Michigan Legislative Activity Ledger

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Oversight

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Meeting date
2024-04-24
Scheduled start
2024-04-24 09:00:00.000000
Documented start
2024-04-24 09:00:00.000000
Documented end
2024-04-24 09:54:00.000000
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2024-04-24 09:54:00.000000
Actual start
2024-04-24 09:00:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-287
Committee name
Oversight
Evidence text
MEMBERS: SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. DAYNA POLEHANKI SEN. EDWARD MCBROOM, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. JONATHAN LINDSEY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT SENATOR SAM SINGH CHAIR S-8 CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-3447 FAX: (517) 373-5849 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 24, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Oversight was scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding HB 4965 (Rep. Andrews). The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Singh, Sen.(s) Geiss, Polehanki, McBroom and Lindsey, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Lindsey to adopt the meeting minutes from March 13, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. McMorrow was excused from the meeting. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4965: Rep. Joey Andrews – Support Damon Stewart, DISH – Support Tom Norton, WKTV Community Media – Opposition Ian Locke, ONTV and MICMA – Opposition Doug Matthews, City of Grand Rapids – Opposition Teri Stiles, Oxford Community Television – Opposition John LaMacchia, Michigan Municipal League – Opposition Scott Ward, DirecTV – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB 4965: Jason Augenstein, AccessVision – Opposition Alysha Albrecht – Opposition Greg McDonald, John Fournier, and Mike Koski, City of Ann Arbor – Opposition Joseph Balenger – Opposition Carrie LeZotte, Dani Walsh, Martin Book, and Michael Schostak, Bloomfield Township – Opposition Anne Marie Graham-Hudak, Canton Township – Opposition Shawn Ryan, Clarkston Community Schools – Opposition Page 1 of 2 Christopher Weagel, CMNtv – Opposition Ted Diedrich, Grand Rapids Community Media Center – Opposition John Elike and Jose Aliaga, Independence Township – Opposition Darwin McClary, Village of Lake Orion – Opposition Nancy Line – Opposition Ben Kirby, Lake Orion Community Schools – Opposition Carey Hammel, Mid Michigan Area Cable Consortium – Opposition Kenneth Johnson, City of Muskegon – Opposition Chris Barnett, Oakland County Association of Township Supervisors – Opposition Ian Locke and Joe Johnson, Orion Neighborhood Television – Opposition Ralph Painter, Orion Township Cable TV Commission – Opposition Sydney Ostrander – Opposition Mike Watza, PROTEC Livonia, Dearborn, Southfield, and Redford – Opposition Matthew Schuster, Public Media Network – Opposition Bryan Barnett, City of Rochester Hills – Opposition George Sinnott – Opposition Alaina Campbell, Sprout Bake LLC – Opposition Bobbie Jo Marr, City of St. Louis – Opposition Barbara Taylor – Opposition Marie Hauswirth and Gary Wall, Waterford Township – Opposition Mike Spence, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments – Opposition Deborah Anderson – Opposition Shannon Price, City of Warren, Canton Township, Northville Township, and Redford Township – Opposition Connor Spalding, City of Lansing – Opposition Brad Kersten, Chesterfield Township – Opposition Craig Puckett, Conference of Western Wayne – Opposition There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:54 a.m. Date adopted by committee: 10/09/24 Page 2 of 2
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2024-04-24
Meeting id
meeting-4176
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2024-04-24 09:00:00.000000
Session name
2023-2024

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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Oversight,” /meetings/meeting-4176.

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