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Meeting date
2025-06-11
Scheduled start
2025-06-11 10:30:00.000000
Documented start
Not recorded
Documented end
2025-06-11 11:50:00.000000
Location
Room 521, House Office Building
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Actual end
2025-06-11 11:50:00.000000
Actual start
Not recorded
Chamber
house
Committee id
committee-30
Committee name
Judiciary
Evidence text
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY REP. SARAH LIGHTNER CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, June 11, 2025 10:30 AM Room 521, House Office Building The House Committee on Judiciary was called to order by Chair Lightner. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative Johnsen moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 04, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. At 10:39 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 10:41 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. The Chair laid HB 4396 before the committee: HB 4396 (Rep. Lightner) A bill to amend 1988 PA 13, entitled "Juvenile diversion act," by amending section 9 (MCL 722.829), as amended by 2023 PA 287. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4396, but did not wish to speak: Nathan Triplett, representing the State Bar of Michigan. Representative BeGole moved to report out HB 4396 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4418 and HB 4419 before the committee: HB 4418 (Rep. Thompson) A bill to amend 1998 PA 386, entitled "Estates and protected individuals code," (MCL 700.1101 to 700.8206) by adding part 6 to article V; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. HB 4419 (Rep. Witwer) A bill to amend 1998 PA 386, entitled "Estates and protected individuals code," (MCL 700.1101 to 700.8206) by adding sections 5605 and 5606. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4418 and HB 4419, but did not wish to speak: Elizabeth Kutter, representing the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Michigan Guardianship Association. Representative Wozniak moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4418. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Lightner moved to report out HB 4418 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 9-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. BeGole and Johnsen. Representative Wozniak moved to report out HB 4419 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, BeGole, Wozniak, Harris, DeBoyer, Johnsen, Schuette, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Breen and Scott. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4524 before the committee: HB 4524 (Rep. Wozniak) A bill to amend 1945 PA 200, entitled "An act to define a marketable record title to an interest in land; to require the filing of notices of claim of interest in such land in certain cases within a definite period of time and to require the recording thereof; to make invalid and of no force or effect all claims with respect to the land affected thereby where no such notices of claim of interest are filed within the required period; to provide for certain penalties for filing slanderous notices of claim of interest, and to provide certain exceptions to the applicability and operation thereof," by amending the title and sections 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 (MCL 565.101, 565.101a, 565.102, 565.103, 565.104, 565.105, 565.106, and 565.108), sections 1 and 3 as amended by 2024 PA 20, section 1a as added and section 6 as amended by 1997 PA 154, sections 2 and 5 as amended by 2018 PA 572, and section 4 as amended by 2022 PA 235, and by adding section 5a. Representative Wozniak testified in support of HB 4524. Questions and discussions followed. David Pierson, representing the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, testified in support of HB 4524. Questions and discussions followed. Emily D'Agostini, representing the D'Agnostini Companies, testified in support of HB 4524. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4524, but did not wish to speak: Brad Ward, representing the Michigan Realtors. Todd Skowronski, representing the Community Association Institute Michigan Chapter. James Ryan, representing the Michigan Commercial Real Estate Development. The Chair laid HB 4506, HB 4507 and HB 4508 before the committee: HB 4506 (Rep. Lightner) A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," (MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 25b to chapter IX. HB 4507 (Rep. Lightner) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending section 17764 (MCL 333.17764), as amended by 2004 PA 214. HB 4508 (Rep. Lightner) A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal code," by amending sections 16, 18, 200i, 204, 207, 209, 210, 211a, 316, 436, 520b, and 543f (MCL 750.16, 750.18, 750.200i, 750.204, 750.207, 750.209, 750.210, 750.211a, 750.316, 750.436, 750.520b, and 750.543f), sections 16, 18, 200i, 204, 207, 209, 210, 211a, 436, 520b, and 543f as amended by 2014 PA 23 and section 316 as amended by 2022 PA 149. At 10:57 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 10:58 AM, Majority Vice Chair BeGole called the committee back to order. Chair Lightner testified in support of HB 4506, HB 4507 and HB 4508. Questions and discussions followed. At 11:03 AM, Majority Vice Chair BeGole laid the committee at ease. At 11:04 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Jeff Getting, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor, testified in support of HB 4506, HB 4507 and HB 4508. Questions and discussions followed. Joshua Pucket, representing the Adolescent Redemptive and Restorative Programs, testified in opposition to HB 4506, HB 4507 and HB 4508. Roberta Gartley, representing herself, testified in support of HB 4508. Maya Menlo, representing the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, testified in opposition to HB 4506 and HB 4507. Questions and discussions followed. Monica Jahner, representing ARRO, testified in opposition to HB 4506. The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4506, HB 4507 and HB 4508, but did not wish to speak: Rachel Richards, representing the Michigan League for Public Policy. Jeanette Giralt, representing herself. Jennifer Szenay, representing herself. Jose A. Giralt, representing himself. Eden Kinlock, representing FAMM. Isaac Perez, representing himself. Jessica Perez, representing herself. Shareefah Selman, representing himself. Hakim Crampton, representing the Citizens for Prison Reform. Tony Gant, representing the Michigan Coalition to End Mass Incarceration. Jose Burgos, representing himself. Gabrielle Dresner, representing the ACLU-MI. The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4506 and HB 4507, but did not wish to speak: John Cooper, representing the Safe and Just Michigan. The Chair laid HB 4211 before the committee: HB 4211 (Rep. O'Neal) A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled "Corrections code of 1953," by amending section 83 (MCL 791.283), as amended by 2016 PA 344. Mary Frank, representing the Office of Representative O'Neal, testified in support of HB 4211. Kyle Kaminski, representing the Michigan Department of Corrections, testified in support of HB 4211. Priscilla Bordayo, representing the Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, testified in support of HB 4211. Angie Sprank, representing the West Central Michigan Works!, testified in support of HB 4211. The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4211, but did not wish to speak: David Handsor, representing the Michigan Department of State. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4211, but did not wish to speak: Gabrielle Dresner, representing the ACLU-MI. Jenn Deamud, representing MI Works Berrien, Cass, VanBuren. Hakim Crampton, representing the Citizens for Prison Reform. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Lightner adjourned the meeting at 11:50 AM. Representative Sarah Lightner, Chair Melissa Sweet Committee Clerk msweet@house.mi.gov
Location
Room 521, House Office Building
Media count
2
Meeting date
2025-06-11
Meeting id
meeting-168
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum not determined
Scheduled start
2025-06-11 10:30:00.000000
Session name
2025-2026

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