MEMBERS:
SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. ERIKA GEISS
SEN. DAYNA POLEHANKI
SEN. EDWARD MCBROOM, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. JONATHAN LINDSEY
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
SENATOR SAM SINGH
CHAIR
S-8 CAPITOL BUILDING
P.O. BOX 30036
LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536
PHONE: (517) 373-3447
FAX: (517) 373-5849
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
April 24, 2024
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Oversight was scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Testimony regarding HB 4965 (Rep. Andrews).
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair Singh, Sen.(s) Geiss, Polehanki, McBroom and Lindsey, a quorum was
present.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lindsey to adopt the meeting minutes from March 13, 2024. Without
objection, the minutes were adopted.
The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. McMorrow was
excused from the meeting.
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4965:
Rep. Joey Andrews – Support
Damon Stewart, DISH – Support
Tom Norton, WKTV Community Media – Opposition
Ian Locke, ONTV and MICMA – Opposition
Doug Matthews, City of Grand Rapids – Opposition
Teri Stiles, Oxford Community Television – Opposition
John LaMacchia, Michigan Municipal League – Opposition
Scott Ward, DirecTV – Support
The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB 4965:
Jason Augenstein, AccessVision – Opposition
Alysha Albrecht – Opposition
Greg McDonald, John Fournier, and Mike Koski, City of Ann Arbor – Opposition
Joseph Balenger – Opposition
Carrie LeZotte, Dani Walsh, Martin Book, and Michael Schostak, Bloomfield Township – Opposition
Anne Marie Graham-Hudak, Canton Township – Opposition
Shawn Ryan, Clarkston Community Schools – Opposition
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Christopher Weagel, CMNtv – Opposition
Ted Diedrich, Grand Rapids Community Media Center – Opposition
John Elike and Jose Aliaga, Independence Township – Opposition
Darwin McClary, Village of Lake Orion – Opposition
Nancy Line – Opposition
Ben Kirby, Lake Orion Community Schools – Opposition
Carey Hammel, Mid Michigan Area Cable Consortium – Opposition
Kenneth Johnson, City of Muskegon – Opposition
Chris Barnett, Oakland County Association of Township Supervisors – Opposition
Ian Locke and Joe Johnson, Orion Neighborhood Television – Opposition
Ralph Painter, Orion Township Cable TV Commission – Opposition
Sydney Ostrander – Opposition
Mike Watza, PROTEC Livonia, Dearborn, Southfield, and Redford – Opposition
Matthew Schuster, Public Media Network – Opposition
Bryan Barnett, City of Rochester Hills – Opposition
George Sinnott – Opposition
Alaina Campbell, Sprout Bake LLC – Opposition
Bobbie Jo Marr, City of St. Louis – Opposition
Barbara Taylor – Opposition
Marie Hauswirth and Gary Wall, Waterford Township – Opposition
Mike Spence, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments – Opposition
Deborah Anderson – Opposition
Shannon Price, City of Warren, Canton Township, Northville Township, and Redford Township –
Opposition
Connor Spalding, City of Lansing – Opposition
Brad Kersten, Chesterfield Township – Opposition
Craig Puckett, Conference of Western Wayne – Opposition
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:54 a.m.
Date adopted by committee: 10/09/24
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