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Insurance and Banking

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Meeting date
2021-10-20
Scheduled start
2021-10-20 09:00:00.000000
Documented start
2021-10-20 09:01:00.000000
Documented end
2021-10-20 09:42:00.000000
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2021-10-20 09:42:00.000000
Actual start
2021-10-20 09:01:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-252
Committee name
Insurance and Banking
Evidence text
MEMBERS: SEN. DAN LAUWERS, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. ARIC NESBITT SEN. TOM BARRETT SEN. KEN HORN SEN. ERIKA GEISS, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. MARSHALL BULLOCK SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE AND BANKING SENATOR LANA THEIS CHAIR 7400 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2420 FAX: (517) 373-2764 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 20, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Banking was scheduled for Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 624 (Sen. Theis). 2. Testimony regarding HB 4694 (Rep. O'Malley). 3. Testimony regarding SB 447 (Sen. Lauwers). 4. Testimony regarding HB 4171 (Rep. Allor) and HB 4172 (Rep. Yaroch). The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Lauwers, LaSata, Nesbitt, Barrett, Horn, Geiss, Bullock and McMorrow, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lauwers to adopt the committee rules. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Lauwers, LaSata, Nesbitt, Barrett, Horn, Geiss, Bullock, and McMorrow. Nays: None The motion prevailed. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 624: Frank Venuto, American Council of Life Insurers – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 624: Marcia Hune, Life Insurance Association of Michigan – Support Joseph Sullivan, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4694: Rep. Jack O'Malley – Support Matt Levin, Michigan Department of State – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 447: Sen. Dan Lauwers – Support Page 1 of 2 Christine Shearer, Michigan Association of Health Plans – Support Megan Schmidt and Diane Wolfenden, Priority Health – Support Dave Sokol, Michigan Association of Health Underwriters – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 447: Rory Lafferty, Health Alliance Plan – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4171 and HB 4172: Reps. Jeff Yaroch and Sue Allor – Support Jeff Roberts, Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs / City of Wixom – Support Thea Dornbush, Muskegon Township Fire Department – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4172: Matthew Sahr, Michigan Professional Fire Fighters – Support Jim Williams, Michigan Fire Inspectors Society / Texas Fire Department – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4171 and HB 4172: David Glothbach, Muskegon Township Fire Department – Support Mark Cleveland, Western Michigan Fire Chiefs / Egelston Township – Support Joshua Mosher, Northern Michigan Fire Chiefs Association / Midland Fire Department – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4172: Mark Docherty, Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union – Support Don Bigger, Michigan Fire Service Instructors Association – Support Michae McClieer, Michigan State Firemens Association – Support Mike Burke, Michigan State Firemans' Association – Support Jim Williams, Michigan Fire Inspectors Society – Support Chris Mantels, Saugatuck Fire Department – Support Aileen Pettinger, Saginaw Fire Department – Support Kyle Sroboda, Plainfield Fire Department – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:42 a.m. Date adopted by committee: 10/27/21 Page 2 of 2
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2021-10-20
Meeting id
meeting-3495
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2021-10-20 09:00:00.000000
Session name
2021-2022

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