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Meeting date: 2023-03-02
Scheduled start: 2023-03-02 12:00:00.000000
Documented start: 2023-03-02 12:01:00.000000
Documented end: 2023-03-02 15:02:00.000000
Location: the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
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Actual end: 2023-03-02 15:02:00.000000
Actual start: 2023-03-02 12:01:00.000000
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 March 2, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety was scheduled for Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 12:00 noon, in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 18 (Sen. Chang) with recommendation and immediate effect. 2. Reported SB 32 (S-2) (Sen. Santana) with recommendation and immediate effect. 3. Testimony regarding SB 76 (Sen. Hertel). 4. Testimony regarding SB 77 (Sen. Moss). 5. Testimony regarding SB 78 (Sen. Cavanagh). 6. Testimony regarding SB 79 (Sen. Bayer). 7. Testimony regarding SB 80 (Sen. McDonald Rivet). 8. Testimony regarding SB 81 (Sen. Irwin). 9. Testimony regarding SB 82 (Sen. Chang). 10. Testimony regarding SB 83 (Sen. McMorrow). 11. Testimony regarding SB 84 (Sen. Polehanki). 12. Testimony regarding SB 85 (Sen. Anthony). 13. Testimony regarding SB 86 (Sen. Singh). The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:01 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 16, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up SB's 76-86, and invited Sen.(s) Bayer, Hertel and McMorrow to summarize the bills. Page 1 of 10 The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB's 76-86: Reina St. Juliana, Citizen – Support Steve St. Juliana, Citizen – Support Linda Watson, Citizen – Support Karen and Michael Kobylik, Citizens – Support Jo Kovach, MSU Student Body President – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB's 76-86 continued: Ellie Baden, Citizen – Support Asha Denny, Citizen – Support Bridget Huff, Citizen – Support Marco Diaz-Munoz, Professor, MSU – Support Mikah Rector-Brooks, March For Our Lives – Support Dylan Morris, No Future Without Today – Support Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel – Support Emily Busch, Everytown/Moms Demand Action – Support Gwen La Croix, Everytown/Moms Demand Action – Support Nikki Goeser, Crime Prevention Research Center – Oppose Dr. John Lott, Crime Prevention Research Center – Oppose Eli Savit, Washtenaw County Prosecutor – Support David Leyton, Genesee County Prosecutor – Support Karen McDonald, Oakland County Prosecutor – Support Jeff Getting, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor – Support The following testimony cards regarding SB's 76-86 were submitted for the record: Breanna Borg, Citizen – Support Yousef Rabhi, Michigan Nurses Association – Support SB's 79-86 Rev. Susan Anslow Williams, End Gun Violence MI – Support Linda K. Levy, National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan – Support Julia Huttar Bailey, End Gun Violence MI – Support Carmen Piggins, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan – Support Dr. Tim Spannaus, End Gun Violence MI – Support SB's 76-83 Rev. Ian Twiss, End Gun Violence MI - Support Page 2 of 10 Bishop Prince Singh, Episcopal Dioceses of W. MI – Support Martha Susan Harlow, Citizen – Support Michelle Roberts, Disability Rights Michigan – Support SB 79 Rev. Susie Shaefer, End Gun Violence Michigan – Support Carmi Fin, Moms Demand Action – Support Amy Zaagman, MI Council for Maternal & Child Health – Support Martha Couretas, League of Women Voters MI – Support Edythe Harley, Moms Demand Action – Support Hannah Birsett, Moms Demand Action – Support SB's 73, 79, 84 Linda Danders, Moms Demand Action – Support – SB's 73, 79, 84 Jane Paterson, Citizen – Support James Pedersen, Citizen – Support Kelly Gerlach, Moms Demand Action – Support Jann Nestell, Citizen – Support Susan Bayha, Citizen – Support Laska Creagh, Citizen – Support Sheryl Kennedy, MI Department of Education – Support Karey Hamrick, Moms Demand Action – Support Tom Richmond, Citizen – Support Marissa Gonzalez, Allegan Dems – Support Meline Brann, National Association of Social Workers – Support Christopher Walkons, Citizen – Support SB's 76-84 The following testimony cards regarding SB's 76-86 were submitted for the record continued: Diana Darland, Moms Demand Action South Oakland – Support SB's 73,79, 84 John Cooper, Safe and Just Michigan – Support Allen Wolf, Citizen – Support Carol A. Brun Del Re, Spirit of Peace Church of the Brethren – Support SB 79 Melissa Louwers, Citizen – Support Julie Wagner, Citizen – Support Ann Anderson, Citizen – Support Nancy Nolan, Moms Demand Action – Support Page 3 of 10 Paul Brun Del Re, Michigan District Church of Brethren – Support Katie Cavanaugh, Okemos Public Schools Board of Education Advocacy Committee – Support Pamela Leidlein, Moms Demand Action – Support Laura Schwartz, Moms Demand Action – Support Jeanne Hunton, Moms Demand Action – Support Sandra Riccardi, Moms Demand Action – Support Sheri Frank, Citizen – Support Catherine Tang, Everytown For Gun Safety – Support Gerald Bettis, Moms Demand Action – Support Judy Karandjeff, League of Women Voters – Support Rev Paul LeClair, End Gun Violence MI – Support Emily M. Rubio, March For Our Lives – Support Celeste Kanpurwala, Moms Demand Action – Support Jacinta Henry, March For Our Lives – Support Heath B Lowry, Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence – Support SB 76 Catherine Marshall, Moms Demand Action / End Gun Violence MI – Support Jasman Kaur, Scrubs against the Firearm Epidemic - Support Rob Mass, Michigan Department of Treasury – Support SB's 81-82 David Coulter, Oakland County Executive – Support Dr. Diana Nordlund, MI College of Emergency Physicians – Support Arthur Slabosky, Citizen- Support Kevin McKinney, MI Osteopathic Association – Support Andy Neumann, Michigan Education Association – Support Hallie Levine, Citizen – Support Jim Hale, MI State United Coon Hunters Association – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Roger Thorman, MI Fox Hunters Association – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Brenden Boudreau, Great Lakes Gun Rights – Oppose Steve Dulan, MCRGO – Oppose Bradley Schickinger, MCRGO – Oppose Mike Thorman, MI Hunting Dog Federation – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Dave Johnson, UP Sportsmen Alliance – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Joe Hudson, UP Bear Houndsmen, - Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Page 4 of 10 Keith Shafer, MI Bear Hunters Association – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Christophe Lee, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Scott Jones, NRA – ILA – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Judge Elizabeth Pollard Hines, Self – No Position SB 83 Dr. Brittany Tayler, MI Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics – Support Dr. April Zeoli, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention – No Position listed Dr. Patrick Carter, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention – No Position listed Jace McCarthy, Citizen – Support The following testimony cards regarding SB's 76-86 were submitted for the record continued: Clarissa Mata, March For Our Lives – Support Kelly Sampson, Brady Campaign – Support Matt Oppenheim, MEA Protect Our Schools Action Team – Support SB's 76, 79, 80 Jonathan Gold, Gifford Gun Owners for Safety – Support Deandre Jones, Citizen – Support Elizabeth Esch, March For Our Lives – Support Sara Bauer, March For Our Lives – Support Charlotte Plotzke, March For Our Lives – Support Cara Erskine, Citizen – Support Rick Ector, Legally Armed in Detroit – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Amy Trotter, MI United Conservation Club – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Bob Matthews, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation – Oppose SB 76 Marcy L Jankovich, DC Project – Michigan – Oppose SB 82 Dudley Brown, National Association for Gun Rights – Oppose Joel E. Fulton, Freedom Firearms Sportsman's Club of Battle Creek – Oppose Tom Lambert, Michigan Open Carry – Oppose SB's 76-80, 83-86 Amy Trotter, MI United Conservation Club – Support – SB's 81-82 Abby Burnell, McCall Hamilton & concerned MI Medical Students-Support Abeba Berhane MD, MI Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics - Support Allsion Ranusch, Self - Support Amanda Dubey-Zerkaself – Self - Support Amit Ghose, MD, Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors - Support Page 5 of 10 Andrea Wittenborn, Self - Oppose Beth Baldwin, Self - Support Beth Berglin, Initiatives & Public Policy Officer, Kalamazoo Community Foundation - Support Craig Matisoff, MD, Corewell Health/MSU Family Medicine Residency – Support David Lewis, Self - Support Diane Thal Gluck, Self - Support Dr Christine Nefcy, Self - Support Dr Kathleen Blumer, Self - Support Dr Kelly Huggett, Self - Support Dr. Alexandra Gamber, Self - Support Dr. Alyssa Warburton-Silva, Self - Support Dr. Andrew Gunderson, Self - Support Dr. Angela Thompson-Busch MSU College of Human Medicine - Support Dr. Anne Garcia, Self - Support Dr. April Zeoli, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention - University of MI – Support SB's 79, 83 Dr. Brian Wilder, Self - Support SB's 73, 79, 84 Dr. Candace Smith-King, Self – No Position - SB 83 Dr. Carol E Fletcher, Self - Support Dr. Danelle Stabel, Self - Support Dr. David A Cooke, Self - Support Dr. David Walsworth, Self - Support Dr. Elizabeth Jones, Self - Support Dr. Eric Skye, Self - Oppose Dr. Gregory Tiongson, Self - Support Dr. Holly Ross, Self - Support Dr. James Mitchiner, Self - Support The following testimony cards regarding SB's 76-86 were submitted for the record continued: Dr. James Peabody, Self - Support Dr. James Reinhart, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center - Support Dr. Jane Chargot, Self - Support Dr. Jeanne Seyfried, Self - Support Dr. Jennifer Stevenson, Self - Support Page 6 of 10 Dr. Joel Greenberg, Self - Support Dr. John