HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
REP. MATT HALL
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 18, 2019
10:30 AM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Oversight was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, S Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, C A Johnson, Camilleri,
LaGrand.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Reilly moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 11, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The chair laid before the committee: Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report
Children’s Protective Services, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, September
2018 #431-1285-16
Representative LaFave moved to adopt the House Oversight Committee Report
Recommendations on the Office of the Auditor General Child Protective Services report.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, S Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, C A Johnson, Camilleri,
LaGrand.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative LaFave moved to refer the Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit
Report Children’s Protective Services, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,
September 2018 #431-1285-16, to the committee on Families Children and Seniors.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Hall, Reilly, Webber, S Johnson, LaFave, Schroeder, C Johnson, Camilleri,
LaGrand.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid HB 4435 and HB 4436 before the committee:
HB 4435
(Rep. Reilly)
A bill to protect the right of free speech and
assembly on the campuses of public universities and
community and junior colleges; to provide for enforcement
of that right; and to provide remedies.
HB 4436
(Rep. Reilly)
A bill to promote and safeguard the right of
free speech and assembly on the campuses of public
universities and community and junior colleges; and to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities.
Representative Reilly testified in support of HB 4435 and HB 4436. Questions and discussion
followed.
Tyler Coward, representing the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, testified in
support of HB 4435 and HB 4436. Questions and discussion followed.
Bob Murphy, representing the Association of State Universities, testified in opposition to HB
4435 and HB 4436. Questions and discussion followed.
Erin Schor, representing the Michigan Community College Association, testified in opposition to
HB 4435 and HB 4436. Questions and discussion followed.
Eric Green and Mark O'Connel, both representing Kellogg Community College, testified in
opposition of HB 4435 and HB 4436. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4435 and HB 4436, but due to the time
constraints were unable to speak:
Mike Schutt, representing the Christian Legal Society.
Lance Kinzer, representing the First Amendment Partnership.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4435 and HB 4436, but due to the
time constraints were unable to speak:
Merissa Kovak, representing the American Civil Liberties Union.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Matt Hall adjourned the meeting at
11:55 AM.
Representative Matt Hall, Chair
Taylor Thrush
Committee Clerk
tthrush@house.mi.gov