HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REP. NATE SHANNON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure was called to order by
Chair Shannon.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Shannon, MacDonell, Coleman, Conlin, Farhat, Fitzgerald, Hoskins, Miller,
Outman, Roth, Bruck, Kunse, St. Germaine.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative MacDonell moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 20, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4126 before the committee:
HB 4126
(Rep. Snyder)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 627 (MCL
257.627), as amended by 2022 PA 52.
Representative Snyder testified in support of HB 4126.
Muskegon County Sheriff Mike Poulin testified in support of HB 4126. Questions and discussion
followed.
John LaMacchia, representing the Michigan Municipal League, testified in support of HB 4126.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4126, but did not wish to speak:
Sergeant Travis Fletcher, representing the Michigan State Police.
Matt Saxton, representing the Michigan Sheriffs Association.
Mike Spence, representing the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.
Stephanie Johnson, representing the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.
Matt Penniman, representing the League of Michigan Bicyclists.
Ed Noyola, representing the County Road Association of Michigan.
The Chair laid HB 4183 before the committee:
HB 4183
(Rep. Roth)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 20a (MCL
257.20a), as amended by 2012 PA 239.
Representative Roth testified in support of HB 4183.
John Russell, representing the Twin Bay British Car Club, testified in support of HB 4183.
Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4183, but did not wish to
speak:
Melissa Horste, representing the Michigan Department of State.
The Chair laid HB 4511 and HB 4512 before the committee:
HB 4511
(Rep. Rheingans)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending sections 710d and
710e (MCL 257.710d and 257.710e), section 710d
as amended by 2009 PA 57 and section 710e as
amended by 2016 PA 460.
HB 4512
(Rep. Fitzgerald)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," by amending section 907 (MCL
257.907), as amended by 2020 PA 382.
Representative Fitzgerald and Representative Rheingans testified in support of HB 4511 and HB
4512. Questions and discussion followed.
Lew Moquin, a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor, testified in support of HB
4511 and HB 4512. Questions and discussion followed.
Dr. Brittany Tayler, representing the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
testified in support of HB 4511 and HB 4512.
Matt Gezequel, representing Safe Kids testified, in support of HB 4511 and HB 4512. Questions
and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4511 and HB 4512, but did not wish to
speak:
Sergeant Travis Fletcher, representing the Michigan State Police.
Kevin McKinney, representing the Michigan Osteopathic Association.
Matt Black, representing the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians.
Kate Dorsey, representing the Michigan State Medical Society.
Amy Zaagman, representing the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health.
The Chair laid HB 4308 before the committee:
HB 4308
(Rep. O'Neal)
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan
vehicle code," (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding
section 811hh; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Representative O'Neal, joined by former Representative Ronnie Peterson, and Craig Bradley,
representing the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, all testified in support of HB 4308.
Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4308, but did not wish to
speak:
Melissa Horste, representing the Michigan Department of State.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Shannon adjourned the meeting at
11:52 AM.
Representative Nate Shannon, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov