HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND OVERSIGHT
REP. ERIN BYRNES
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, January 25, 2024
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Ethics and Oversight was called to order by Chair Byrnes.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Byrnes, Hope, Breen, Churches, Hoskins, Wegela, Kunse, Wozniak, Harris.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representatives Wegela and Harris joined the committee remotely.
Representative Hoskins moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 18, 2024. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid the presentation from the Michigan Department of State before the committee.
Deputy Secretary Aghogho Edevbie, and Virginia Henry, Director of the Driver Education and
Testing Section, provided a presentation on the Oversight Process and State Regulation of
Private Driving Schools. Questions and discussion followed.
Chris Dimanin, representing himself as a former Drivers' Training Instructor, provided testimony
on the Oversight Process and State Regulation of Private Driving Schools.
Brandon Semrau, representing the Courtesy Driving School, provided testimony on the
Oversight Process and State Regulation of Private Driving Schools. Questions and discussion
followed.
Ben Malburg, representing the Official Driving School and Providers, provided testimony on the
Oversight Process and State Regulation of Private Driving Schools. Questions and discussion
followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Byrnes adjourned the meeting at
11:54 AM.
Representative Erin Byrnes, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov