HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
REP. JACK O'MALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Transportation was called to order by Chair O'Malley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Berman, Carra, Roth, Sneller,
Clemente, Shannon, Liberati, Puri.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
At 10:31 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 10:41 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Representative Roth moved to adopt the meeting minutes from November 2, 2021. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5370 before the committee:
HB 5370
(Rep. VanSingel)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding
section 649a.
Representative Griffin moved to report out HB 5370 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 11-1-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, Carra, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon,
Liberati, Puri.
Nays: Rep. LaFave.
Pass: Rep. Berman.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5370, but did not wish to speak:
Ed Schvitema, representing ABATE of Michigan.
The Chair laid HB 4983 and HB 4984 before the committee:
HB 4983
(Rep. Kahle)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending sections 710d and
710e (MCL 257.710d and 257.710e), section 710d
as amended by 2009 PA 57 and section 710e as
amended by 2016 PA 460.
HB 4984
(Rep. Clemente)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 907 (MCL
257.907), as amended by 2020 PA 382.
Representative Eisen moved to report out HB 4983 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 10-2-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon,
Liberati, Puri.
Nays: Reps. LaFave, Carra.
Pass: Rep. Berman.
Representative Sneller moved to report out HB 4984 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 10-2-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon,
Liberati, Puri.
Nays: Reps. LaFave, Carra.
Pass: Rep. Berman.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984, but did not wish
to speak:
Tiffany Hauser, representing AAA of Michigan.
The Chair laid SB 674 before the committee:
SB 674
(Sen. Nesbitt)
A bill to amend 2000 PA 403, entitled "Motor fuel
tax act," by repealing section 10 (MCL 207.1010).
Ryan Studley, representing Senator Nesbitt's office, testified in support of SB 674.
Mark Griffin, representing the Michigan Petroleum Association, testified in support of SB
674. Questions and discussion followed.
Paul G. Connors, representing the Michigan Department of Treasury, testified with a neutral
position on SB 674.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley adjourned the
meeting at 10:53 AM.
Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov