No. 68

STATE OF MICHIGAN

JOURNAL

OF THE

House of Representatives

98th Legislature

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

House Chamber, Lansing, Thursday, August 20, 2015.

10:00 a.m.

The House was called to order by Associate Speaker Pro Tempore Franz.

The roll was called by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who announced that a quorum was not present.

Rep. Ray A. Franz, from the 101st District, offered the following invocation:

“Lord God, we Your servants, are grateful for the many gifts that You provide. For the fresh water of the Great Lakes, for the rolling hills of the northern lower peninsula, for the minerals in the upper peninsula to the urban life in our great cities, we give You thanks. For the people, young and old, who make this state a wonderful place to work, live and play, we give You thanks. For our troops and public service personnel who protect and serve, we give You thanks. For our families and friends and the opportunity to serve the great state of Michigan in this chamber, we give You thanks. Amen.”

Announcement by the Clerk of Printing and Enrollment

The Clerk announced that the following bills had been printed and placed upon the files of the members on Thursday, August 20:

House Bill Nos. 4830 4831 4832 4833 4834

Introduction of Bills

Rep. Franz introduced

House Bill No. 4835, entitled

A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled “The general property tax act,” by amending section 28 (MCL 211.28), as amended by 2006 PA 143.

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

Reps. Lyons, Runestad, Theis, Hooker, Hughes, Barrett, Webber and Kosowski introduced

House Bill No. 4836, entitled

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled “The insurance code of 1956,” by amending section 1204f (MCL 500.1204f), as added by 2006 PA 442, and by adding section 3908 and chapter 39A.

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

Reps. Hughes, Glenn, Inman, Lyons, Rendon, Goike, Outman, Hooker, Rutledge, Talabi and Faris introduced

House Bill No. 4837, entitled

A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled “The general property tax act,” by amending section 53b (MCL 211.53b), as amended by 2013 PA 153.

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

Reps. VerHeulen, Cox, Victory, McCready, Inman, Singh, Bumstead, Iden, Runestad, Schor, Kelly, Hoadley, Pettalia, Lucido, Rendon, Garcia, Yonker, Lauwers and Kosowski introduced

House Bill No. 4838, entitled

A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “Occupational code,” by amending section 303a (MCL 339.303a), as amended by 2014 PA 265, and by adding article 8A; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

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

Reps. VerHeulen, Cox, McCready, Victory, Inman, Singh, Bumstead, Iden, Runestad, Schor, Kelly, Hoadley, Pettalia, Lucido, Rendon, Garcia, Yonker, Lauwers and Kosowski introduced

House Bill No. 4839, entitled

A bill to amend 1979 PA 152, entitled “State license fee act,” (MCL 338.2201 to 338.2277) by adding section 12.

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

Reps. Wittenberg, Hoadley, Liberati, Moss, Cochran, Greig, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Robinson, Geiss, Brinks, Pagan, Dianda, Irwin, Driskell, Townsend, Faris, Schor, Guerra, Neeley, Phelps, Chirkun, Sarah Roberts, Brunner, Smiley, Singh, Yanez, Plawecki, Derek Miller, Rutledge, Love, Callton, Durhal, Greimel, LaVoy and Zemke introduced

House Bill No. 4840, entitled

A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled “Probate code of 1939,” by amending section 23g of chapter X (MCL 710.23g), as added by 2015 PA 54.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

Reps. Hoadley, Talabi, Moss, Liberati, Cochran, Greig, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Robinson, Geiss, Brinks, Pagan, Dianda, Irwin, Driskell, Townsend, Faris, Schor, Guerra, Neeley, Phelps, Chirkun, Sarah Roberts, Brunner, Smiley, Singh, Yanez, Plawecki, Derek Miller, Rutledge, Love, Callton, Durhal, Greimel, Wittenberg, LaVoy and Zemke introduced

House Bill No. 4841, entitled

A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 14e and 14f (MCL 722.124e and 722.124f), as added by 2015 PA 53.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

Reps. Talabi, Hoadley, Moss, Liberati, Cochran, Greig, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Robinson, Geiss, Brinks, Pagan, Dianda, Irwin, Driskell, Townsend, Faris, Schor, Neeley, Guerra, Phelps, Chirkun, Sarah Roberts, Brunner, Smiley, Singh, Yanez, Plawecki, Derek Miller, Rutledge, Love, Callton, Durhal, Greimel, Wittenberg, LaVoy and Zemke introduced

House Bill No. 4842, entitled

A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “The social welfare act,” by amending section 5a (MCL 400.5a), as added by 2015 PA 55.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

Reps. Pscholka, Aaron Miller, Barrett, Sheppard, Glenn, Crawford, Tedder, Schor, Lucido, Forlini, Leutheuser, Webber, Kivela, Victory, Singh, Glardon, Inman, Lyons, Pagel, Canfield, Yonker, Rendon, Heise, LaVoy, Derek Miller, Geiss, Lane, Dianda, Theis, Kosowski and Zemke introduced

House Bill No. 4843, entitled

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 7403 and 7404 (MCL 333.7403 and 333.7404), as amended by 2012 PA 183.

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

Reps. Hughes, Inman, Lucido, Runestad, Leutheuser, Hooker, Sheppard, Glardon, Glenn, Johnson, Crawford, Franz, Yonker, Graves, Kesto, Cole, Lauwers, Brett Roberts, Garcia and Iden introduced

House Bill No. 4844, entitled

A bill to require departments and regulatory agencies of this state to acknowledge timely receipt of information requests submitted by mail as the postmark date; and to provide for rule-making authority.

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

Reps. Runestad, Rendon, Hooker, Muxlow, Chatfield, Cole, Robinson, Potvin, Forlini, Glenn, Barrett, Somerville, Tedder, Franz, Derek Miller, Plawecki, Lucido, Chirkun, Geiss, Graves and Callton introduced

House Bill No. 4845, entitled

A bill to amend 1970 PA 91, entitled “Child custody act of 1970,” by amending section 11 (MCL 722.31), as added by 2000 PA 422.

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

Reps. Barrett, Aaron Miller, Hughes, Chatfield, Hooker, Tedder, Crawford, Runestad, Rendon, Graves, Derek Miller, Yanez, Dianda, Glenn, Lauwers, LaVoy and Somerville introduced

House Bill No. 4846, entitled

A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 5o (MCL 28.425o), as amended by 2015 PA 16.

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

Reps. Chatfield, Aaron Miller, Franz, Johnson, Hooker and Rendon introduced

House Joint Resolution BB, entitled

A joint resolution applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress.

The joint resolution was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

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Associate Speaker Pro Tempore Franz declared the House adjourned until Wednesday, September 9, at 1:30 p.m.

GARY L. RANDALL

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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