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Families and Veterans
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The source classifies this meeting as held. Proceeding quorum is quorum not determined; that is not an individual attendance finding.
- Meeting date
- 2025-12-16
- Scheduled start
- 2025-12-16 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-12-16 12:45:00.000000
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-12-16 12:45:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-25
- Committee name
- Families and Veterans
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES AND VETERANS REP. KATHY SCHMALTZ CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Noon. Room 307, House Office Building The House Committee on Families and Veterans was called to order by Chair Schmaltz. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. Schmaltz, Wozniak, Fox, Johnsen, Thompson, Pavlov, Woolford, Young, Byrnes and Xiong. Absent: Rep. Rheingans. Excused: Rep. Rheingans. Representative Fox moved to adopt the meeting minutes from December 09, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4696 and HB 4697 before the committee: HB 4696 (Rep. Meerman) A bill to amend 2008 PA 260, entitled "Guardianship assistance act," by amending section 2 (MCL 722.872), as amended by 2023 PA 69. HB 4697 (Rep. Young) A bill to amend 2008 PA 260, entitled "Guardianship assistance act," by amending section 4 (MCL 722.874), as amended by 2023 PA 69. Representative Meerman and Representative Young testified in support of HB 4696 and HB 4697. Questions and discussion followed. Demetrius Starling and Rachael Wineland, representing the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, testified in support of HB 4696 and HB 4697. Questions and discussion followed. Joy Engelsman, representing DA Blodgett, testified in support of HB 4696 and HB 4697. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4696, but did not wish to speak: Dr. Heather Bomsta, representing Michigan’s Children. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4697, but did not wish to speak: Bianca Miles, representing Michigan’s Children. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4696 and HB 4697, but did not wish to speak: Danielle Sirianni, representing the Michigan County Social Services Association. Elizabeth Henderson, representing the Michigan Federation for Children and Families. Representative Young moved to excuse Representative Rheingans from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Schmaltz adjourned the meeting at 12:45 PM. Representative Kathy Schmaltz, Chair Keith Feldpausch Committee Clerk kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Media count
- 2
- Meeting date
- 2025-12-16
- Meeting id
- meeting-306
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-12-16 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Families and Veterans,” /meetings/meeting-306.
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