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Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

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Meeting date
2024-10-30
Scheduled start
2024-10-30 13:00:00.000000
Documented start
2024-10-30 13:02:00.000000
Documented end
2024-10-30 14:01:00.000000
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2024-10-30 14:01:00.000000
Actual start
2024-10-30 13:02:00.000000
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 October 30, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety was scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported HB 5046 (Rep. Shannon) with recommendation. 2. Reported SB 936 (Sen. Irwin) with recommendation. 3. Reported SB 809 (Sen. Shink) with recommendation. The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:02 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 October 23, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up HB 5046, and invited Rep. Shannon to summarize the bill. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 5046: Kara Van Dam, MI Association of Freelance Court Reporters – Support Kelli Werner, MI Association of Professional Court Reporters – Support Jacqueline Reed, MI Electronic Court Reporter Association - Support The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding HB 5046: Nancy Reinke, MAPCR – Support Kristen Hockin, 30th Circuit – Support Kristina Sietts, 30th Circuit – Support Theresa Stevens, Self – Support Nathan Triplett, State Bar of Michigan – Neutral Samantha Gibson, Michigan Association of Counties – Support Linda Bacon, Theresa’s Transcription – Support Alison Joersz, Self – Support Rochelle McNally, MI Association of Professional Court Reporters – Support Tami Marsh, MECRA – Support Deborah Doyle, Court Reporters – Support The Chair brought up SB 936, and invited Sen. Irwin to summarize the bill. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 936: Christopher Hunter, Michigan Auto Law – Support Jim Spagnuolo, Macomb Law Group – Support Avi Stadler, Esquire Deposition Solutions – Oppose The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding SB 936: Barbara Previ, Magna Legal Services LLC – Oppose Judith Kunreuther, Veritext – Oppose David Hanley, US Legal Support – Oppose Nathan Triplett, State Bar of Michigan – Support Mitch Albers, MI Association for Justice – Support Lisa Hanson Kurtz, Hanson Reporting – Oppose Gerald Hanson, Self - Oppose The Chair brought up SB 809. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 809: Richard Mills, State Bar of MI Probate & Estate Planning Section – Oppose The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report HB 5046 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin and Santana Nays: Sen. Runestad Pass: Sen. Johnson The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Irwin to report SB 936 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Chang, Sen.(s) Shink, Wojno, Irwin, Santana, Runestad and Johnson Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Shink to report SB 809 to the floor with recommendation that it 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. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:01 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 11/14/2024
Location
the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2024-10-30
Meeting id
meeting-4265
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2024-10-30 13:00:00.000000
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-4265.

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