HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
REP. MIKE HOADLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, December 11, 2025
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Economic Competitiveness was called to order by Chair Hoadley.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Grant,
Brixie, Tate and Coffia.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Outman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from November 06, 2025. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4492 before the committee:
HB 4492
(Rep. Mueller)
A bill to amend 2018 PA 337, entitled
"Improved workforce opportunity wage act,"
by amending section 4d (MCL 408.934d), as
amended by 2025 PA 1.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4492, but did not wish to speak:
Scott Ellis, representing the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association.
Representative St. Germaine moved to report out HB 4492 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 7-0-4:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer and St. Germaine.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Grant, Brixie, Tate and Coffia.
The Chair laid HB 4510 and HB 4511 before the committee:
HB 4510
(Rep. Schuette)
A bill to amend 1965 PA 314, entitled "Public
employee retirement system investment act,"
(MCL 38.1132 to 38.1141) by adding section
19c.
HB 4511
(Rep. Posthumus)
A bill to prohibit the banning, provision of
permitting or licensure requirements, or
provision of other impairments of or for the
holding of digital assets; to prohibit the
advocacy or support through certain actions by
certain state governmental officers and entities
of a central bank digital currency by the United
States government; to prohibit the imposition
of prohibitions on the operation of certain
nodes related to blockchain protocols, certain
transfers of digital assets on blockchain
protocols, or the participation in staking on
certain blockchain protocols; to prohibit
certain civil liability; and to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities.
The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4510 and HB 4511, but did not wish to
speak:
Mary Pollock, representing the Michigan State Employee Retirees Association.
Representative Bohnak moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4510. The motion prevailed 8-0-3:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer, St. Germaine and Brixie.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Grant, Tate and Coffia.
Representative Bohnak moved to report out HB 4510 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 7-1-3:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer and St. Germaine.
Nays: Rep. Brixie.
Pass: Reps. Grant, Tate and Coffia.
Dee Jones, representing Parti.com, testified in support of HB 4511.
Representative DeBoyer moved to report out HB 4511 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 7-1-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Bohnak, Outman, Harris, BeGole, DeBoyer and St. Germaine.
Nays: Rep. Brixie.
Pass: Reps. Grant and Tate.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hoadley adjourned the meeting at
10:46 AM.
Representative Mike Hoadley, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov