HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON RULES AND COMPETITIVENESS
REP. JIM LILLY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 24,
2022
10:30
AM
Room 352, House Appropriations, State Capitol
Building
The House Committee on Rules and Competitiveness was called to order by Chair Lilly.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Lilly, Clements, Bellino, Calley, Wendzel, Damoose, Posthumus, Anthony,
Hertel, Sneller, Kuppa.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Sneller moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 10, 2022. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SB 405 before the committee:
SB 405
(Sen. MacDonald)
A bill to amend 1917 PA 273, entitled "An act to
regulate and license pawnbrokers that conduct
business in this state; to provide for the disposition
of allegedly misappropriated property in the
possession of pawnbrokers; to provide remedies
and prescribe penalties; and to provide for the
powers and duties of certain local governmental
units and state agencies," by amending the title
and sections 8, 9, and 18 (MCL 446.208, 446.209,
and 446.218), the title and section 9 as amended
by 2018 PA 345 and section 8 as amended by 2002
PA 469.
Kimberly Wadaga, representing Senator MacDonald, Matthew Miner, representing the
Capitol Strategies Group, and Mark Aubrey, the president of the Michigan Pawnbrokers
Association testified in support of SB 405. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to SB 405, but did not wish to speak:
Ross Yednock, representing the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial
Services.
Representative Clements moved to report out SB 405 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 11-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Lilly, Clements, Bellino, Calley, Wendzel, Damoose, Posthumus, Anthony,
Hertel, Sneller, Kuppa.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Lilly adjourned the meeting at
10:47 AM.
Representative Jim Lilly, Chair
Sondra Gordon
Committee Clerk
sgordon@house.mi.gov