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 Harris moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 08, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4066 and HB 4469 before the committee:
Representative VanderWall moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4066. The motion prevailed
3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative Linting testified in support of HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Peyton McNabb testified in support of HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Representative Woolford testified in support of HB 4066 and HB 4469. Questions and
discussions followed.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
9:00 AM
Room 307, House Office
Building
HB 4066
(Rep. Woolford)
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The
revised school code," (MCL 380.1 to
380.1852) by adding section 1290.
HB 4469
(Rep. Linting)
A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act," (MCL
37.2101 to 37.2804) by adding section 405.
Emme Zanotti, representing the Equality Michigan, testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB
4469.
Kyle Zawacki, representing the American Civil Liberties Union, testified in opposition to HB
4066 and HB 4469. Questions and discussions followed.
Alexandria Stamm and Rachel Richards, representing the Michigan League for Public Policy,
testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Sarah Antaya testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469. Questions and discussions
followed.
Kye Campbell-Fox testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469. Questions and discussions
followed.
Anthony Dunkley testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469. Questions and discussions
followed.
Andrew Hoepner testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Susan Estep, testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Ella Scott testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469. Questions and discussions followed.
Judi Suess testified in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469.
Representative Wortz, representing the 35th District, testified in support of HB 4066 and HB
4469.
Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4066 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1).
The motion prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative VanderWall moved to report out HB 4469 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4066 and HB 4469, but did not wish to
speak:
Matt Maddock, representing the 51st District.
The following people submitted cards in opposition to HB 4066 and HB 4469, but did not wish
to speak:
Lisa Wilson
Joseph Garris
Kade Fitzgerald
Melissa Gray
Bridget Simone
Verena Courtney
Rain Perkins
Ashe Reese
Ashley Jones
Teresa Mahaffey
Josh Epperly
David Rosenfeld
Dani Jones
Viva Rosenfeld
Sarah Malnar
Rebecca Starr
Devin Cordray
Stella Klein
Kimberly Glass
Anna Flaherty
Tina DeLafe
Megan Scott
Ella Scott
Emily Nguyen, representing Rising Voices
Jenna Bazzell
Katelyn Day
Scott Ellis
Kelly Doyle
Rachel Hayes
Karlene Ketola, representing The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
Abby Cherry, representing Equality Michigan
Mary Pollock, representing the Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
Marcia and Dave Bird
Sheryl Anderson
Gabrielle Sheets
Noah Martin
Teresa Mahaffey
Michaela Hundersmarck
Grace Lambert
Christine Poirier
Lauren Curneliussen
Zachary Moreno
Tyler Schmid
Beckett Flint
Audrey Lester
Julia Maslar
Susan Dziadzio
Carolyn Vonvaltier
Lindsey Prange
Erin Meyers
Joseph Grinnan
Mary Rudzinski
Eleanore Schroeder
Patricia Rinvelt
Constance Ferguson
Janice Wheelock
Peggy Roberts
James Horst
Halene Waytes
Sara Braun
Joanie Abrams
Kami Michels
Brenda Maqdasi
Melissa J. Heinig
Michael Manichanh
Mary C Sherzer
Joaquin Tittle
Kate Husband
Karen Parsons
Denise Waytes
Theodore Place
Alison Luk
Jennifer Playstead
Joanna Lesher
There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at
10:27 AM.
Representative Brian BeGole, Chair
Keith Feldpausch
Committee Clerk
kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov