HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
REP. REGGIE MILLER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
9:00 AM
Room 327, House Office Building
The House Committee on Agriculture was called to order by Chair Miller.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Miller, Stone, Young, Coffia, Dievendorf, Fitzgerald, Rheingans, Neyer,
VanderWall, Roth, Bierlein, Smit.
Absent: Rep. Paiz.
Excused: Rep. Paiz.
Representative Stone move to adopt Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. in Room 327 of the House
Office Building as the standing day, time, and location of the House Committee on
Agriculture. The motion prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Miller, Stone, Young, Coffia, Fitzgerald, Rheingans, Neyer, VanderWall,
Roth, Bierlein, Smit.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Chair Miller stated that the House Committee on Agriculture will follow the Uniform
Committee rules, stated in the House Standing rules, that were adopted on the House Floor.
The Chair laid before the committee a presentation on the Michigan Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Chair invited Kathy Angerer, Acting Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development and Ashley Steffen, representing the Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development to give the presentation. Questions and discussion followed.
Representative Stone moved to excuse Representative Paiz from the meeting. There being no
objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Miller adjourned the meeting at
9:55 AM.
Representative Reggie Miller, Chair
Justin Easter
Committee Clerk
jeaster@house.mi.gov