HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
REP. DAIRE L RENDON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 18, 2019
9:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Insurance was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Rendon, Markkanen, Webber, Vaupel, Bellino, Frederick, Hoitenga, LaFave,
Berman, Paquette, Wittenberg, Gay-Dagnogo, Lasinski, Sneller, Bolden, B Carter, Coleman.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Webber moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 21, 2019. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4449 before the committee:
HB 4449
(Rep. Griffin)
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled “The
insurance code of 1956,"by amending section 3107b (MCL
500.3107b), as amended by 2014 PA 263.
Representative Webber moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4449. The motion prevailed 14-0-
0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Rendon, Markkanen, Webber, Vaupel, Frederick, Hoitenga, LaFave, Berman,
Paquette, Wittenberg, Gay-Dagnogo, Sneller, B Carter, Coleman.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Griffin, joined by Insurance and Government Relations Director Carl Alden, and
Dr. Chris Dolecki, both representing the Michigan Association of Chiropractors, all testified in
support of the bill. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in opposition of HB 4449, but did not wish to speak:
Katie Jones, representing the Allstate Insurance Company.
Tiffany Hauser, representing the American Automobile Association of Michigan.
Dyck Van Koevering, representing the Insurance Alliance of Michigan.
Jeff Junkas, representing the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
Wendy Block, representing the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Daire Rendon adjourned the meeting
at 9:35 AM.
Representative Daire Rendon, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov