HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON RULES
REP. BILL SCHUETTE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, August 21, 2025
10:30 AM
Room 428, State Capitol
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, Liberati
and Herzberg.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Aragona moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 26, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
Representative Martin moved to adopt room 428 of the Capitol Building as the standing location of
the House Committee on Rules. The motion prevailed 8-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4279 before the committee:
HB 4279
(Rep. Jaime Greene)
A bill to create a Michigan Army National
Guard and Air National Guard apprenticeship
program; and to provide for the powers and
duties of certain state governmental officers
and entities.
Representative Jaime Greene testified in support of HB 4279.
Rick Donovan, representing the Polish Legion of American Veterans, testified in support of HB
4279. Questions and discussions followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4279, but did not wish to speak:
Jared Skorup, representing the Mackinac Center.
The Chair laid HB 4352 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.
Representative Posthumus moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4352. The motion prevailed
9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, DeBoer, Witwer, Liberati and
Herzberg.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Posthumus moved to report out HB 4352 with recommendation, as substitute
(H-1). The motion prevailed 8-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.
Nays: Rep. DeBoer.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4354 before the committee:
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 Aragona moved to report out HB 4354 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 8-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schuette, Aragona, Wendzel, Martin, Posthumus, Witwer, Liberati and Herzberg.
Nays: Rep. DeBoer.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Schuette adjourned the meeting at
10:55 AM.
Representative Bill Schuette, Chair
Taylor Thrush
Committee Clerk
tthrush@house.mi.gov