HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES AND VETERANS
REP. KATHY SCHMALTZ
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Noon.
Room 307, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Families and Veterans was called to order by Chair Schmaltz.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes,
Rheingans and Xiong.
Absent: Rep. Thompson.
Excused: Rep. Thompson.
Representative Wozniak moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 16, 2026. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5163 before the committee:
HB 5163
(Rep. Wortz)
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled "Child
protection law," by amending section 2 (MCL
722.622), as amended by 2022 PA 67.
A substitute (H-1) was adopted for HB 5163 at the June 16th, 2026, meeting.
Representative Pavlov moved to report out HB 5163 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1).
The motion prevailed 6-0-4:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Pavlov and Woolford.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Young, Byrnes, Rheingans and Xiong.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5163, but did not wish to speak:
Jim Casha, representing the Abused & Neglected Kids with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders.
Representative Rheingans moved to excuse Representative Thompson from the meeting. There
being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Schmaltz adjourned the meeting at
12:08 PM.
Representative Kathy Schmaltz, Chair
Brittany Middaugh
Committee Clerk
bmiddaugh@house.mi.gov