The House Judiciary Committee voted to adopt the H‑3 substitute to House Bill 4211, a measure sponsors said clarifies qualifying events for resentencing under cases extending Miller resentencings. Representative O'Neil explained the substitute would clarify eligibility under People v. Taylor and related decisions and would allow funds to be spent on reentry services for people who choose to receive them.

Representative O'Neil described the change as necessary to implement resentencing eligibility created by case law and estimated it would affect about 70 to 80 cases currently known to sponsors.

The committee read a long list of organizations that submitted written testimony or cards supporting the bill, including the ACLU of Michigan, Michigan Catholic Conference, The Sentencing Project, Alliance for Safety and Justice, Safe & Just Michigan, the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, and multiple reentry organizations and local community members. Many of those supporters did not wish to speak in person but submitted statements for the record.

On a roll call vote the committee adopted the H‑3 substitute (recorded as 11 yays, 0 nays, 0 passed) and then reported House Bill 4211 as substituted to the next step in the legislative process.

Supporters framed the substitute as a narrowly targeted clarification to make resentencing and associated reentry services accessible to people affected by the cited appellate decisions; the record shows wide committee support at this hearing.