LANSING — The Michigan House of Representatives on Oct. 1 announced House appointments to a conference committee for Senate Bill 166 and received a message from the Senate transmitting House Bill 4709, the clerk said during the House session at the State Capitol.

The matters were read aloud by Clerk Scott Stahr on communications the clerk received from the presiding officer, Speaker Matt Hall. The clerk announced that Speaker Hall had sent a communication appointing House conferees to the conference committee on Senate Bill 166; the names as read in the House record include Representative Bollin (chair), Representative Kelly and Representative "Glime Vale." A separate read-back later in the transcript identified Representative Berlin, Representative Kelly and Representative "Glennville" as House conferees for the same bill, an inconsistency visible in the session record.

The clerk also read a Senate communication transmitting House Bill 4709 and naming Senate conferees to join House conferees on that bill. The record states the Senate appointed Senators Anthony, McCann and Bumstead to serve as conferees to join with Representatives Bolin, Maddock and Farhat. The clerk further read that the Senate had non-concurred in the House substitute H-5 for Senate Bill 166 and appointed Senators Camilleri, Anthony and Bumstead as Senate conferees for that bill.

Conference committees reconcile differences between House and Senate versions of legislation; the communications read to the House formally name the lawmakers who will participate in those negotiations. The session record does not include debate on the underlying bills during the announcements, nor does it record roll-call votes on the appointments.

The official House record also contains a separate announcement that certain bills were reproduced and made available electronically on Wednesday, Oct. 1; the transcript text for that item contains garbled bill numbers and does not list full titles or sponsors.

Because the names and listings for conferees appear in more than one passage in the session transcript with differing spellings and pairings, the House Journal or the enrolled papers should be consulted for an authoritative list of conferees and official bill titles and sponsors.

No committee reports, floor debate on the bills, or formal votes on the conferee appointments appear in the provided session excerpt.