Over the last couple of terms we’ve had a number of opportunities to deal with bills such as this one which
seek to change the Open Meetings Act requirements for a certain board or commission. I have introduced
legislation that would overhaul the Open Meetings Act and modernize it in such a way so we would stop
doing these one-off piecemeal attempts at fixing the situation until we have to wrestle with a whole problem
rather than just taking these little bites because everybody’s going to want something and we’re not doing it
in a uniform way. That’s why I’m voting “no.”
The following bill was read a third time:
House Bill No. 4100, entitled
A bill to amend 2001 PA 142, entitled “Michigan memorial highway act,” (MCL 250.1001 to 250.2092)
by adding section 6d.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: