
Brass Roots founder Jon Coon with Brass Roots Michigan activist Mike DeVore displaying the Plaque in front of the Michigan State Capital Building. It was presented at a second rally in 1995.
You may Contact your State Representative and ask him or her to cosponsor or support HB 5595 at:
… and you may also encourage your state senator to introduce or support a Senate version of HB 5595 at:
However, the most immediate action that must be made is to move this bill out of committee. To do that there needs to be a committee hearing. Wayne Schmidt is Vice Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. So it is urgent that he schedules a hearing. Please contact anyone you know who may be in the 104th State Representative District, and ask them to call Representative Schmidt at 517-373-1766 or email him using this webform.
He is also running for the 37th District State Senate seat. Please contact anyone in the 37th state senate district and have them call him at (517) 373-1766 (Indicate that the will likely be a future constituent), or email him using this webform.
Other Committee Members Must Be Contacted Too!
If you are in any of these districts please contact your representative and urge him or her to have a committee hearing for this bill. If you know anyone in one of these districts, urge your friend to do likewise.
Wayne Schmidt (R) Committee Chair, 104th District
Ben Glardon (R) Majority Vice-Chair, 85th District
Kevin Daley (R) 82nd District
Kurt Heise (R) 20th District
Bradford Jacobsen (R) 46th District
Margaret O’Brien (R) 61st District
Peter Pettalia (R) 106th District
Dan Lauwers (R) 81st District
Michael McCready (R) 40th District
Marilyn Lane (D) Minority Vice-Chair, 31st District
Scott Dianda (D) 110th District
David Rutledge (D) 54th District
Gretchen Driskell (D) 52nd District
Tom Cochran (D) 67th District
Charles Smiley (D) 50th District
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Mary Lou Terrien, Committee Clerk
517-373-1260