No. 4

STATE OF MICHIGAN

JOURNAL

OF THE

House  of  Representatives

103rd Legislature

REGULAR  SESSION  OF  2025

House Chamber, Lansing, Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

1:30 p.m.

The House was called to order by the Speaker Pro Tempore.

The roll was called by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who announced that a quorum was present.

Alexander—present	Foreman—present	McFall—present	Schuette—present
Andrews—present	Fox—present	McKinney—present	Scott—present
Aragona—present	Frisbie—present	Meerman—present	Skaggs—present
Arbit—present	Glanville—present	Mentzer—present	Slagh—present
BeGole—present	Grant—present	Miller—present	Smit—present
Beson—present	Green, P.—present	Morgan—present	Snyder—present
Bierlein—present	Greene, J.—present	Mueller—present	St. Germaine—present
Bohnak—present	Hall—present	Myers-Phillips—present	Steckloff—present
Bollin—present	Harris—present	Neeley—present	Steele—present
Borton—present	Herzberg—excused	Neyer—present	Tate—present
Breen—present	Hoadley—present	O’Neal—present	Thompson—present
Brixie—present	Hope—present	Outman—present	Tisdel—present
Bruck—present	Hoskins—present	Paiz—present	Tsernoglou—present
Byrnes—present	Jenkins-Arno—present	Paquette—excused	VanderWall—present
Carra—present	Johnsen—present	Pavlov—present	VanWoerkom—present
Carter, B.—present	Kelly—present	Pohutsky—present	Wegela—present
Carter, T.—excused	Koleszar—present	Posthumus—present	Weiss—present
Cavitt—present	Kuhn—present	Prestin—present	Wendzel—present
Coffia—present	Kunse—present	Price—present	Whitsett—excused
Conlin—present	Liberati—present	Puri—present	Wilson—present
DeBoer—present	Lightner—present	Rheingans—present	Witwer—present
DeBoyer—present	Linting—present	Rigas—present	Wooden—present
DeSana—present	Longjohn—present	Robinson—present	Woolford—present
Dievendorf—present	MacDonell—present	Rogers—present	Wortz—present
Edwards—excused	Maddock—present	Roth—present	Wozniak—present
Fairbairn—present	Markkanen—present	Schmaltz—present	Xiong—present
Farhat—present	Martin—present	Schriver—present	Young—present
Fitzgerald—present	Martus—present

e/d/s = entered during session

Rep. Gregory L. Alexander, from the 98th District, offered the following invocation:

“Dear heavenly Father, we thank You for this day we thank You for the opportunity to serve our constituents in this great state of Michigan.

We pray today Lord, for us law and policy makers. May we hear the call to do the work of justice. Send Your Holy Spirit to open blinded eyes, help us hear the cries of the oppressed and soften our hearts to those in need.

Make us effective in our challenge of injustice, O God, because the changes we cause, the ground we gain, and the help we provide to our brothers and sisters shall bring us ever more fully into Your Kingdom.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.”

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Rep. Posthumus moved that Rep. Paquette be excused from today’s session.

The motion prevailed.

Rep. Fitzgerald moved that Reps. Tyrone Carter, Edwards, Herzberg and Whitsett be excused from today’s session.

The motion prevailed.

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Rep. Posthumus moved that House Committees be given leave to meet during the balance of today’s session.

The motion prevailed.

Announcement by the Clerk of Printing and Enrollment

The Clerk announced that the following bills had been reproduced and made available electronically on Tuesday, January 14:

House Bill Nos.     4003   4004   4005   4006  4007   4008   4009   4010   4011  4012   4013   4014 4015       4016

Notices

     January 15th, 2025

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Capitol Building

Lansing, Michigan 48913

Dear Mr. Clerk,

I am revising the seat assignments for the 103rd Legislature as follows:

77—Amos O’Neal

79—Jason Hoskins

                                                                                       Sincerely,

                                                                                       Matt Hall

                                                                                       Speaker

                                                                                       Michigan House of Representatives

Introduction of Bills

Reps. Neyer, Slagh, Martin, Jenkins-Arno, Prestin, Kelly, Johnsen, Kunse, Woolford, Cavitt, Borton, Bierlein, Jaime Greene, Alexander, Pavlov, Frisbie, Wozniak, Schmaltz, Markkanen, Fairbairn, Witwer, Bohnak, Kuhn, DeBoer, Steele, Bollin, Rigas, Miller, Morgan, Fitzgerald, Paiz, Brenda Carter, Steckloff, , Lightner, Posthumus, VanderWall, Young, Thompson, Beson, Wortz and Breen introduced

House Bill No. 4017, entitled

A bill to amend 1974 PA 154, entitled “Michigan occupational safety and health act,” by amending section 35 (MCL 408.1035), as amended by 2024 PA 17.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Announcements by the Clerk

     January 7, 2025

Received from the Auditor General a copy of the:

· Performance audit report on the Selected Michigan Department of Education (MDE) IT Systems, MDE and Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (313-0590-24), January 2025.

     January 14, 2025

Received from the Auditor General a copy of the:

· Report on Internal Control, Compliance, and Other Matters of the State of Michigan 401 K Plan (171-0156-25), Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2024.

· Report on Internal Control, Compliance, and Other Matters of the State of Michigan 457 Plan (171-0157-25), Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2024.

                                                                                  Scott E. Starr

                                                                                       Clerk of the House

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Rep. Wortz moved that the House adjourn.

The motion prevailed, the time being 1:55 p.m.

The Speaker Pro Tempore declared the House adjourned until Thursday, January 16, at 12:00 Noon.

SCOTT E. STARR

Clerk of the House of Representatives