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Podcast 83 1-14-25

Traditions are being broken right and left at the State Capitol in 2025 and it’s unclear how counties will fare from the results, MAC’s Podcast 83 Team reports in its newest episode. “In the incoming term, there will not be a house Local Government Committee, which is something to my understanding that hasn't been done before,” explained Samantha Gibson. “Typically, most of our issues do go through the house Local Government Committee. Obviously, you know, we spend a lot of time in judiciary and criminal justice and transportation and whatnot, but the house Local Government Committee has been a long-standing platform for local governments to use in the House, so it'll be different this term kind of running around all over the place to all these different committees.” “I'm more than a little bit concerned,” added Deena Bosworth. “There are several issues that always went through the Local Government Committee that don't really belong in some of the other policy committees. If you take issues like Open Meetings Act or zoning issues, local control issues are important. And we've seen Local Government Committee members who usually have local government background, and they understand the plight that local governments go through.” New House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) also has charted a new path on approved legislation from 2024, so far refusing to send over bills for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature to make them law. Among the stalled measures is House Bill 6058, which alters what counties have to do on employee health insurance. “We were not happy with how it was drafted, how it went through the process and how it ultimately ended up,” Bosworth said. “The problem is that it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. “I guess we'll wait and see on that,” Bosworth added. “See what the new speaker does with those bills, if he's compelled to, at some point, present them to the governor, and we'll see what the governor does, right? Like I said, I've never seen this before, but it's fun to watch a lot of things we haven't seen before.”