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Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

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Meeting date
2024-03-07
Scheduled start
2024-03-07 12:00:00.000000
Documented start
2024-03-07 12:02:00.000000
Documented end
2024-03-07 13:28:00.000000
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2024-03-07 13:28:00.000000
Actual start
2024-03-07 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 March 7, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety was scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 12:00 p.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding HB 5207 (Rep. Stechloff). 2. Testimony regarding HB 5208 (Rep. Morse). 3. Testimony regarding HB 5209 (Rep. Breen). 4. Testimony regarding HB 5210 (Rep. Hoskins). 5. Testimony regarding HB 5211 (Rep. Conlin). 6. Testimony regarding HB 5212 (Rep. Morgan). 7. Testimony regarding HB 5213 (Rep. Tsernoglou). 8. Testimony regarding HB 5214 (Rep. Pohutsky). 9. Testimony regarding HB 5215 (Rep. O’Neal). 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 29, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up HB’s 5207-5215 and invited Rep. Stechloff to summarize the bills. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB’s 5207-5215: Stephanie Jones, MI Fertility Alliance – Support Tammy Myers, Self – Support Leah Zeintek, Self – Support Nkenge Browner, Mothering Justice – Support Genevieve Mornon, Right to Life Michigan – Oppose Rebecca Mastee, Michigan Catholic Conference – Oppose Jorie Dugan, The Center for Reproductive Rights – Support Melissa Neckers Esq., Self – Support Molly B. Moravek, Self – Support Due to time constraints, the following individuals were unable to present testimony regarding HB’s 5207-5215: Patience Griswold, ThemBeforeUs.com – Oppose Linda Kingston, Self – Oppose Polly Crozier, GLAD – Support Katherine Bussard, Self - Oppose The following cards were submitted by those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB’s 5207-5215: Jane A Bassett, Basset Murray Law Group – Support Stephanie Johnson, Family Law Section of State Bar – Support Ellen Keyt, MI Psychological Assoc. – Support Ginanne Brownell, Michigan Fertility Alliance – Support Alex Kramer, Michigan Fertility Alliance – Support Matthew Friedman, Michigan Fertility Alliance – Support Stephanie Kruez, Heritage Action for America – Oppose HB’s 5207 – 5208 LGBTG+Section State Bar of Michigan – Support – HB’s 5207, 5208-5215 Mary Pollock, American Association of University Women of Michigan – Support Lee Roosevelt, American College of Nurse – Midwives Michigan – Support Megan Reynolds, Michigan Poverty Law Program - Support Cherish Paksa, MFA – Support Laura Muysenberg, MFA – Support LeAndrea Fisher, Michigan Fertility Alliance – Support Kevin O’Neil, Self – Support Eric Portenga, Self – Suport Shaki Rambarran, MOASH – Suport Dr. Lis Regula, Men Having Babies – Support Lynne Spencer, Self – No Position Dr. Mili Thakur, Genome Ally – Support Margaret York, Family Equality – Support Barbara Collura, Resolve: The National Infertility Assoc – Support Ellen Keyt, MI Psychological Assoc. – Support LGBTQ+ Law Section State Bar of MI – Support Linda Kingston, Self – Oppose The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network – Oppose Them Before Us – Oppose William Wagner and Katherine Bussard – Oppose Rachel Lang, Self – Support Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys – Support Dr. Marianne Melnik, Corewell Health – support ACLU Michigan – Support Center for Reproductive Rights – Support True.Women’s Health – Support Richard Vaughn, Self – Support Emily Murray Joseph, Self – Support Sarah Poellerito, Self -Support Elena Tanner, Allian Health – Support Emma Giuliani, The Fertility Center – Support Valerie Shavell, The Fertility Center – Support Kara Krol, Corewell Health – Support William Dodds, The Fertility Center – Support Paula Amato, American Society for Reproductive Medicine – Support Cortney Welz, Self - Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:28 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 03/14/2024
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2024-03-07
Meeting id
meeting-4129
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2024-03-07 12:00:00.000000
Session name
2023-2024

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