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Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
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- Meeting date
- 2023-02-09
- Scheduled start
- 2023-02-09 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2023-02-09 12:02:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2023-02-09 13:27:00.000000
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2023-02-09 13:27:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2023-02-09 12:02:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-270
- Committee name
- Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. SUE SHINK, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. PAUL WOJNO SEN. JEFF IRWIN SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. JIM RUNESTAD, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. RUTH JOHNSON THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG CHAIR 4100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7346 FAX: (517) 373-9320 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES February 9, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety was scheduled for Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 12:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 4 (Sen. Moss) with recommendation and immediate effect. The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Shink to adopt the meeting minutes from February 2, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up SB 4. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 4: Brad Williams, Detroit Regional Chamber – Support Andy Johnston, Grand Rapids Area Chamber – Support Sandi Smith, Michigan Realtors – Support Brian Westrin, Michigan Realtors – Support William Wagner, Citizen – Oppose Dave Coulter, Oakland County – Support Diane Antishin, DTE Energy – Support Trevor Thomas, Consumers Energy – Support KimArie Yowell, Rocket Companies – Support Jean Lanfear, MRLA – Buffalo Wild Wings – Support Page 1 of 3 Chris Andrus, Mitten Brewing – Support Carl Erickson, Atomic Object – Support Kim Bode, 8ThirtyFour Integrated Communications – Support Tom Hickson, Michigan Catholic Conference – Oppose Wendy Block, Michigan Chamber – Support Eileen McNeil, Citizens for Traditional Values – Oppose The Chair invited Sen. Runestad to summarize amendment #1 to SB 4. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to adopt amendment #1 to SB 4. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen. (s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion failed and the amendment was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report SB 4 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen. Runestad Pass: Sen. Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair moved to recommend immediate effect for SB 4. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The following testimony cards regarding SB 4 were submitted for the record: Stephie Luyt, Michigan Association of School Librarians – Support Tim Totten, Citizen – Oppose Bree Moeggenbreg, Citizen – Oppose Frank Foster, Michigan Medicine – Support John McNamara, Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association – Support Dave Worthams, Michigan Manufactures Association – Support Jeff Hewson, Michigan Family Forum – Oppose Mark Cook, BCBSM – Support Page 2 of 3 Magen Samyn, Bay Area Chamber of Commerce - Support Diane Middleton, Midland Business Alliance - Support Veronica Horn, Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce - Support Deb Prato, The Rapid - Support Jason Griffin, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation - Support Nate Koetje, Feyen Zylstra - Support Natalie Steward, Switch – Support Shannon Cunningham, Acrisure - Support Brad Comment, The Right Place - Support Doug Small, Experience Grand Rapids – Support Mike Brown, Burdco, Inc. - Support Sara Harding, Charry Republic - Support Jim MacInnes, Crystal Mountain - Support Matt McDonough, Discovery Center and Pier - Support Dave Mengebier, Grand Traverse Community Foundation - Support Mary Garcia, Hagerty - Support Yarrow Brown, Housing North - Support Trey Devey, Interlochen Center for the Arts - Support Todd Niebauer, Northwestern Michigan College - Support Tina Schuett, Rare Bird Brew Pub - Support Sakura Takano, Rotary Charities - Support Tony Chipkewich, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery - Support Sarna Salzman, SEEDS Ecology and Education - Support Scott Newman-Bale, Short’s - Support Jean Derenzy, Traverse City DDA - Support Whitney Waara, Traverse City Tourism - Support Reginald Smith, Stafford's Hospitality, Inc. - Support Henry Wolf, Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance - Support Warren Call, Traverse Connect – Support Mary Pollock, American Association of University Women of MI – Support Brandon Crawford, Citizen – Oppose Reina Vendramini, Citizen – Oppose Christine Augustine, Citizen - Oppose There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:27 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: 02/16/23 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2023-02-09
- Meeting id
- meeting-3769
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2023-02-09 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety,” /meetings/meeting-3769.
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