The Senate agreed to the title of the bill.
Senator Johnson asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Johnson’s statement is as follows:
I rise in the support of Senate Bill No. 884. The substitute adopted by the committee prohibits any electronic voting system purchased in Michigan on or after July 1, 2022, from including any foreign parts or equipment identified as a national security risk by the FCC. The Board of State Canvassers would also be prohibited from approving such systems for use. Senate Bill No. 884 would not prohibit the repair, maintenance, or acquisition of parts for the proper operation of existing systems acquired and approved prior to July 1, 2022. In 2019, the Trump administration barred U.S. firms from using the Chinese technology company Huawei or providing technology to the company, deeming it a national risk. In 2021, President Biden signed the Secure Equipment Act requiring the Federal Communications Commission to establish rules stating it would no longer review or approve any authorization application for equipment that is on the list of covered communications equipment or services, meaning the equipment from Huawei, ZTE, and three other Chinese companies can’t be used in U.S. telecom networks. This federal legislation was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate and by a vote of 420-4 in the U.S. House of Representatives. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Senator Chang moved that Senator Ananich be temporarily excused from the balance of today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
The following bill was read a third time:
House Bill No. 4674, entitled
A bill to amend 1976 PA 223, entitled “An act to create an agency concerned with crime victim services; to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide compensation to certain victims of crimes; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and to provide for penalties,” by amending sections 1, 4, 9, 11, and 15 (MCL 18.351, 18.354, 18.359, 18.361, and 18.365), sections 1, 9, and 15 as amended by 1996 PA 519, section 4 as amended by 2008 PA 390, and section 11 as amended by 2010 PA 282, and by adding section 16a.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows: