House Rules Committee adopts committee rule, sets regular meeting time and hears briefing on Michigan rulemaking process

The Michigan House Rules Committee adopted an internal committee rule and set Room 519 in the Anderson House Office Building as its regular meeting location and time, then heard a briefing on the state administrative rulemaking process from staff of the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules.

Representative Aragona moved to adopt the proposed committee rule; the clerk recorded 7 yeas, no nays and no passes and the motion prevailed. Representative Martin then moved to designate Room 519 on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. as the committee's normal meeting day, time and location; the clerk again recorded 7 yeas, no nays and no passes and the motion prevailed. Representative Wenzel moved to excuse absent members later in the meeting; that motion carried by unanimous consent and the committee adjourned.

The committee then received a presentation from Paige Fultz, director of policy and legislative affairs at the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and from Suzanne Sonneborn, executive director of the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOAHR), with Katie Wenceski, director of MOAHR's administrative rules division, also speaking. Fultz described…