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Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
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- Meeting date
- 2024-03-14
- Scheduled start
- 2024-03-14 11:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2024-03-14 11:37:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2024-03-14 13:01:00.000000
- Location
- the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2024-03-14 13:01:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2024-03-14 11:37:00.000000
- 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 14, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety was scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported HB 5207 (Rep. Stechloff) with recommendation. 2. Reported HB 5208 (Rep. Morse) with recommendation. 3. Reported HB 5209 (Rep. Breen) with recommendation. 4. Reported HB 5210 (Rep. Hoskins) with recommendation. 5. Reported HB 5211 (Rep. Conlin) with recommendation. 6. Reported HB 5212 (Rep. Morgan) with recommendation. 7. Reported HB 5213 (Rep. Tsernoglou) with recommendation. 8. Reported HB 5214 (Rep. Pohutsky) with recommendation. 9. Reported HB 5215 (Rep. O’Neal) with recommendtion. 10. Testimony regarding HB 4718 (Rep. Pohutsky). The Chair called the meeting to order at 11:37 a.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 March 7, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up HB’s 5207-5215. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB’s 5207-5215: Katherine Bussard, Self – Oppose Emily Murray Joseph, Michigan fertility Alliance - Support Patience Griswold, ThemBeforeUs.com – Oppose Linda Kingston, Self – Oppose Polly Crozier, GLAD – Support The following cards were submitted by those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB’s 5207-5215: Laura Musenberg, MFA – Support Jen Valente, MFA – Support Randy Block, MI Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network – Support Emme Zanotti, Equality Michigan – Support Cherish Paska, MFA - Support Sen. Runestad offered amendments #1, #2 and #3 to HB 5207. The Chair invited Sen. Runestad to summarize his amendments. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to adopt the Runestad amendment #1 to HB 5207. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion prevailed and the amendment was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to adopt the Runestad amendment #2 to HB 5207. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion prevailed and the amendment was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to adopt the Runestad amendment #3 to HB 5207. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion prevailed and the amendment was not adopted. Sen. Johnson offered amendments #1 and #2 to HB 5207. The Chair invited Sen. Johnson to summarize her amendments. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Johnson to adopt the Johnson amendment #1 to HB 5207. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion prevailed and the amendment was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Johnson to adopt the Johnson amendment #2 to HB 5207. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson Nays: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana The motion prevailed and the amendment was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report HB 5207 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report HB 5208 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Shink to report HB 5209 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to report HB 5210 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report HB 5211 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report HB 5212 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Shink to report HB 5213 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wojno to report HB 5214 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report HB 5215 to the floor with recommendation that is pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen.(s) Runestad and Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair brought up HB 4718, and invited Rep. Pohutsky to summarize the bill. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4718: Angie Martell, LGBTQ Section of the State Bar of Michigan – Support Emme Zanotti, Equality Michigan – Support Dakota Torolski, Human Rights Campaign – Support The following cards were submitted by those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB 4718: Jess Averill, Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention & Treatment Board – Support Rachel Richards, MI League for Public Policy - Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:01 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 03/21/2024
- Location
- the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2024-03-14
- Meeting id
- meeting-4147
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2024-03-14 11:00:00.000000
- 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-4147.
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