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Judiciary and Public Safety
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- Meeting date
- 2021-04-15
- Scheduled start
- Not recorded
- Documented start
- 2021-04-15 08:30:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2021-04-15 09:02:00.000000
- Location
- Not recorded
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2021-04-15 09:02:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2021-04-15 08:30:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-240
- Committee name
- Judiciary and Public Safety
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, VICE CHAIR SEN. TOM BARRETT SEN. RUTH JOHNSON SEN. JIM RUNESTAD SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. JEFF IRWIN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SENATOR ROGER VICTORY CHAIR 4100 BINSFELD BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-6920 FAX: (517) 373-2751 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 15, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety was scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 8:30 a.m., in Room 403 of the Capitol Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 177 (Sen. McBroom). 2. Testimony regarding HB 4219 (Rep. Yancey). 3. Testimony regarding HB 4220 (Rep. Bellino). 4. Testimony regarding HB 4308 (Rep. Hammoud). 5. Testimony regarding HB 4309 (Rep. Filler). The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Victory, Sen.(s) VanderWall, Johnson, Chang and Irwin, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from March 11, 2021. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up SB 177, and invited Rep. LaFave to summarize the bill. The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding SB 177: Kimberly Buddin, ACLU Michigan – Support Brandon Lanyon, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan – Oppose Mike Nichols, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan – Support Noah Smith, Criminal defense Attorneys of Michigan – Support David Guenthner, Mackinac Center for Public Policy – Support Matt Saxton, Michigan Sheriffs Association – Oppose The Chair brought up HB's 4219 and 4220, and invited Attorney Mike Nichols to provide testimony in support of both bills via Zoom. The Chair invited Rep.(s) Yancey and Bellino to summarize HB's 4219 and 4220. The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB's 4219 and 4220: Matt Saxton, Michigan Sheriffs Association – Oppose Noah Smith, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan – Support John Cooper, Safe and Just Michigan – Support Kimberly Buddin, ACLU Michigan - Support Brandon Lanyon, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan – Oppose Mike Nichols, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan – Support David Guenthner, Mackinac Center for Public Policy – Support The Chair brought up HB's 4308 and 4309, and invited Rep.(s) Filler and Hammoud (via Zoom) to summarize the bills. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony via Zoom regarding HB 4308 and 4309: Troy Hagon, Michigan Department of Transportation – Support Sgt. Nicole McGhee, Michigan State Police - Support The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB's 4308 and 4309: Noah Smith, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan – Support Matt Saxton, Michigan Sheriffs Association – Support John Cooper, Safe and Just Michigan – Support Brandon Lanyon, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan – Support The Chair moved to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection Sen.(s) Runestad and Barrett were excused from the meeting. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:02 a.m. Date adopted by committee: 04/29/2021
- Location
- Not recorded
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-04-15
- Meeting id
- meeting-3339
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- Not recorded
- Session name
- 2021-2022
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Judiciary and Public Safety,” /meetings/meeting-3339.
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