HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. BRIAN BEGOLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 24, 2025. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4288 before the committee:
Representative Rigas testified in support of HB 4288. Questions and discussions followed.
Representative BeGole offered the following amendment to HB 4288:
1. Amend page 2, line 2, after "office" by inserting "within a department or agency of the
executive branch".
Representative BeGole moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4288. The motion prevailed 5-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative McFall offered the following amendment to HB 4288:
1. Amend page 2, following line 9, by inserting:
"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of
the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4289.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
9:00 AM
Room 307, House Office
Building
HB 4288
(Rep. Byrnes)
A bill to prohibit certain hiring practices by
state agencies and prescribe civil sanctions.
(b) House Bill No. 4290.
(c) House Bill No. 4291.
(d) House Bill No. 4292.
(e) House Bill No. 4293.
(f) House Bill No. 4294.
(g) House Bill No. 4295.
(h) House Bill No. 4296.
(i) House Bill No. 4297.".
Representative McFall moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4288. The motion did not prevail
2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Pass: None.
Representative Fitzgerald offered the following amendment to HB 4288:
1. Amend page 2, following line 9, by inserting:
"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of
the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4316.
(b) House Bill No. 4317.
(c) House Bill No. 4318.
(d) House Bill No. 4319.
(e) House Bill No. 4320
(f) House Bill No. 4321.
(g) House Bill No. 4322.
(h) House Bill No. 4323.".
Representative Fitzgerald moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4288. The motion did not
prevail 2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Pass: None.
Representative Harris moved to report HB 4288, as amended, as substitute (H-1). The motion
prevailed 5-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4012 before the committee:
HB 4012
(Rep. Hoadley)
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public
health code," by amending section 20925
Representative Hoadley and Officer Brad Holp testified in support of HB 4012. Questions and
discussions followed.
Jodi Wilk and Douglas Stacer, representing the K9 Hero Guardians & K9 Canjo, testified in
support of HB 4012. Questions and discussions followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4012, but did not wish to speak:
Mike Compagnoni, representing Humane World for Animals.
Debra Murphy.
Ann Griffin, representing the Michigan Humane Society.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at
9:44 AM.
Representative Brian BeGole, Chair
Keith Feldpausch
Committee Clerk
kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
(MCL 333.20925), as added by 2018 PA 600.