HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
Tuesday June 5
th , 2019 9:00 a.m. Room 352 State Capitol Building
Representative Hernandez, Chair, called the meeting to order.
The Clerk read a letter from Speaker Chatfield appointing Representative Sheppard to the
committee.
Chair Hernandez requested attendance be called to establish a quorum of the appointed
committee members:
Present: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Hoadley,
Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood, Kennedy, and Tate.
Absent: Rep. Love.
Excused: Rep. Love.
Representative Sheppard moved to approve the minutes of the May 22nd, 2019, meeting. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4231 before the committee:
HB 4231 (Rep. Albert)
Appropriations; zero budget; corrections; provide for fiscal year
2019-2020.
Representative Albert moved to adopt substitute (H-2) for HB 4231.
The committee discussed the proposed substitute (H-2).
Robin Risko, representing the House Fiscal Agency, joined the discussion.
The motion prevailed by a vote of 28-0-0.
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Hoadley,
Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood, Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Pagan offered the following amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 4, line 27, by striking “663.0” and inserting “664.0”.
2.
Amend page 5, line 11, by striking “211.0” and inserting “212.0”.
3.
Amend page 5, line 11, by striking “29,938,400” and inserting “30,067,200”.
4.
Amend page 5, line 23, by striking “1,473.3” and inserting “1,487.8”.
5.
Amend page 5, line 24, by striking “1,035.3” and inserting “1,047.8”.
6.
Amend page 5, line 24, by striking “145,977,800” and inserting
“147,377,500”.
7.
Amend page 6, line 1, by striking “6,735,600” and inserting “13,700,700”.
8.
Amend page 6, line 5, by striking “406.0” and inserting “408.0”.
9.
Amend page 6, line 5, by striking “50,924,800” and inserting “51,146,300”.
10.
Amend page 9, following line 12, by inserting:
“Sec. 109. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Aging prison population ...............................................................................
$ 350,000
New custody staff training ............................................................................
10,466,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION ..........................................................................
$ 10,816,800
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose ...............................................................
$ 10,816,800”
and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
11.
Amend page 64, following line 2, by inserting:
“ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1100. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for new custody staff training, the
department shall increase the training capacity for new custody staff. The purpose of additional
academies is to address higher than normal attrition of correction officers and to decrease
overtime costs.”.
Representative Pagan moved to adopt the amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2).
The committee discussed the amendments.
The motion did not prevail by a vote of 11-17-0.
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood,
Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, and VanWoerkom.
Pass: None.
Representative Anthony offered the following amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 18, following line 3, by inserting:
“Sec. 215. The director shall take all reasonable steps to ensure businesses in deprived
and depressed communities compete for and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or
both. The director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department contracts to
subcontract with certified businesses in deprived and depressed communities for services,
supplies, or both.”.
2.
Amend page 29, following line 8, by inserting:
“Sec. 313a. The department shall work with organizations that promote minorities and
women to recruit more minority and female corrections officers to help increase the diversity of
the state’s corrections officers’ workforce. The department shall submit quarterly reports on the
department’s efforts to recruit minority and female officers, and on the diversity of the
corrections officer training academies. The reports shall be submitted to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the legislative
corrections ombudsman, and the state budget office.”.
Representative Anthony explained the amendments.
Representative Anthony moved to adopt the amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2). The
motion did not prevail by a vote of 11-17-0.
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood,
Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, and VanWoerkom.
Pass: None.
Representative Sabo offered the following amendment for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 28, following line 9, by inserting:
“(3) It is the intent of the legislature that the department resume staff line-ups, which
require corrections officers to report not less than 6 minutes before start time for a shift so that
custody supervisors can share relevant information about the preceding shift, including security,
safety, drug, or violence issues, and can evaluate the mental, emotional, and physical fitness of
corrections officers reporting to assume duties of the shift.” and renumbering remaining
subsection.
Representative Sabo explained the amendment.
Representative Sabo moved to adopt the amendment for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2). The
motion did not prevail by a vote of 11-17-0.
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood,
Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, and VanWoerkom.
Pass: None.
Representative Brixie offered the following amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 2, line 18, by striking “31,886,300” and inserting “32,886,300”.
2.
Amend page 2, line 26, by striking “2,255,100” and inserting “2,455,100”.
3.
Amend page 9, line 5, by striking “23,439,900” and inserting “30,808,700”
and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
Representative Brixie explained the amendments.
Representative Brixie moved to adopt the amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2). The
motion did not prevail, by a vote of 11-17-0.
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood,
Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, and VanWoerkom.
Pass: None.
Representative Tate offered the following amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 4, line 10, by striking “2,112.4” and inserting “2,181.5”.
2.
Amend page 4, following line 11, by inserting:
“Detroit Detention Center--69.1 FTE positions ....................................
11,412,200”.
3.
Amend page 4, following line 20, by inserting:
“Local revenues .....................................................................................
11,412,200”
and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
Representative Tate explained the amendments.
Representative Tate moved to adopt the amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2). The
motion prevailed by a vote of 28-0-0.
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Hoadley,
Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood, Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Tate offered the following amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1.
Amend page 3, following line 22, by inserting:
“Goodwill Flip the Script ...................................................................
1,500,000”
and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
2.
Amend page 45, following line 3, by inserting:
“Sec. 437. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for Goodwill Flip the Script shall be
distributed to a Michigan-chartered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation operating in a county with
greater than 1,500,000 people for administration and expansion of a program which serves a
population of persons aged 16 to 39. The program shall target those who are entering the
criminal justice system for the first or second time and shall assist those individuals through the
following program types:
(a) Alternative sentencing programs in partnership with a local district
or circuit court.
(b) Educational recovery for special adult populations with high rates
of illiteracy.
(c) Career development and continuing education for women.
(2) The program selected shall report by March 30 to the department, the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the
legislative corrections ombudsman, and the state budget office. The report shall include program
performance measurements, the number of individuals diverted from incarceration, the number
of individuals served, and outcomes of participants who complete the program.”.
Representative Tate explained the amendments.
Representative Tate moved to adopt the amendments for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2). The
motion did not prevail by a vote of 11-17-0.
UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood,
Kennedy, and Tate.
Nays: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford,
Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, and VanWoerkom.
Pass: None.
Representative Kennedy offered the following amendment for HB 4231, as substitute (H-2):
1. Amend page 3, following line 26, by inserting:
“Public safety initiative ............................................................................
4,000,000”
and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
Representative Kennedy moved to withdraw the amendment. There being no objection, the
motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The committee discussed the bill.
Kyle Kaminski, representing the Michigan Department of Corrections, joined the discussion and
answered questions.
Representative Pagan gave remarks on the bill.
Representative Albert moved to report HB 4231, with recommendation, as amended, as
substitute (H-3). The motion prevailed by a vote of 18-9-1.
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL:
Yeas: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford, Yaroch,
Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, and Pagan.
Nays: Reps. Hoadley, Hammoud, Peterson, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood, Kennedy, and
Tate.
Pass: Rep. Sabo.
Representative Hoadley moved to excuse absent members. There being no objection, the motion
prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting,
the time being 9:36 a.m.
Representative Hernandez, Chair
Matthew Carnagie
Committee Clerk
June 5th, 2019
Date Approved and Signed