HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REP. PAT OUTMAN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Noon.
Room 519, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was called to order by Chair Outman.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie,
Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.
Absent: Reps. Herzberg and Wilson.
Excused: Reps. Herzberg and Wilson.
Representative Alexander moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 16, 2026. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SB 52 before the committee:
SB 52
(Sen. Geiss)
A bill to amend 1978 PA 639, entitled
"Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski port authority
act," by amending the title and sections 2, 8, 9,
10, 13, 14, 14a, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, and 25
(MCL 120.102, 120.108, 120.109, 120.110,
120.113, 120.114, 120.114a, 120.116,
120.118, 120.120, 120.123, 120.124, and
120.125), the title as amended and section 14a
as added by 1998 PA 188, sections 14 and 18
as amended by 2002 PA 412, and section 23 as
amended by 1984 PA 256, and by adding
section 19a.
Representative Neyer moved to report out SB 52 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
14-1-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie, Wortz,
Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.
Nays: Rep. Carra.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 5940 before the committee:
HB 5940
(Rep. Prestin)
A bill to amend 1925 PA 368, entitled "An act
to prohibit obstructions and encroachments on
public highways; to provide for the removal of
obstructions and encroachments on public
highways; to prescribe the conditions under
which telegraph, telephone, power, and other
public utility companies, cable television
companies, broadband companies, and
municipalities may enter upon, construct, and
maintain telegraph, telephone, power, cable
television, or broadband lines, pipe lines,
wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers, and like
structures upon, over, across, or under public
roads, bridges, streets, and waters; and to
prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by
amending section 13 (MCL 247.183), as
amended by 2018 PA 565, and by adding
section 13a.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5940, but did not wish to speak:
Carlie Knott, representing the Michigan Environmental Council.
The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 5940, but did not wish to
speak:
Max Aulbach, representing the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Representative Prestin moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5940. The motion prevailed 15-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie,
Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Prestin moved to report out HB 5940 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 15-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Outman, Alexander, Carra, Bruck, Kunse, Neyer, Prestin, Bohnak, Frisbie,
Wortz, Hope, Koleszar, Andrews, Grant and Miller.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 6079 before the committee:
HB 6079
(Rep. Morgan)
A bill to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled
"General sales tax act," by amending sections
6 and 25 (MCL 205.56 and 205.75), section 6
as amended by 2014 PA 425 and section 25 as
amended by 2025 PA 17, and by adding
section 18a.
Representative Morgan testified in support of HB 6079. Questions and discussions followed.
Deb Prato, representing The Rapid, testified in support of HB 6079. Questions and discussions
followed.
Heidi Wenzel, representing the MPTA and Ionia Dial-A-Ride, testified in support of HB 6079.
Questions and discussions followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 6079, but did not wish to speak:
Kevin A. McKinney, representing MASSTrans.
Bernard Parker III, representing SMART.
Ross Gavin, representing the Michigan Environmental Council.
Megan Owen, representing the Transportation Riders United (TRU).
Todd Tennis, representing the Amalgamated Transit Union, Michigan Legislative
Conference.
Representative Koleszar moved to excuse Representatives Herzberg and Wilson from the meeting.
There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Outman adjourned the meeting at
1:12 PM.
Representative Pat Outman, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov