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- Meeting date
- 2025-03-26
- Scheduled start
- 2025-03-26 10:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-03-26 11:20:00.000000
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-03-26 11:20:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-27
- Committee name
- Government Operations
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REP. BRIAN BEGOLE CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 20, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4235, HB 4238, HB 4239, HB 4240, HB 4241 and HB 4242 before the committee: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 10:30 AM Room 307, House Office Building HB 4235 (Rep. Smit) A bill to prohibit the use of certain applications on government-issued devices; to require public employers to take certain actions related to prohibited applications; to prohibit certain employees or officers from downloading or accessing certain applications; to provide exceptions; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities. HB 4238 (Rep. Jenkins-Arno) A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1346. HB 4239 (Rep. Bruck) A bill to prohibit state institutions of higher education from entering into agreements with foreign actors under certain circumstances; to prohibit state institutions of higher education from receiving grants and other items of value from foreign actors under certain circumstances; to require state institutions of Representative VanderWall moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4239. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Bruck testified in support of HB 4239. Representative VanderWall moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4235. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Smit testified in support of HB 4235. higher education to enter into gift agreements; to establish reporting requirements for certain gifts received by state institutions of higher education and affiliate organizations from certain foreign actors; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to prescribe remedies; to prescribe civil sanctions; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. HB 4240 (Rep. Schuette) A bill to prohibit public bodies from receiving gifts and grants from foreign actors under certain circumstances; to prohibit public bodies from entering into agreements with foreign actors under certain circumstances; to establish disclosure requirements for certain gifts, grants, contracts, and other interests relating to certain foreign actors; to prescribe civil sanctions; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to require the promulgation of rules. HB 4241 (Rep. Hoadley) A bill to amend 1984 PA 270, entitled "Michigan strategic fund act," (MCL 125.2001 to 125.2094) by adding section 7c. HB 4242 (Rep. Thompson) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 16213 and 20175a (MCL 333.16213 and 333.20175a), as amended by 2023 PA 62. Kyle Zawacki, representing the American Civil Liberties Union, testified in opposition to HB 4238, HB 4239 and HB 4240. Henry Duong, representing Rising Voices, testified in opposition to HB 4238, HB 4239 and HB 4240. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4235 with recommendation that the substitute (H- 1) be adopted and the bill then pass. The committee further recommended that the bill and substitute be referred to the Committee on Rules. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative VanderWall moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4238. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4238 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4239 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4240 with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Rules. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4241 with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Rules. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. Representative Harris moved to report out HB 4242 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 3-0-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall. Nays: None. Pass: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall. The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4233, HB 4234, HB 4235, HB 4238, HB 4239, HB 4240, HB 4241 and HB 4242, but did not wish to speak: Joseph Liu. Yiyun Huang. Bill O'Brien, representing Strangers No Longer. Sheela Lal. Sarah Tomas-Lemna. Isabel Ayala. Fanta Jatta, representing the Abisa. Tasneem Diallo. Brenda Maqdasi. Karen Cardenas, representing the MI Poder. Viviana Castelan Alamillo, representing the MI Poder. Kurtis Fernandez, representing the APIA Vote Michigan. Naoko Wake. J. Wing. Noreen Rodriguez. There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at 11:20 AM. Representative Brian BeGole, Chair Keith Feldpausch Committee Clerk kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Media count
- 2
- Meeting date
- 2025-03-26
- Meeting id
- meeting-66
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-03-26 10:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Government Operations,” /meetings/meeting-66.
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