to excuse Representative Hope from the meeting.
Representative Wozniak moved to excuse Representative Hope from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4284 before the committee: HB 4284 (Rep. Paquette) A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled "An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act," by amending section 5l (MCL 28.425l), as amended by 2017 PA 95. The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4284, but did not wish to speak: Denise Hartsough, representing the League of Women Voters. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4284, but did not wish to speak: Casey Armitage, representing herself. Representative Tyrone Carter offered the following amendment to HB 4284: 1. Amend page 8, following line 19, by inserting: "(10) The amendatory act that added this subsection does not take effect unless both of the following occur: (a) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, there is appropriated to the department of state police the amount of $8,100,000.00 to implement the criminal background checks and application renewal process under this section. (b) A continuing funding source is implemented to cover the cost to the department of state police for conducting the criminal background checks and application renewal process under this section.".