HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. TULLIO LIBERATI
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
12:00 PM
Room 307, House Office Building
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair Liberati.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Liberati, Pohutsky, McFall, Posthumus, Greene.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative McFall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from October 11, 2023. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Posthumus moved to lay HR 146 before the committee.The motion did not
prevail 2-3-0:
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Posthumus, Greene.
Nays: Reps. Liberati, Pohutsky, McFall.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4720 and HB 4721 before the committee:
HB 4720
(Rep. Puri)
A bill to provide for the statewide coordination of
equal language access to state services by
individuals with limited English proficiency; to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state
governmental officers and entities; and to establish
a process for submitting complaints and obtaining
remedies for lack of equal language access and for
denials of equal access based on one's national
origin.
HB 4721
(Rep. Fitzgerald)
A bill to facilitate access to state services by
individuals with limited English proficiency; to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state
governmental officers and entities; and to provide
for biennial reports concerning equal language
access.
Representative Pohutsky moved to report out HB 4720 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 3-0-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Liberati, Pohutsky, McFall.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Posthumus, Greene.
Representative McFall moved to report out HB 4721 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 3-0-2:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Liberati, Pohutsky, McFall.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Posthumus, Greene.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Liberati adjourned the meeting
at 12:06 PM.
Representative Tullio Liberati, Chair
Legan Rose
Committee Clerk
LRose@house.mi.gov