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Regulatory Reform
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- Meeting date
- 2025-09-04
- Scheduled start
- 2025-09-04 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-09-04 10:10:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-09-04 10:10:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-33
- Committee name
- Regulatory Reform
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM REP. JOSEPH A. ARAGONA CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, September 4, 2025 9:00 AM Room 519, House Office Building The House Committee on Regulatory Reform was called to order by Chair Aragona. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Absent: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley. Excused: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley. Representative Hoadley moved to adopt the meeting minutes from August 21, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. Chair Aragona laid before the committee a presentation from the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Brian Hanna and Derek Sova, both representing the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid HB 4282 before the committee: HB 4282 (Rep. Koleszar) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending section 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2024 PA 115. Representative Hoadley moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4282. The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Linting moved to report out HB 4282 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4595 before the committee: HB 4595 (Rep. Linting) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending section 533 (MCL 436.1533), as amended by 2020 PA 308. Representative Liberati moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4595. The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Wozniak moved to report out HB 4595 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4700 before the committee: HB 4700 (Rep. Schuette) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending section 107 (MCL 436.1107), as amended by 2021 PA 19. Representative Tyrone Carter moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4700. The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Fairbairn moved to report out HB 4700 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Aragona, Fairbairn, Wozniak, Wendzel, Tisdel, Hoadley, Neyer, Rigas, Thompson, Linting, Liberati, Tyrone Carter, Witwer, Dievendorf and Grant. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4663 before the committee: HB 4663 (Rep. VanderWall) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," (MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 1016. Representative VanderWall testified in support of HB 4663. Questions and discussions followed. David Martin, representing the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, testified with a neutral position on HB 4663. Questions and discussions followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4663, but did not wish to speak: Mason Doerr, representing the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. Scott Graham, representing the Michigan Brewers Guild. The Chair laid HB 4422 before the committee: HB 4422 (Rep. Wendzel) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending section 205 (MCL 436.1205), as amended by 2022 PA 142. Representative Wendzel testified in support of HB 4422. Questions and discussions followed. Steve Rochow, representing the RNDC Michigan, testified in support of HB 4422. Questions and discussions followed. Tony Mitchell, representing the Michigan Spirits Association, testified in support of HB 4422. Questions and discussions followed. Andy Deloney, representing the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, testified in support of HB 4422. Questions and discussions followed. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4422, but did not wish to speak: Mason Doerr, representing the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. Winn Atkins, representing Sazerac. John McNamara, representing the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association. Matt Miner, representing the Midwest Independent Retailers Association. Jim Moran, representing the MSA. Brian Pizzuti, representing the RNDC. Auday Arabo, representing Benchmark Beverage. Kevin Koke, representing Erdington Spirits. Joe Cekola, representing Imperial Beverage. Lou Grech-Cumbo, representing the Great Lakes Wine and Spirits. Representative Dievendorf moved to excuse Representatives Whitsett and Neeley from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Aragona adjourned the meeting at 10:10 AM. Representative Joseph A. Aragona, Chair Melissa Sweet Committee Clerk msweet@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Media count
- 2
- Meeting date
- 2025-09-04
- Meeting id
- meeting-211
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-09-04 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Regulatory Reform,” /meetings/meeting-211.
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