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Veterans and Emergency Services
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- Meeting date
- 2024-12-11
- Scheduled start
- 2024-12-11 13:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2024-12-11 13:41:00.000000
- Documented end
- Not recorded
- Location
- the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- Not recorded
- Actual start
- 2024-12-11 13:41:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-266
- Committee name
- Veterans and Emergency Services
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. KEVIN HERTEL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. RICK OUTMAN, MINORITY VICE CHAIR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SENATOR VERONICA KLINEFELT CHAIR 6600 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7670 FAX: (517) 373-5958 **DRAFT** COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES December 11, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Veterans and Emergency Services was scheduled for Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., in the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. 2. 3. The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:41 p.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Santana and Outman, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Hertel to adopt the meeting minutes from September 18, 2024 and November 13, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. At <<TIMESTAMP>>, Sen. Nobody entered the meeting. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Hertel to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 540. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Santana, and Outman. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Hertel to report the (S-1) version of SB 540 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Santana, and Outman. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report SB 541 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Santana, and Outman. Nays: None Page 1 of 2 The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Santana to report SB 1103 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Klinefelt, Sen.(s) Hertel, Santana, and Outman. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 1103: Jeff Jones, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Maintenance of Way Employes Division – Support Honorable Peter O'Rourke, National Assoc for Veteran Rights – Support Connie Jones, United Veteran Benefits Agency LLC – Support Paul Cockerham, Purple Heart Homes – Support Josh Smith, Veteran Benefits Guide – Support Shawn L Deadwiler, Black Veterans Empowerment Council Inc – Support Brian M Johnson, Veterans Guardian – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at <<TIMESTAMP>>. Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the 1200 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2024-12-11
- Meeting id
- meeting-4718
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2024-12-11 13:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Veterans and Emergency Services,” /meetings/meeting-4718.
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