HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES AND VETERANS
REP. KATHY SCHMALTZ
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Noon.
Room 307, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Families and Veterans was called to order by Chair Schmaltz.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young,
Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Pavlov moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 03, 2026. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
At 12:09 PM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 12:10 PM, Majority Vice Chair Wozniak called the committee back to order.
Majority Vice Chair Wozniak laid HB 5715 before the committee:
HB 5715
(Rep. Schmaltz)
A bill to amend 1978 PA 390, entitled "An act
to regulate the time and manner of payment of
wages and fringe benefits to employees; to
prescribe rights and responsibilities of
employers and employees, and the powers and
duties of the department of labor; to require
keeping of records; to provide for settlement of
disputes regarding wages and fringe benefits;
to prohibit certain practices by employers; to
prescribe penalties and remedies; and to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts," by amending
section 6 (MCL 408.476), as amended by 2012
PA 440.
Representative Schmaltz and T.J. Pierce, representing the National Guard Association of
Michigan, testified in support of HB 5715. Questions and discussion followed.
At 12:21 PM, Majority Vice Chair Wozniak laid the committee at ease.
At 12:21 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The Chair laid HB 5514 before the committee:
HB 5514
(Rep. Cavitt)
A bill to prohibit youth transportation
companies from using certain restraints while
transporting youths to certain qualified
residential treatment programs; to provide
exceptions; to provide civil sanctions; and to
provide for the powers and duties of certain
state and local governmental officers and
entities.
Representative Cavitt and Adam Hagedorn, representing the Office of Representative Cavitt,
testified in support of HB 5514. Questions and discussion followed.
The committee viewed a pre-recorded video from Paris Hilton, representing 11:11 Media Impact,
speaking in support of HB 5514.
Caroline Cole, representing the 11:11 Media Impact, testified in support of HB 5514. Questions
and discussions followed.
Representative Cavitt returned to answer questions from the committee.
Kyra Frankowski and Elizabeth Bennett-Faucett testified in support of HB 5514. Questions and
discussions followed.
Representative Cavitt returned to answer questions from the committee.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5514, but did not wish to speak:
Jennifer Newton, representing the 11:11 Media Impact.
Representative Fox moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5514. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young,
Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4954 before the committee:
HB 4954
(Rep. Woolford)
A bill to amend 1996 PA 195, entitled "Police
officer's and fire fighter's survivor tuition grant
act," by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 3,
and 4 (MCL 390.1241, 390.1242, 390.1243,
and 390.1244), the title and sections 1 and 4 as
amended by 2012 PA 470 and sections 2 and 3
as amended by 2021 PA 127.
Representative Wozniak moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4954. The motion prevailed
11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young,
Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Johnsen moved to report out HB 4954 with recommendation that the substitute
(H-1) be adopted. The committee further recommended that the bill and substitute (H-1) be
referred to the Committee on Rules. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young,
Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4954, but did not wish to speak:
Ryan Fewins-Bliss, representing the Michigan College Access Network.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Schmaltz adjourned the meeting at
12:58 PM.
Representative Kathy Schmaltz, Chair
Matthew Carnagie
Acting Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov