22482Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation307 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdayHB 5249 (Lori) Natural resources; hunting; use of certain firearms during firearm deer season; allow.
HB 5452 (Rendon) Natural resources; fishing; prohibition on spearing fish in Houghton lake; repeal.H107A517-373-2013New 05/14/2012 10:05:06 AM22459Education: Teacher Certification and Continuing Education308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdayPresentations by:
Michigan Department of Education, Lisa Hansknecht, Director, Office of State and Federal Relations, and Dr. Sally Vaughn, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, on new teacher certification rules.
Dr. Patricia Reeves, Associate Professor, Education Leadership, Western Michigan University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules.
Dr. Susan Wilson, Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and the Director of the College of Education's Center for the Scholarship of Teachers, Michigan State University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules.
H061A517-373-2002Updated 05/10/201222472Commerce519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdayHB 5577 (Nesbitt) State; escheats; uniform unclaimed property act; modify look-back period to 5 years.
HB 5617 (Zorn) Housing; housing development authority; eligibility for certain residential loans; modify income requirement.
HB 5618 (Shaughnessy) Housing; housing development authority; requirement that multifamily housing project be located in eligible distressed area; eliminate as condition for certain loans.
HB 5619 (Wayne Schmidt) Property tax; exemptions; waiver of specific tax; allow for land sold or conveyed by land bank fast track authority.
HB 5620 (Wayne Schmidt) Housing; housing development authority; mortgage credit certificate program; revise eligibility.
HB 5246 (Wayne Schmidt) Economic development; local development financing; number of smart zones; increase.
Presentations from:
Carol Van Andel, Van Andel Education Institute and
Board Member Michigan Colleges Foundation
Dr. Jeff Docking, President Adrian College
Casey Hoffman, Student at Albion College and
Board Chair for the Van Andel Millennial Board
Mary Kramer, Publisher at Crain's Detroit Business and
Board Member Michigan Colleges Foundation
H104A517-373-725622465Families, Children, and Seniors327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdaySB 454 (Nofs) Civil procedure; evidence; testimony of a vulnerable adult; allow to be presented by videotape or closed-circuit television.
SB 457 (Colbeck) Counties; employees and officers; county medical examiner to establish an elder death review team; allow.
SB 462 (Bieda) Health facilities; nursing homes; reporting requirements for abuse or neglect in nursing homes; modify.
SB 464 (Schuitmaker) Criminal procedure; other; development of investigative protocols and abuse and neglect interview protocols for vulnerable adults; require by certain local agencies.
SB 468 (Hansen) Criminal procedure; arrests; complainant's signature requirement to file a criminal complaint in cases alleging vulnerable adult abuse; prohibit magistrate from refusing to accept complaint because signed upon information and belief by individual other than the victim.
HB 5223 (Farrington) Human services; services or financial assistance; applicant substance abuse testing; include in eligibility criteria for family independence assistance program benefits.H058A517-373-5795Updated 05/10/201222457Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdayPresentations by:
Ms. Liza Estlund-Olson, Deputy Director, Direct Talent Strategies for Veterans Workforce Development Agency for the State of Michigan, on Veterans Retraining Assistance Programs (VRAP).
Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt, Provost, and Dr. Evan Montague, Dean of Students, on Lansing Community College "Veteran Friendly Practices"H101A517-373-200222479Oversight, Reform, and Ethics326 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/15/2012TuesdayHB 4096 (Cotter) State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing of all state expenditures; create.
SB 802 (Colbeck) State financing and management; budget; state departments' transparency; create financial reporting website.
SB 21 (Schuitmaker) State financing and management; purchasing; searchable database listing all state expenditures; create.H045A517-373-201322478Agriculture307 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/16/2012WednesdayHB 5595 (Brunner) Agriculture; weights and measures; uniform standards and regulations; modify.
HB 5596 (Daley) Agriculture; weights and measures; uniform standards and regulations; modify.
