HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND SENIORS
REP. STEPHANIE A. YOUNG
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
12:00 PM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Committee on Families, Children and Seniors was called to order by Chair Young.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Young, Coffia, Glanville, Arbit, Edwards, MacDonell, Wozniak, Fox,
Johnsen, Thompson.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Coffia moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 5, 2024. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SB 498 before the committee:
SB 498
(Sen. Irwin)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled "Probate
code of 1939," by amending section 13b of
chapter XIIA (MCL 712A.13b), as amended by
2008 PA 201.
Senator Jeff Irwin testified in support of SB 498. Questions and discussion followed.
Lorna Elliott-Egan, representing the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,
testified in support of SB 498. Questions and discussion followed.
Whitney Gravelle, representing the Bay Mills Indian Community, testified in support of SB
498.
The following person submitted a card in support of SB 498, but did not wish to speak:
Mike McCoy, representing the Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Young adjourned the meeting at
12:22 PM.
Representative Stephanie A. Young, Chair
Hazel Campbell-Crawley
Committee Clerk
hcrawley@house.mi.gov