Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0207-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0215-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Ionia Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0233-23

Testimony from Kyle Kaminski, Offender Success Administrator and Legislative Liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, in response to the above-mentioned audits.

Presentations by:
Ramon Jackson
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell
Testimony from multiple witnesses

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0207-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0215-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Ionia Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0233-23

Testimony from Kyle Kaminski, Offender Success Administrator and Legislative Liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, in response to the above-mentioned audits.

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0207-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0215-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Ionia Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0233-23

Testimony from Kyle Kaminski, Offender Success Administrator and Legislative Liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, in response to the above-mentioned audits.

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0207-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0215-23

Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report-Ionia Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, March 2025 #471-0233-23

Testimony from Kyle Kaminski, Offender Success Administrator and Legislative Liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, in response to the above-mentioned audits.

An overview of aging services and programming.

Presentations on Rethinking Special Education in Michigan.

HB 4119 (Frisbie): Exempts the purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment from sales tax.

HB 4120 (Andrews): Exempts the purchase of certain aircraft and aviation equipment from use tax.

HB 4287 (Bohnak): Deducts certain broadband expansion grants from taxable income.

HB 4387 (Roth): Provides for an income tax credit for qualified expenditures attributable to supplies, repairs, and restoration after a declared state of emergency.

HB 4279 (Greene): Creates a Michigan National Guard apprenticeship program.

An overview of the Office of Child Advocate by Ryan Speidel.

A presentation by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy on Air Quality Division programs.

Testimony on Children's Rights Settlement and MISEP.

Testimony by Demetrius Starling, Senior Deputy Director of the Children’s Services Administration.

A presentation on the Report on the Michigan Liquor Control Commission Selected Operational Processes and IT Systems by the Office of the Auditor General.

SB 71 (Damoose): Designates the Mackinac Bridge as a key facility.

HB 4343 (Borton): Exempts certain trucks assisting in a state of emergency from frost laws.

HB 4344 (Prestin): Removes a limitation on driving hours during a state of emergency.

HB 4203 (Johnsen): Revises a seasonal weight restriction exemption for a tow truck, wrecker, or road service vehicles under certain circumstances.

JCAR No. 25-39 (MOAHR No. 2024-048 ST) Department of State, Bureau of Elections-Gifts Under the Lobby Act.

JCAR No. 25-40 (MOAHR No. 2024-063 ST) Department of State, Bureau of Elections—Disqualification from Ballot Based Upon Contents of Affidavit of Identity.

HB 4397 (Lightner): Courts: judges; personal information and physical safety protections for judges, their families, and household members; enhance.

A presentation by the Michigan Association of Timbermen.

Testimony on SOAR Funds for the Gotion EV Battery Plant by:

Jim Chapman, Former Green Charter Township Supervisor

Lori Brock, Owner of Majestic Friesians Horse Farm

Jason Kruse, Green Charter Township Supervisor

Ormand Hook, No Gotion Strategist

HB 4010 (St. Germaine): Designates Harrison Township as Boat Town USA.

HB 4350 (Borton): Allows wildlife feeding under certain conditions.

HR 77 (VanWoerkom): Urges Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to resume construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project to prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes.

A presentation by Michigan Boating Industries Association.

A presentation by Blue Economy.

A presentation by Michigan Association of Timbermen.

A presentation on drones and AI capabilities by Dakoyta Greenman of Westwood AI.

Mr. Greenman will conduct a live stream demonstration on the ability of drones by operating it over the State Capitol during committee testimony. The demonstration will identify the capabilities of drone technology, especially when coupled with Artificial Intelligence.

HB 4113 (Steckloff): Liquor: other; discount for specially designated distributors and on-premises licensees; increase.
HB 4114 (Kuhn): Liquor: liquor control commission; certain liquor code violations not held against a licensee after a certain time; provide for.
HB 4394 (Rigas): Occupations: licensing fees; permit fee for barbers and cosmetologists to operate outside of a licensed facility for veterans; establish.
Water supply: systems; authority as municipal authority; modify.
Occupations: licensing fees; permit fee for barbers and cosmetologists to operate outside of a licensed facility for veterans; establish.
HB 4395 (Witwer): Occupations: barbers; license to perform services at veteran service organizations; provide for.
HB 4422 (Wendzel): Liquor: authorized distribution agents; authorized distribution agent fees; increase.
Occupations: barbers; license to perform services at veteran service organizations; provide for.
Presentation from Dawn Crandall of the Home Builders Association of Michigan.

Presentation on LARA’s Bureaus by the Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
Presentation by Michigan Saves

HB 4257 (Neyer): Environmental protection: solid waste; anaerobic digestion and digestate; define.
HB 4265 (Andrews): Environmental protection: solid waste; reporting and compliance requirements for anaerobic digesters; modify.

HB 4103 (Rogers): Health occupations: occupational therapists; occupational therapy licensure compact; enact.
HB 4309 (Prestin): Health occupations: physician's assistants; physician's assistants licensure compact; provide for.
HB 4101 (Bierlein): Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact.
HB 4017 (Neyer): Labor: health and safety; penalty for failure to report a death; decrease by the maximum allowable amount if the death occurs to a certain individual on a family farm.

Presentation by the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget on its practices for reducing risks with information technology project management and contracting