Criminal Justice Committee, Michigan House of Representatives (Decommissioned)

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The Criminal Justice Committee is a former standing committee of the Michigan House of Representatives. Per Standing House Rule 33(2), the committee was made up of eight members.

Function

The rules of the Senate and House do not describe the jurisdiction of the individual standing committees except that all Senate bills involving an appropriation must be referred either directly to the appropriations committee or to an appropriate standing committee and then to the appropriations committee. Traditionally, the assignment of bills follows topical lines.

Membership

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Criminal Justice Members, 2015
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (5)
• Vanessa Guerra, Vice chair	• Kurt Heise, Chair
• Marcia Hovey-Wright	• Michael Webber, Vice chair
• Stephanie Chang	• Martin Howrylak
	• Todd Courser
	• Peter Lucido

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Criminal Justice Members, 2013
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (7)
• Stacy Oakes, Vice chair	• Kurt Heise, Chair
• Rose Mary Robinson	• Joseph Graves, Vice chair
• John Olumba	• Kenneth Kurtz
• John Kivela	• Mike Callton
	• Ed McBroom
	• Margaret O'Brien
	• Klint Kesto

External links

• Michigan House of Representatives