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House Judiciary Committee reports multiple bills, including substitute for judgeship bill in Oakland County
Summary
The committee adopted substitutes and reported several bills out of committee, including HB 5120, HB 5121 and HB 4833 (Oakland County judgeship), and reported HB 5211–5213 with recommendation. Testimony for several bills was filed but not presented orally.
The House Judiciary Committee met and completed votes to report multiple bills with recommendations. The clerk read attendance and testimony cards, the committee adopted several H-1 substitutes and reported the bills to the next stage by roll-call votes.
Written testimony filed in opposition to House Bills 5211–5213 included submissions from Josh Pease (Family Law Section), Judge Lisa Sullivan (Michigan Probate Judges Association) and the Michigan Domestic and ****** Violence Prevention and Treatment Board; those parties did not request to speak on the record. The clerk read written support for House Bills 5120, 5121 and 6033 from Emily Corwin (Wayne County Prosecutor's Office) and Jeff Kirkpatrick (Michigan Court Officers and Deputy Sheriff's Process Servers Association).
On procedural matters, the committee adopted the minutes and excused absent members by consensus. The committee voted to report House Bills 5211, 5212 and 5213 with recommendation after roll calls recorded in the transcript.
Separately, the committee adopted substitute H-1 to House Bill 5120 (previously adopted on June 3) and reported the bill with recommendation; the clerk recorded 11 ayes and 0 nays. The committee likewise adopted substitute H-1 to House Bill 5121 and reported it with recommendation (11 yays, 0 nays). The committee also adopted a technical-language H-1 substitute to House Bill 4833, noting that Oakland County funding units had submitted unanimous resolutions supporting retention of a judgeship; the substitute was adopted and HB 4833 was reported with recommendation (clerk recorded 11 yeas, 0 nays).
The committee adjourned after completing the listed business. The meeting record does not include further details on next steps or dates for floor consideration.
