HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
REP. JULIE CALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Elections and Ethics was called to order by the Chair Calley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Marino moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 22, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4642, HB 4643, HB 4644, HB 4645, HB 4646, HB 4647, HB 4648 and HB
4649 before the committee:
HB 4642
(Rep. LaGrand) A bill to regulate political activity; to require
state representatives to file financial statements and reports;
to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officers
and agencies; to impose fees; to prescribe penalties and civil
sanctions; and to provide remedies.
HB 4643
(Rep. Filler)
A bill to regulate political activity; to require
state senators to file financial statements and reports; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officers and
agencies; to impose fees; to prescribe penalties and civil
sanctions; and to provide remedies.
HB 4644
(Rep. Calley)
A bill to regulate political activity; to require
candidates for the office of state representative to file
financial statements and reports; to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain state officers and agencies; to impose fees;
to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide
remedies.
HB 4645
(Rep. Huizenga)
A bill to regulate political activity; to
require candidates for the office of state senator to file
financial statements and reports; to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain state officers and agencies; to impose fees;
to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide
remedies.
HB 4646
(Rep. Sowerby) A bill to regulate political activity; to require
certain elected state officers and candidates for state elective
office to file financial statements and reports; to prescribe the
powers and duties of certain state officers and agencies; to
impose fees; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to
provide remedies.
HB 4647
(Rep. Yancey)
A bill to regulate political activity; to require
certain elected state supreme court justices and judges and
candidates for state elective judicial office to file financial
statements and reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of
certain state officers and agencies; to impose fees; to
prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide
remedies.
HB 4648
(Rep. Marino)
A bill to regulate political activity; to require
members of and candidates for the governing boards of
certain state universities to file financial statements and
reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state
officers and agencies; to impose fees; to prescribe penalties
and civil sanctions; and to provide remedies.
HB 4649
(Rep. Rabhi)
A bill to regulate political activity; to require
members of and candidates for the state board of education
to file financial statements and reports; to prescribe the
powers and duties of certain state officers and agencies; to
impose fees; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to
provide remedies.
Representative Marino moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4642. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Hope moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4643. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Marino moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4644. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Guerra moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4645. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Paquette moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4646. The motion prevailed 6-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Hope moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4647. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Hornberger moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4648. The motion prevailed 6-
0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Guerra moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4649. The motion prevailed 6-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative David LaGrand testified in support of HB 4642, (H-1), HB 4643, (H-1), HB
4644, HB 4645, HB 4646, (H-1), HB 4647, (H-1), HB 4648, (H-1), HB 4649 and (H-1).
Questions and discussion followed.
Jamie Lyons-Eddy, representing Voters Not Politicians, testified in support of HB 4642, (H-1),
HB 4643, (H-1), HB 4644, HB 4645, HB 4646, (H-1), HB 4647, (H-1), HB 4648, (H-1), HB
4649 and (H-1).
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4642, (H-1), HB 4643, (H-1), HB 4644,
HB 4645, HB 4646, (H-1), HB 4647, (H-1), HB 4648, (H-1), HB 4649 and (H-1), but did not
wish to speak:
Jenita Moore, representing the Michigan Department of State.
Thomas Gilpin, representing the MI Sierra Club.
Jasmine Brown-Moreland, representing the Governor Whitmer's Legislative Affairs Office.
Nick Occhipinti, representing the MI League of Conservation Voters.
The Chair laid HB 4291 before the committee:
HB 4291
(Rep. Calley)
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
“Michigan campaign finance act,” by amending sections 33
and 34 (MCL 169.233 and 169.234), section 33 as amended
by 2017 PA 119 and section 34 as amended by 2012 PA 277.
Representative Paquette offered the following amendment to HB 4291:
1. Amend page 13, following line 17, by inserting:
"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2020.".
Representative Paquette moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4291. The motion prevailed 7-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Sheppard moved to refer House Bill No. 4291 as amended, as substitute (H-1).
The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Sens. Calley, Sheppard, Hornberger, Marino, Paquette, Guerra, Hope.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4291, but did not wish to
speak:
Jenita Moore, representing the Michigan Department of State.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Julie Calley adjourned the meeting at
11:05 AM.
Representative Julie Calley, Chair
Amy K Rostkowycz
Committee Clerk
arostkowycz@house.mi.gov