HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
REP. MICHELE HOITENGA
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
9:00 AM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Communications and Technology was called to order by Chair
Hoitenga.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hoitenga, Steven Johnson, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Coleman moved to adopt the minutes from the September 9th, 2020. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4288 before the committee:
HB 4288
(Rep. Hoitenga)
A bill to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
state governmental officers and entities; to create a
statewide broadband service grant program; and to
establish a process for the application and
awarding of grant funds.
Representative Wozniak moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4288. The motion prevailed
5-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoitenga, Steven Johnson, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Coleman moved to refer House Bill No. 4288 to the Committee on Ways and
Means, with recommendation as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 4-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoitenga, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun.
Nays: Rep. Steven Johnson.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HR 283 before the committee:
HR 283
(Rep. Hoitenga)
A resolution to urge the Congress of the United
States to allocate funding for states that have
established broadband expansion block grant
programs.
Representative Wozniak moved to report out HR 283 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 4-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoitenga, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun.
Nays: Rep. Steven Johnson.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4288 (H-2), but did not wish to
speak:
Bree Anderson, representing the Michigan Department of Technology Management and
Budget.
Gavin Goetz, representing the AT&T Michigan.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4288 (H-2), but did not wish to
speak:
Meghann Keit, representing the Michigan Association of Counties.
Tom Frazier, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Michele Hoitenga adjourned the
meeting at 9:07 AM.
Representative Michele Hoitenga, Chair
Amy Rostkowycz
Committee Clerk
arostkowycz@house.mi.gov