddell – Oppose
Michigan's First Anishinaabeck Caucus – Oppose
David Payne – Oppose
Sharon Sperow, Grand Blanc – Oppose
Trish Marie, Grand Blanc – Oppose
Sunny Sjaarad – Oppose
MJ & Gary Lemieur – Oppose
Lynn Russell Kermeen, Middleville – Oppose
Daniel Oberschulte, Traverse City – Oppose
Kristine Drake – Oppose
Nina Robles, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc. – Oppose
Candy Petrick – Oppose
Martha Ruszkowski – Oppose
Sandra Giardini, Dearborn – Oppose
Gary Dolinshek, Rochester Hills – Oppose
Ron Kagan & Scott Carter, Detroit Zoological Society – Oppose
Andrew Vermeesch, Michigan Farm Bureau – Support
Ahimsa Safe Haven, Onsted – Oppose
All Species Kinship, Battle Creek – Oppose
Attorneys for Animals, Canton – Oppose
Barn Sanctuary, Chelsea – Oppose
Bird Center of Washtenaw County – Oppose
Chubby Goat Acres, Schoolcraft – Oppose
Harbor Humane, West Olive – Oppose
Humane Society of Huron Valley – Oppose
Humane Society of Macomb, Utica – Oppose
Kalamazoo Cat Café and Rescue – Oppose
Last Dance Rescue Ranch, Charlevoix – Oppose
Michigan Animal Rescue Shelter Network – Oppose
Michigan Humane, Detroit – Oppose
Out-Back Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Ottawa Lake – Oppose
Paws for Life Rescue and Adoption, Troy – Oppose
Richland Animal Rescue & Equine Shelter, Richland – Oppose
Save a Soul Rescue, Kalkaska – Oppose
Songbird Protection Coalition – Oppose
SPCA of Southwest Michigan, Kalamazoo – Oppose
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Schmidt to
adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:55 a.m.
Date adopted by committee: 03/03/2021