HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. MIKE MUELLER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
12:30 PM
Room 308, House Office Building
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair Mueller.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Mueller, VanWoerkom, Hauck, Cherry, Rabhi.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Cherry moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 20, 2021. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4822 before the committee:
HB 4822
(Rep. Mueller)
A bill to amend 1969 PA 317, entitled "Worker's
disability compensation act of 1969," (MCL
418.101 to 418.941) by adding section 406.
The Chair discussed the proposed substitute to HB 4822.
Representative Hauck moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4822. The motion prevailed 3-
2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Mueller, VanWoerkom, Hauck.
Nays: Reps. Cherry, Rabhi.
Pass: None.
Jack Nolish, the Director of Workers' Disability Compensation Agency, and Drew Beardslee,
representing the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, testified in
opposition to HB 4822 (H-1). Questions and discussion followed.
Representative Cherry offered the following amendments to HB 4822 (H-1):
1. Amend page 1, line 1, after "(1)" by striking out "Except as otherwise provided in
this section, an" and inserting "An".
2. Amend page 2, line 6, by striking out all of subsection (3) and renumbering the
remaining subsection.
Representative Cherry moved to adopt the amendments to HB 4822 (H-1). The motion did
not prevail 2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Cherry, Rabhi.
Nays: Reps. Mueller, VanWoerkom, Hauck.
Pass: None.
Representative VanWoerkom moved to report out HB 4822 with recommendation, as
substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Mueller, VanWoerkom, Hauck.
Nays: Reps. Cherry, Rabhi.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Mike Mueller adjourned the
meeting at 12:58 PM.
Representative Mike Mueller, Chair
Angie Lake
Committee Clerk
alake@house.mi.gov