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- Meeting date
- 2023-10-10
- Scheduled start
- 2023-10-10 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2023-10-10 12:16:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2023-10-10 13:49:00.000000
- Location
- the 403 Room of the Capitol Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2023-10-10 13:49:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2023-10-10 12:16:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-259
- Committee name
- Housing and Human Services
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. MARY CAVANAGH SEN. ROSEMARY BAYER SEN. SUE SHINK SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG SEN. JOHN CHERRY SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. JONATHAN LINDSEY, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. MICHELE HOITENGA SEN. JOHN DAMOOSE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATOR JEFF IRWIN CHAIR 5100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2406 FAX: (517) 373-5679 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services was scheduled for Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 12:00 noon, in the 403 Room of the Capitol Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported HB 4273 (S-3) (Rep. O'Neal) with recommendation. 2. Testimony regarding SB 474 (Sen. Anthony). 3. Testimony regarding SB 475 (Sen. Chang). 4. Testimony regarding SB 476 (Sen. Geiss). 5. Testimony regarding SB 477 (Sen. Cavanagh). The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:16 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga, and Damoose, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to adopt the meeting minutes from September 26, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair offered, and summarized, an (S-3) version of HB 4273. The following cards were read of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4273: Kyle Richard, The Rent is Too Damn High – Support Aaron Mahoney, For Our Future and The Rent is Too Damn High – Support Sarah Hopkins, The Rent is Too Damn High – Support Forrest Wall, Apartment Association of Michigan – Support Erika Farley, Rental Property Owners Association of Michigan – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Cavanagh to adopt the (S-3) version of HB 4273. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, and Damoose Page 1 of 3 Nays: None Pass: Sen. Hoitenga The motion prevailed and the (S-3) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bayer to report the (S-3) version of HB 4273 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga, and Damoose Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. Sen. Hoitenga requested that the vote to report the (S-3) version of HB 4273 be reconsidered. The Chair made a motion to reconsider the vote by which the (S-3) version of HB 4273 was reported. Without objection, the vote was reconsidered. The Chair made a motion to report the (S-3) version of HB 4273 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Cherry, Geiss, Lindsey, and Damoose Nays: None Pass: Sen. Hoitenga The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair invited Sen.(s) Anthony, Chang, Geiss, and Cavanagh to summarize SB 474 – SB 477. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 474 to SB 477: Dr. Halley Crissman, Michigan Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – Support Dr. Sarah Wallet, Planned Parenthood of Michigan – Support Amanda Mazur, Citizen – Support Rebecca Mastee, Michigan Catholic Conference – Oppose Genevieve Marnon, Right to Life of Michigan – Oppose Dr. Catherine Stark, Crossroads Care Center – Oppose Dr. Lisa Harris, Citizen – Support Due to time constraints, the following individuals were unable to present testimony regarding SB 474 to SB 477: Eileen McNeil, Citizens for Traditional Values – Oppose Katherine Bussard, Citizen – Oppose The following cards were read of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 474 to SB 477: DJ Perry, Planned Parents Advocates of Michigan – Support Ryan Hoaglin-Jackson, Citizen – Support Emily Bourguois, Planned Parenthood – Support Ashlea Phenicie, Planned Parenthood of Michigan – Support Gabriela Shen, Citizen – Support Chashah Johnson, Citizen – Support Alexa Williamson, Planned Parenthood – Support Page 2 of 3 Amy Zaagman, Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health – Support Norma Bailey, Citizen – Support Nomi Joyrich, Jews for a Secular Democracy – Support Chardae Burton, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – Support Judy Karandjeff, League of Women Voters of Michigan – Support Julie Campbell-Bode, Citizen – Support Hannah Mathers, Citizen – Support Rachel Richards, Michigan League for Public Policy – Support Merissa Kovach, ACLU of Michigan – Support Mary Pollock, Michigan National Organization for Women and the American Association of University Women of Michigan – Support Adrienne Zaya, YWCA Kalamazoo – Support Jeff Hewson, Michigan Family Forum – Oppose Melissa Holmquist, Citizen – Oppose Fred Gerhardy, Citizen – Oppose Stephanie Kreuz, Heritage Action – Oppose Hennessey Bevins, Coalition to Protect a Women's Right to Know – Oppose The following cards were read of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 474 to SB 476: Alex Dietz, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan and Ypsilanti Art Ink and Art Incubator – Support Terri Lukomski, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan and Meadow Lane Rehabilitative Therapies – Support Katherine Bauer, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Sarah Zettel, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Harrison Shelby, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Sara Wojtala, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Sarah Tomai, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Dr. Clara Zundel, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Sujata Raman, Reproductive Freedom for All Michigan – Support Ethyl Rivera, Citizen – Support Wendy Gonzalez, Citizen – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:49 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: October 17, 2023 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 403 Room of the Capitol Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2023-10-10
- Meeting id
- meeting-4002
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2023-10-10 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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