HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
REP. BRANDT IDEN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, March 10,
2020
10:30
AM
Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol
Building
The House Standing Committee on Ways and Means was called to order by Chair Iden.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd,
Hertel, Bolden.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Lilly moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 5, 2020. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4686 before the committee:
HB 4686
(Rep. Berman) A bill to amend 1996 IL 1, entitled
"Michigan gaming control and revenue act," by amending
section 25 (MCL 432.225), as added by 1997 PA 69.
Representative Lilly moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4686. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Lilly moved to report out HB 4686 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 5024 and HB 5025 before the committee:
HB 5024
(Rep. Sneller)
A bill to amend 1846 RS 16, entitled "Of the
powers and duties of townships, the election and duties of
township officers, and the division of townships," (MCL
41.1a to 41.110c) by adding section 4a.
HB 5025
(Rep. Howell)
A bill to amend 1846 RS 16, entitled "Of the
powers and duties of townships, the election and duties of
township officers, and the division of townships," by
amending section 110c (MCL 41.110c), as amended by 2015
PA 248, and by adding section 3c.
Representative Warren moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5024. The motion prevailed 10-1-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Warren, Byrd, Hertel, Bolden.
Nays: Rep. Meerman.
Pass: None.
Representative Hertel moved to report out HB 5024 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1).
The motion prevailed 10-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Warren, Byrd, Hertel, Bolden.
Nays: Rep. Meerman.
Pass: None.
Representative Lilly moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5025. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Leutheuser moved to report out HB 5025 with recommendation, as substitute (H-
1). The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5024 and HB 5025, but did not wish to
speak:
Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
Mile Goschka, representing Representative Howell's Office.
The Chair laid HB 5437 before the committee:
HB 5437
(Rep. Sneller)
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending
section 517a (MCL 436.1517a), as amended by 2018 PA
472.
Representative Warren moved to report out HB 5437 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5437, but did not wish to speak:
Allisyn Mattice-Eskau, representing the McLaren Healthcare.
The Chair laid SB 125 before the committee:
SB 125
(Sen. Barrett)
A bill to amend 1995 PA 29, entitled
"Uniform unclaimed property act," by amending section 18
(MCL 567.238), as amended by 2010 PA 197.
Representative Lilly moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to SB 125. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Leutheuser moved to report out SB 125 with recommendation, as substitute (H-
1). The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 125, but did not wish to speak:
Dave Worthams, representing the Michigan Bankers Association.
Haleigh Krombeen, representing the Michigan Credit Union League.
The Chair laid SB 269 before the committee:
SB 269
(Sen. Geiss)
A bill to amend 1941 PA 122, entitled "An
act to establish the revenue collection duties of the
department of treasury; to prescribe its powers and duties as
the revenue collection agency of this state; to prescribe
certain powers and duties of the state treasurer; to establish
the collection duties of certain other state departments for
money or accounts owed to this state; to regulate the
importation, stamping, and disposition of certain tobacco
products; to provide for the transfer of powers and duties
now vested in certain other state boards, commissions,
departments, and offices; to prescribe certain duties of and
require certain reports from the department of treasury; to
provide procedures for the payment, administration, audit,
assessment, levy of interests or penalties on, and appeals of
taxes and tax liability; to prescribe its powers and duties if an
agreement to act as agent for a city to administer, collect, and
enforce the city income tax act on behalf of a city is entered
into with any city; to provide an appropriation; to abolish the
state board of tax administration; to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies; and to declare the effect of this act,"
(MCL 205.1 to 205.31) by adding section 4a.
Representative Bolden moved to adopt substitute (H-4) to SB 269. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Byrd moved to report out SB 269 with recommendation, as substitute (H-4). The
motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 269, but did not wish to speak:
Brandon Betz, representing the Michigan League for Public Policy.
The Chair laid SB 415 before the committee:
SB 415
(Sen. Nesbitt)
A bill to amend 1984 PA 379, entitled "An
act to define and regulate certain credit card transactions,
agreements, charges, and disclosures; to prescribe the powers
and duties of the financial institutions bureau and certain
state agencies; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and
to provide for fines and penalties," by amending the title and
section 1 (MCL 493.101).
Representative Griffin moved to report out SB 415 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Iden, Lilly, Leutheuser, Griffin, Hauck, Kahle, Meerman, Warren, Byrd, Hertel,
Bolden.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 415, but did not wish to speak:
Dave Worthams, representing the Michigan Bankers Association.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Brandt Iden adjourned the meeting at
10:43 AM.
Representative Brandt Iden, Chair
Edward Sleeper
Committee Clerk
esleeper@house.mi.gov