HR 256 (Pscholka) A resolution to memorialize the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to declare the Southwest Michigan fruit-growing region a disaster area in the wake of weather conditions that have devastated grape production.H082A517-373-8538New 05/14/2012 15:48:0222461Regulatory Reform521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/16/2012WednesdaySB 713 (Nofs) Occupations; junk and secondhand dealers; definition of secondhand dealer or junk dealer; exclude certain businesses.
HB 5611 (Ouimet) Liquor; licenses; sale of alcohol at certain sporting events held at a university's outdoor stadium; allow.
Presentation by:
Richard Kalm, Executive Director, Michigan Gaming Control Board
Overview of Horse Racing, Commercial and Indian gaming.
H038A517-373-579522476Tax Policy519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/16/2012WednesdayHB 5220 (Knollenberg) Property tax; tax tribunal; informal settlement conference; require if requested by petitioner.
HB 5088 (McMillin) Property tax; other; ballot language for local millages; clarify.
HB 5543 (Pscholka) Taxation; administration; effect of filing a return; clarify.
HB 5557 (O'Brien) Economic development; downtown development authorities; capture of certain taxes; modify.
HB 5463 (Walsh) Economic development; downtown development authorities; bylaws of authorities and taxable status; modify.
HB 5621 (Gilbert) Property tax; assessments; assessment of commercial rental property; revise.H081A517-373-201322462Government Operations327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/16/2012WednesdaySB 640 (Kahn) State; buildings; flags of the United States and the state of Michigan flown at state buildings or sold by state agencies; require to be made in the United States.
To be referred to the House Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee:
SB 543 (Brandenburg) Counties; boards and commissions; membership on county department of veterans' affairs; modify eligibility criteria.H098A517-373-200222486Transportation519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/16/2012WednesdayHB 5301 (Price) Transportation; funds; conditions to receive funding from Michigan transportation fund; modify.
HB 5302 (Roy Schmidt) Transportation; funds; local road agencies; require adoption of best practices and asset management standards as a condition of receiving funds.
HB 5313 (Jacobsen) Transportation; funds; conditions to receive funding from Michigan transportation fund; modify.
SB 265 (Casperson) Traffic control; violations; weight restriction during frost restriction periods; provide exemption for trucks transporting heating fuel under certain circumstances.
HB 5259 (LeBlanc) Vehicles; mopeds; definition of mopeds; remove horsepower threshold.
Testimony only:
HB 5391 (Huuki) Transportation; other; fingerprinting of applicants or licensees in public transit system; allow.
HB 5424 (Lyons) Traffic control; traffic regulation; axle weight variance for grain trucks; allow under certain circumstances.H093A517-373-1260New 05/14/2012 03:04:54 PM22474Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs307 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/17/2012ThursdayHB 5566 (Denby) Local government; other; authorized loan amounts under the emergency municipal loan act; revise and make other general revisions.
HB 5567 (Pscholka) Education; financing; permissible uses for school operating millages and repayment of hardship advances and emergency loans; amend revised school code regarding.
HB 5568 (Hughes) School aid; other; provisions regarding hardship advances and repayment of emergency loans; amend state school aid act to provide for.
HB 5569 (Ouimet) State financing and management; funds; disposition of surplus funds from emergency municipal loan act; clarify.
HB 5570 (Rogers) State financing and management; bonds; municipal bond authority; allow to create an emergency loan board loan.
Presentation by Chief Justice Milton Mack, Wayne County Probate Court regarding Electronic ArchivesH052A517-373-126022481Judiciary521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI05/17/2012ThursdayHB 5225 (Opsommer) Weapons; firearms; certain procedures for purchase and possession of pistols; revise.
HB 5282 (Rendon) Weapons; other; transportation of firearms for lawful purpose; expand.
SB 760 (Green) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify.
SB 761 (Kowall) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify.
SB 762 (Robertson) Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify.H019A517-373-5795