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Government Operations
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- Meeting date
- 2025-11-13
- Scheduled start
- 2025-11-13 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-11-13 09:56:00.000000
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-11-13 09:56:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-27
- Committee name
- Government Operations
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REP. BRIAN BEGOLE CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, November 13, 2025 9:00 AM Room 307, House Office Building The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall and Fitzgerald. Absent: Rep. McFall. Excused: Rep. McFall. Representative VanderWall moved to excuse Representative McFall from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from November 06, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid SB 595 before the committee: SB 595 (Sen. Lindsey) A bill to amend 2022 PA 81, entitled "Michigan-Indiana state line remonumentation act," by amending sections 7, 11, and 13 (MCL 54.317, 54.321, and 54.323); and to repeal acts and parts of acts. Senator Lindsey testified in support of SB 595. Questions and discussions followed. Paige Fults and Andrew Brisbo, representing the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, testified in support of SB 595. Questions and discussions followed. The following person submitted a card in support of SB 595, but did not wish to speak: Michelle Bartora, representing the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors. Representative Harris moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to SB 595. The motion prevailed 3-0-1: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Rep. Fitzgerald. Representative VanderWall moved to report out SB 595 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 4-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall and Fitzgerald. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 4669 before the committee: HB 4669 (Rep. Pohutsky) A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled "Corrections code of 1953," (MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 7b. Rep. Pohutsky testified in support of HB 4669. Questions and discussions followed. Eden Kinlock, representing Families Against Mandatory Minimums, testified in support of HB 4669. Questions and discussions followed. Jim Townsend, representing the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, testified in support of HB 4669. Ben Eikey, representing the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, testified in support of HB 4669. Kyle Kominski, representing the Michigan Department of Corrections, testified in opposition to HB 4669. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4669, but did not wish to speak: Lily Merizon, representing the American Civil Liberties Union Michigan. The Chair laid HB 5234 before the committee: HB 5234 (Rep. BeGole) A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled "Michigan vehicle code," by amending section 217c (MCL 257.217c), as amended by 2022 PA 224. At 9:48 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 9:49 AM, Majority Vice Chair Harris called the committee back to order. Rep. BeGole testified in support of HB 5234. Chief Matthew Bade, representing the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County, testified in support of HB 5234. Questions and discussions followed. At 9:54 AM, Majority Vice Chair Harris laid the committee at ease. At 9:55 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 5234, but did not wish to speak: Nick Andary, representing the Michigan Department of State. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5234, but did not wish to speak: Matt Saxton, representing the Michigan Sheriffs' Association. There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at 9:56 AM. Representative Brian BeGole, Chair Keith Feldpausch Committee Clerk kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Media count
- 2
- Meeting date
- 2025-11-13
- Meeting id
- meeting-288
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-11-13 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Government Operations,” /meetings/meeting-288.
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