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Economic and Small Business Development
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- Meeting date
- 2020-10-01
- Scheduled start
- 2020-10-01 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2020-10-01 12:05:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2020-10-01 13:37:00.000000
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2020-10-01 13:37:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2020-10-01 12:05:00.000000
- 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 October 1, 2020 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic and Small Business Development was scheduled for Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 12:00 noon, in the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 1153 (Sen. MacGregor), SB 1149 (Sen. MacGregor), SB 1150 (Sen. Nesbitt), SB 1178 (Sen. Schmidt), SB 1179 (Sen. MacGregor) and SB 1180 (Sen. Hertel). 2. Testimony regarding SB 846 (Sen. Moss), SB 847 (Sen. Johnson) and SB 848 (Sen. Moss). The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:05 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. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from September 24, 2020. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. MacGregor to adopt the (S-1) version of HB 5672. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Horn, Sen.(s) VanderWall, MacGregor, Lauwers, Schmidt, LaSata, McMorrow, Geiss, and Moss. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair invited Senator MacGregor to summarize SB 1153, SB 1149, SB 1150, SB 1178, SB 1179 and SB 1180. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 1153, SB 1149, SB 1150, SB 1178, SB 1179 and SB 1180: Dan Papineau, Michigan Chamber of Commerce – Support Judy Allen, Michigan Townships Association – Oppose Chris Hackbarth, Michigan Municipal League – Oppose Brian Calley, Small Business Association of Michigan – Support Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Oppose Page 1 of 2 John VanFossen, Meijer, Inc. – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 1153, SB 1149, SB 1150, SB 1178, SB 1179 and SB 1180: Bob Kefgen, Michigan Secondary School Principals Association – Oppose Steve Japinga, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce – Support Brian Reed, Delta Twp. Manager – Oppose Julie Rowe, AFT-MI – Oppose Bill Miller, Michigan Assoc. of Intermediate School Districts – Oppose Jerry Johnson, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Jackson, Lenawe and Monroe ISD – Oppose Peter Spadafore, Michigan Assoc. of Superintendents and Administrators – Oppose Andy Neumann, Michigan Education Association – Oppose Deena Bosworth, Michigan Assoc. of Counties – Oppose Amy Drumm, Michigan Retailers Association – Support Mary Rzepczynski, Delta Twp. Library Director – Oppose Mary Clark, Delta Charter Twp. – Oppose Matt Patton, Detroit Regional Chamber – Support Dirk Weeldreyer, School Equity Caucus – Oppose Todd Regis, UFCW Local 951 – Support Alexa Kramer, Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce – Support The Chair invited Senator Moss to summarize SB 846, SB 847 and SB 848. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 846, SB 847 and SB 848: David Knezek, Office of Attorney General – Support Matthew Miller, Property Management Association of Michigan – Oppose Amy Drumm, Michigan Retailers Association – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 846, SB 847 and SB 848: James Holman, Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative of Mackinac Policy Center – Oppose Amanda Fisher, NFIB – Oppose There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:37 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: December 2, 2020 Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room
- Media count
- 0
- Meeting date
- 2020-10-01
- Meeting id
- meeting-3176
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2020-10-01 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-3176.
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