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Judiciary and Public Safety

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Meeting date
2020-10-07
Scheduled start
2020-10-07 09:00:00.000000
Documented start
2020-10-07 09:01:00.000000
Documented end
2020-10-07 09:57:00.000000
Location
the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2020-10-07 09:57:00.000000
Actual start
2020-10-07 09:01:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-155
Committee name
Judiciary and Public Safety
Evidence text
MEMBERS: SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. TOM BARRETT SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON SEN. JIM RUNESTAD SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. JEFF IRWIN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SENATOR PETER J. LUCIDO CHAIR 3100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7670 FAX: (517) 373-5958 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 7, 2020 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety was scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., in the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding HB 5844 (Rep. Bellino). 2. Testimony regarding HB 5846 (Rep. Kahle). 3. Testimony regarding HB 5847 (Rep. Meerman). 4. Testimony regarding HB 5848 (Rep. Lasinski). 5. Testimony regarding HB 5849 (Rep. Mueller). 6. Testimony regarding HB 5850 (Rep. Warren). 7. Testimony regarding HB 5851 (Rep. Yancey). 8. Testimony regarding HB 5852 (Rep. Stone) 9. Testimony regarding HB 5853 (Rep. Kahle). 10. Testimony regarding HB 5854 (Rep. Sneller). 11. Testimony regarding HB 5855 (Rep. Brann) 12. Testimony regarding HB 5856 (Rep. S. Johnson). 13. Testimony regarding HB 5857 (Rep. O'Malley) 14. Testimony regarding HB 6235 (Rep. Neeley). 15. Testimony regarding HCR 29 (Rep. LaFave). The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Runestad, Chang and Irwin, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from October 1, 2020. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up HB 5844, HB's 5846-5857, HB 6235 and HCR 29, and invited Rep. Kahle to summarize the bills. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony via Zoom regarding HB 5844, HB's 5846- 5857, HB 6235 and HCR 29: Kimberly Buddin, ACLU Michigan – Support Diana Prichard, Americans for Prosperity – Support Tom Boyd, State Court Administrator – Support Beatrice Friedlander, Attorneys for Animals – Oppose HB 5856 The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony before the committee regarding HB 5844, HB's 5846-5847, HB 5849-5857, HB 6235 and HCR 29: David Guenther, Mackinac Center for Public Policy – Support Alex Rossman, Michigan League for Public Policy – Support Kathy Hagenian, Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence – Support Meghann Keit, Michigan Association of Counties – Support John Cooper, Safe and Just Michigan – Support Judge Harvey J. Hoffman, Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals – Support HB 5854 Bruce Timmons, Citizen – No Position Matt Saxton, Michigan Sheriffs' Association – Support Brandon Lanyon, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan – Support Paul Stankewitz, Michigan Catholic Conference – Support HB's 5844, 5846, 5847, 5849-5857 There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:57 a.m. Date Adopted by Committee: 10/13/2020
Location
the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2020-10-07
Meeting id
meeting-3180
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2020-10-07 09:00:00.000000
Session name
2019-2020

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