HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
REP. JAIME GREENE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
10:30 AM
Room 327, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Communications and Technology was called to order by Chair Jaime
Greene.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Jaime Greene, Kunse, Wendzel, Schmaltz, Schriver, Fairbairn, Scott, Andrews
and Skaggs.
Absent: Reps. Linting and Arbit.
Excused: Reps. Linting and Arbit.
Representative Andrews moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 03, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid before the committee a presentation on the Broadband Equity, Access, and
Deployment (BEAD) program.
Eric Frederick, Chief Connectivity Officer from the Michigan High Speed Internet Office (MIHI),
and Brennan Smith, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs from the Michigan Department of
Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), gave a presentation on the BEAD program. Questions
and discussion followed.
Representative Schmaltz moved to excuse Representatives Linting and Arbit from the meeting.
There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Jaime Greene adjourned the meeting
at 11:01 AM.
Representative Jaime Greene, Chair
Matt Carnagie
Acting Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov