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Transportation
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- Meeting date
- 2021-10-26
- Scheduled start
- 2021-10-26 10:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2021-10-26 11:50:00.000000
- Location
- Room 521, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2021-10-26 11:50:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-94
- Committee name
- Transportation
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION REP. JACK O'MALLEY CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, October 26, 2021 10:30 AM Room 521, House Office Building The House Committee on Transportation was called to order by Chair O'Malley. The Chair requested attendance be called: Present: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Berman, Carra, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon, Liberati, Puri. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative Puri moved to adopt the meeting minutes from October 19, 2021. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4983 and HB 4984 before the committee: HB 4983 (Rep. Kahle) A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending sections 710d and 710e (MCL 257.710d and 257.710e), section 710d as amended by 2009 PA 57 and section 710e as amended by 2016 PA 460. HB 4984 (Rep. Clemente) A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending section 907 (MCL 257.907), as amended by 2020 PA 382. Representative Kahle and Representative Clemente, joined by Dr. John Gold, representing the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, all testified in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984. Questions and discussion followed. Marie Snodgrass, representing C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, testified in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984. Questions and discussion followed. Lieutenant Kim Vetter and Travis Vetter, both representing the Michigan State Police, testified in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984, but due to the time constraints were unable to speak: Amy Zaagman, representing the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4983 and HB 4984, but did not wish to speak: Emily Schwarzkopf, representing the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Kevin McKinney, representing the Michigan Osteopathic Association. Heather Nicholoff, representing the Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners. John Shaski, representing Sparrow Health System. The Chair laid HB 4973 before the committee: HB 4973 (Rep. Filler) A bill to amend 1909 PA 283, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improvement, maintenance, and use of the public highways and private roads; the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining public access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush within this state; providing for the election or appointment and defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state, county, township, and district highway officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by amending section 7 of chapter X (MCL 230.7). Representative LaFave moved to report out HB 4973 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 13-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. O'Malley, Eisen, Howell, Griffin, LaFave, Berman, Carra, Roth, Sneller, Clemente, Shannon, Liberati, Puri. Nays: None. Pass: None. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4973, but did not wish to speak: Deena Bosworth, representing the Michigan Association of Counties. The Chair laid HB 5286 before the committee: HB 5286 (Rep. Huizenga) A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending section 627 (MCL 257.627), as amended by 2019 PA 31. Representative Huizenga, joined by Todd Melin, representing Ver-Mac, both testified in support of HB 5286. Questions and discussion followed. Jonathan Byrd, representing the Michigan Laborers Union, testified in support of HB 5286. William Miller, representing Operating Engineers 324, testified in support of HB 5286. Tony Kratofil, representing the Michigan Department of Transportation, testified with a neutral position on HB 5286. The following people submitted a card with no position on HB 5286, but did not wish to speak: Sergeant Chris Gerard, representing the Michigan State Police. There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley adjourned the meeting at 11:50 AM. Representative Jack O'Malley, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 521, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-10-26
- Meeting id
- meeting-1528
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2021-10-26 10:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2021-2022
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Transportation,” /meetings/meeting-1528.
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