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Elections and Ethics
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- Meeting date
- 2023-11-08
- Scheduled start
- 2023-11-08 13:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2023-11-08 14:23:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2023-11-08 15:35:00.000000
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2023-11-08 15:35:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2023-11-08 14:23:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-268
- Committee name
- Elections and Ethics
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. PAUL WOJNO, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG SEN. DARRIN CAMILLERI SEN. RUTH JOHNSON, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. EDWARD MCBROOM THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS SENATOR JEREMY MOSS CHAIR 132 CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7888 FAX: (517) 373-2983 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES November 8, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Elections and Ethics was scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported HB 5141 (S-1) (Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou) with recommendation. 2. Reported HB 5143 (S-1) (Rep. Matt Bierlein) with recommendation. 3. Reported HB 5144 (Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou) with recommendation. 4. Reported HB 5145 (Rep. Noah Arbit) with recommendation. 5. Reported HB 4129 (Rep. Kara Hope) with recommendation. 6. Reported HB 4695 (S-2) (Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou) with recommendation. The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:23 p.m. The Chair instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, Camilleri, Johnson and McBroom, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to adopt the meeting minutes from November 1, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited Representative Tsernoglou to explain HBs 5141, 5143, 5144, and 5145. Member questions followed. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 5141, HB 5143, HB 5144 and HB 5145: Rob Weissman, Public Citizen – Support Ricky Bicknell, Voters Not Politicians – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 5141: Melanie Macey, Promote the Vote – Neutral Page 1 of 3 The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 5141, HB 5143, HB 5144 and HB 5145: Erin Schor, MDOS – Support Sheri Ritchie, Pure Integrity Michigan Elections – Opposition The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to adopt the (S-1) version of HB 5141. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, Camilleri, and McBroom. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson. The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to report the (S-1) version of HB 5141 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, Chang, and Camilleri. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson. Pass: Sen.(s) McMorrow and McBroom. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to adopt the (S-1) version of HB 5143. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, Camilleri, and McBroom. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson. The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report the (S-1) version of HB 5143 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, and Camilleri. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson. Pass: Sen.(s) McBroom. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Chang to report HB 5144 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, Chang, and Camilleri. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson and McBroom. Pass: Sen.(s) McMorrow. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Camilleri to report HB 5145 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, Chang, and Camilleri. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson and McBroom. Pass: Sen.(s) McMorrow. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4129: Lata Nott, Campaign Legal Center – Support Sheri Ritchie, Pure Integrity MI Elections – Opposition Chris Swope, MI Assoc. of Municipal Clerks – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4129: Page 2 of 3 Erin Schor, MDOS – Support Melanie Macey, Promote the Vote – Support Mike Baterbee, MI Township Assoc. – Support Ricky Bicknell, Voters Not Politicians – Support Marina Pino, Brennan Center for Justice – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. McMorrow to report HB 4129 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, and Camilleri. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson and McBroom. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4695: Sheri Ritchie, Pure Integrity Michigan Elections – Opposition Chris Swope, MI Assoc. of Municipal Clerks – Support Erin Schor, MDOS – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4695: Chris Semrinec, MI League of Conservation Voters – Support Ricky Bicknell, Voters Not Politicians – Support Melanie Macey, Promote the Vote – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to adopt the (S-2) version of HB 4695. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, Camilleri, Johnson, and McBroom. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Chang to report the (S-2) version of HB 4695 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Moss, Sen.(s) Wojno, Santana, McMorrow, Chang, Camilleri, and McBroom. Nays: Sen.(s) Johnson. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 3:35 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: February 7, 2024 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2023-11-08
- Meeting id
- meeting-4051
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2023-11-08 13:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Elections and Ethics,” /meetings/meeting-4051.
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