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Economic and Small Business Development
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- Meeting date
- 2020-09-10
- Scheduled start
- 2020-09-10 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2020-09-10 12:01:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2020-09-10 13:34:00.000000
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2020-09-10 13:34:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2020-09-10 12:01:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-174
- Committee name
- Economic and Small Business Development
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. PETER MACGREGOR SEN. DAN LAUWERS SEN. WAYNE A. SCHMIDT SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. JEREMY MOSS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SENATOR KEN HORN CHAIR 7100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1760 FAX: (517) 373-3487 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 10, 2020 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic and Small Business Development was scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2020, at 12:00 noon, in the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 1022 (Sen. Schmidt), SB 1023 (Sen. Horn) and SB 1024 (Sen. Theis). The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, MacGregor, Lauwers, Schmidt, LaSata, McMorrow, Geiss and Moss, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. LaSata to adopt the minutes from May 19, 2020. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 1022, SB 1023 and SB 1024: Senator Ken Horn, Michigan Senate - Support Wendy Block, Michigan Chamber of Commerce – Support Cary Silverman, ATRA – Support Bill GIlbert, Building Owners and Managers Association – Support Bob Riley, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section – Opposed Charlie Owens, National Federation of Independent Businesses – Support Dan Hurley, Michigan Universities – Support Deb Fried, Michigan Association for Justice – Opposed Jim Lee, Clemons Food Group – Support Dave Greco, Michigan Manufacturers Association – Support Michael Tierney, Michigan Community Bankers – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 1022, SB 1023 and SB 1024: Haleigh Krombeen, MSU Credit Union League – Support Marla Linderman, Michigan Association for Justice – Opposed Lance Binoniemi, MITA – Support Brad Ward, Michigan Realtors – Support Todd Tennis, United Food and Commercial Workers Union – Opposed Page 1 of 2 Todd Tennis, Amalgamated Transit Union – Opposed Todd Tennis, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Opposed John McNamara, Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association – Support Kirstie Sieloff, Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance – Support Peter Ruark, Michigan League for Public Policy – Opposed Robert Anderson, Michigan Farm Bureau – Support Tim Sowton, Business Leaders for Michigan – Support Maria Enriquez, UAW Local 6000 – Opposed Bridget Melinn, American Heart Association – Support Tim Greimel, AFSCME Council 25 – Opposed Amy Drumm, Michigan Retailers Association – Support Jennifer Greenburg, Telecommunications Association of Michigan – Support Micah Babcock, Small Business Association of Michigan – Support Jaida Paisley, Michigan Golf Association – Support Lee Schwartz, Homebuilders of Michigan – Support Kurt Berryman, Auto Dealers of Michigan – Support Mike O'Brien, Indiana Michigan Power Co – Support Erin Schor, Michigan Community College Association – Support Veronica Horn, Saginaw Chamber – Support Andy Johnston, Grand Rapids Chamber – Support Jimmy Greene, ABC of Michigan – Support Steve Japinga, Lansing Chamber – Support Jon Cool, Michigan Railroad Association – Support Diane Middleton, Midland Business Alliance – Support Milan Ghandi, Med Share Inc – Support Julie Rowe, AFT-MI – Opposed There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:34 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: September 24, 2020 Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2020-09-10
- Meeting id
- meeting-3135
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2020-09-10 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2019-2020
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Economic and Small Business Development,” /meetings/meeting-3135.
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