Hopper MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Dr. Jonathan Gabison, U of M Department of Family Medicine - Support Dr. Joseph Fakhoury, Bronson Pediatric Hospital - Support Dr. Josh Meyerson, Self - Support Dr. Julia Hammoud, Self - Support Dr. Julian Wan, Self - Support Dr. Kathleen Blumer, Self - Support Dr. Kelly Cha, Self - Support Dr. Kerry Mychaliska, Oakland Univ Beaumont School of Medicine - Support Dr. Kristie Khatibi, Self - Support Dr. Kurt Schumacher, Self - Support Dr. Lauren Azevedo, Self - Support Dr. Maham Khan, Self - Support Dr. Matthew Allswede, Self - Support Dr. Michael Fiore, Self – Support Dr. Michele Carney, Self - Support Dr. Moiz Saeed, Self – Support Dr. Omkar Karthikeyan, Self - Support Dr. Pamela Coffey, Self - Support Dr. Rachel Rosenbaum, Michigan State University Neurologist - Support Dr. Rand Sabanci, Self - Support Dr. Sara Cramton, Alliance Obstetrics & Gynecology - Support Dr. Sarah Allexan, U of M Canton Health Center - Support Dr. Sarah Yentz, Self - Support Dr. Sebastian Schoneich, Self - Support Dr. Sonya Lewis, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence – Support Dr. Stephanie Clemens, Self - Support Dr. Tracey Taylor, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – Support Dr. Wayne Cornblath, Self - Support Dr. Yolanda Helfrich, Self - Support Elaine du Plessis MD, Self - Support Page 7 of 10 Eric McGrath, MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine - Support Eric Walford, Northville Health Center - Support Erica Dziedzic, Moms Demand Action - Support Evelyn Eccles, MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Iftiker Ahmad, MD, Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors - Support James Gallant, Self - Support James Mitchiner MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council, Support Jamie Bisson, Self - Support Jamie Hochman Herz, Self - Support Jan T. Liu, Self - Support Jeffrey Callard PA, CSt Joseph Mercy Hospital - Support Jenn Garland, Michigan PTA - Support The following testimony cards regarding SB's 76-86 were submitted for the record continued: Jennifer Ruegsegger, Self - Support Jerry Walden MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Joseph Nodim MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Kate Stevenson, Open Hand Counseling - Support Katherine Sochacki Duckworth, Self - Support Kathleen Longo MD MPH, Self - Support Kenneth Elmassian, DO, Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors - Support Larry Junck MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Lee Morris, Self - Support Leslee Cassel-Bonilla, Self - Support Lisa Geller, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions – Support Lisa Purvis, Self - Support Lynna Kaucheck, Progress Michigan & others - Support Martha Gray, MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Martha Kershaw MD, Self - Support Martha Weintraub, Self - Support Mary Miller, Self - Support Michael Kamrin, Self - Support Narasimha Gundarmraj, MD Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors - Support Page 8 of 10 Phyllis Herzig, Self - Support Rebecca Daniel MD, Washtenaw Co. Medical Society Ex. Council - Support Rick and Martha Omilian, Self -Support Rochelle Igrisan, Self - Support Ronald Horowitz, MD, Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors - Support Scott Boehm & others, MSU Dept. of Romance & Classical Studies - Support Shannon Taylor, Self - Support Stacey Shubeck MD, Corewell Health - Support Timothy Carey, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions - Support Tom Berkley, Self - Support Ved Gossain, MD, Ingham Co. Medical Society Bd. Of Directors – Support Wayne Smith, Self - Support At 2:58 p.m., Sen. Irwin left the meeting. The Chair brought up SB 18. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Shink to report SB 18 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Santana, Runestad and Johnson Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair moved to recommend immediate effect for SB 18. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair brought up the (S-2) version of SB 32. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 32. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Santana, Runestad and Johnson Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report SB 32 (S-2) to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Santana, and Johnson Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair moved to recommend immediate effect for SB 32 (S-2). Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. Page 9 of 10 There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 3:02 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 03/09/2023 Page 10 of 10
Location: the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count: 1
Meeting date: 2023-03-02
Meeting id: meeting-3799
Meeting state: held
Minutes url: Open official source ↗
Quorum state: quorum confirmed
Scheduled start: 2023-03-02 12:00:00.000000
Session name: 2023-2024

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