HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. BRIAN BEGOLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, August 21, 2025
9:00 AM
Room 307, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Harris moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 05, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4515 and HB 4746 before the committee:
HB 4515
(Rep. Woolford)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The
social welfare act," (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b)
by adding section 14k.
HB 4746
(Rep. Woolford)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The
social welfare act," (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b)
by adding section 14n.
Representative VanderWall moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4515. The motion prevailed
3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative Fitzgerald moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4746. The motion did not prevail
2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Pass: None.
Representative Harris moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4746. The motion prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative Woolford testified in support of HB 4746. Questions and discussions followed.
The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4515, but did not wish to speak:
Chardae Burton, representing the Department of Health and Human Services.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4746, but did not wish to speak:
Julie Cassidy, representing the Michigan League for Public Policy.
Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4515 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative VanderWall moved to report out HB 4746 with recommendation, as substitute
(H-2). The motion prevailed 3-0-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at 9:16
AM.
Representative Brian BeGole, Chair
Keith Feldpausch
Committee Clerk
kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov