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Michigan House reads two resolutions urging H‑2A wage freeze and gray wolf delisting; both referred to committees
Summary
During a special session in Lansing, the Michigan House of Representatives read two nonbinding resolutions and referred both to committee.
During a special session in Lansing, the Michigan House of Representatives read two nonbinding resolutions and referred both to committee.
Majority Floor Leader Pastumas moved that the House proceed to the order of motions and resolutions and take up House Resolution 29; the motion was adopted "without objection," and the Clerk read the resolution introduced by Representative Johnson. House Resolution 29 urges the United States Congress to pass legislation temporarily freezing the adverse-effect wage rate for the H‑2A temporary agricultural workers program. The Clerk announced that the resolution was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Representative Fairbairn introduced House Resolution 30, described in the Clerk's reading as a resolution "urging the United States Congress to enact legislation that would reinstate the Department of Interior's prior removal of the gray wolf from the endangered species list, thus allowing gray wolf population management to be handled at the state level." The Clerk announced that House Resolution 30 was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism.
Earlier in the session, Minority Floor Leader Fitzgerald moved to excuse Representatives Myers Phillips, Grant, t Carter, Wilson, and Whitsett; the motion was approved "without objection." Majority Floor Leader Pastumas then moved to excuse Representatives Bagole, Bonac, Brook, and Paquette; that motion also was approved "without objection." The Clerk later reported a quorum and announced there were no members absent with prior excuse.
The Speaker advised there would be no further voting that day and that when the House adjourns it would stand adjourned until Wednesday, 03/05/2025, at 1:30 p.m. The referrals mean the two resolutions will be considered by their respective committees; no floor debate on either resolution is recorded in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: the motions to excuse members and the motions to take up the two resolutions were adopted by voice/consent as recorded in the transcript ("without objection"). No roll-call vote tallies are recorded in the transcript.
