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Bill Summary for Bill Number HB17-1276 Date: 05/03/2017
Location: SCR 357
Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB17-1276

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment J). The motion p
Refer House Bill 17-1276, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection
PASS



07:26 PM -- HB17-1276

Senator Fields and Senator Gardner, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 17-1276 to the committee. This bill, as amended by the House Education Committee, prohibits the use of a chemical, mechanical, or prone (face-down) restraint on a public school student. Exceptions are allowed for the use of mechanical or prone restraints when the student is openly displaying a deadly weapon or the person applying the restraint is an armed security officer who has received specified training and has made a referral to a law enforcement agency. The prohibition does not apply to schools operated in state-owned facilities within the Division of Youth Corrections.

07:28 PM --
Mike Hoover, representing the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council, testified in support of the bill.

07:30 PM --
Laura Ayres, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

07:33 PM --
Marijo Rymer, representing the Arc of Colorado and Mental Health America, testified in support of the bill.

07:35 PM --
Alison Daniels, representing Disability Law Colorado, testified in support of the bill.


07:38 PM

Senator Gardner presented amendment L.003 (Attachment J).

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BILL: HB17-1276
TIME: 07:38:55 PM
MOVED: Court
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment J). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Court
Fenberg
Hill
Sonnenberg
Scott
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

BILL: HB17-1276
TIME: 07:39:13 PM
MOVED: Court
MOTION: Refer House Bill 17-1276, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Court
Yes
Fenberg
Yes
Hill
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Scott
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS