HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
REP. MICHELE HOITENGA
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
10:30 AM
Room 307, 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, Damoose, Griffin, Hauck, Reilly, Wakeman, Bezotte, Coleman,
Haadsma, Aiyash, Scott.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Aiyash joined the committee remotely.
Representative Hauck moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 9, 2022. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5038 before the committee:
HB 5038
(Rep. Coleman)
A bill to create the office of broadband and digital
infrastructure; to prescribe the powers and duties
of the office of broadband and digital
infrastructure; to allow the provision of grants and
other financial and technical assistance related to
broadband and digital infrastructure; and to
provide the powers and duties of certain state
officers and entities.
Representative Coleman testified in support of HB 5038.
Todd Cook and Eric Frederick, representing the Michigan Department of Labor and
Economic Opportunity, testified in support of HB 5038. Questions and discussion followed.
Mike Spence, representing the Southwest Michigan Council of Governments, testified in
support of HB 5038.
Siely Joshi, representing Crown Castle, testified in support of HB 5038.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hoitenga adjourned the meeting
at 11:21 AM.
Representative Michele Hoitenga, Chair
Sondra Gordon
Committee Clerk
sgordon@house.mi.gov