HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
REP. MICHELE HOITENGA
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
12:00 PM
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Communications and Technology was called to order by the
Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hoitenga, S Johnson, Wozniak, Coleman, Chirkun.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Wozniak moved to adopt the minutes from the May 1st, 2019 meeting. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4266 before the committee:
HB 4266
(Rep. Cole)
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
“Revised judicature act of 1961,"(MCL 600.101 to
600.9947) by adding section 2979.
Representative Triston Cole testified in support of HB 4266. Questions and discussion followed.
Joe Baumann, representing Wolverine Power, testified in support of HB 4266.
Craig Borr, , representing the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association, testified in support of
HB 4266.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4266, but did not wish to speak:
Andrew Vermeesch, , representing the Michigan Farm Bureau.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4266, but did not wish to speak:
Jennifer Greenburg, , representing the Telecom Association of Michigan.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Michele Hoitenga adjourned the
meeting at 12:28 PM.
Representative Michele Hoitenga, Chair
Amy K Rostkowycz
Committee Clerk
arostkowycz@house.mi.gov