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House Insurance Committee advances HB 52-98 and HB 52-99; Fitzgerald tie-bar amendments defeated
Summary
The committee adopted an H-1 substitute for House Bill 52-98 and voted to report both HB 52-98 and HB 52-99 with recommendations to pass; two tie-bar amendments from Rep. Fitzgerald failed 3-7.
The House Insurance Committee on [date not specified in transcript] adopted an H-1 substitute for House Bill 52-98 and later reported both HB 52-98 and HB 52-99 to the House with recommendations that they pass. Two amendments offered by Rep. Fitzgerald to tie the bills to House Bill 45-76 were defeated.
Committee Chair Harris opened the meeting, and the clerk confirmed a quorum. The committee first approved past minutes and then took up the H-1 substitute for HB 52-98. The motion to adopt the substitute carried on roll call with 10 yays, 0 nays, 0 passes. Following that, Rep. Fitzgerald offered an amendment to HB 52-98 seeking to tie it to HB 45-76 and to HB 52-99; the amendment failed on a roll call of 3 ayes and 7 nays.
Vice Chair Tisdell moved to report HB 52-98 as substituted with a recommendation that it pass. The roll call on the recommendation recorded 7 yeas, 0 nays, and 3 members recorded as passed. The chair announced the motion prevailed and that HB 52-98 was reported with recommendation. Rep. Fitzgerald later offered a similar tie-bar amendment to HB 52-99, and after a brief exchange about whether he could speak to the amendment content the committee again rejected the motion by a 3–7 margin.
Rep. Nyer moved to report HB 52-99 with a recommendation that it pass; that motion carried on roll call with 7 yays, 0 nays, and 3 passes and the committee reported HB 52-99 with recommendation.
The clerk read several position cards into the record: Kevin McKinney (CPAN) was noted as opposing the bills and not wishing to speak; Ken Moran (Life Insurance Association of Michigan), David Zibble (Jackson National Life), and Ken Ross (John Hancock) were recorded as supporting and not wishing to speak. No formal amendments that prevailed were recorded for either bill.
Next steps: both bills were reported out of committee with recommendation that they pass and will proceed in the legislative process. The committee then moved to other agenda items and adjourned.
