0F1FA06288389E2E872586A9005F48F8 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB21-030

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Date Mar 31, 2021
Location SCR 352

SB21-030 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment

210331 AttachA.pdf

Attachment

210331 AttachB.pdf

11:20:50 AM

Senator Holbert, sponsor, explained Senate Bill 21-030, concerning criminal theft of rental property. He discussed failure to return rental equipment and reasons why it should be restored as a separate offense.

11:28:29 AM

Mr Matthew Gershaw, representing American Rental Association (ARA), testified in support of the bill. He discussed rental stores and loss of revenue from unreturned equipment.

Mr Jeff Jackson, representing ARA of Colorado, testified in support of the bill and distributed a hand-out about economic impacts of the equipment rental industry (Attachment A).

11:35:27 AM

Jackson Andrew Heesacker, representing ARA, testified in support of the bill. He discussed the lack of recourse for unreturned rental equipment.

11:37:57 AM

Ms Maureen Cain, representing Office of the State Public Defender, withdrew opposition testimony based on the amendment.

11:39:30 AM

Senator Lee distributed and explained Amendment L. 001 about rental property theft and restitution (Attachment B).

11:40:49 AM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B)
	Moved	Lee
	Seconded

	Cooke
	Gardner
	Rodriguez
	Gonzales
	Lee
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

11:41:03 AM

Senator Holbert made closing remarks.

11:43:44 AM	Motion	Refer Senate Bill 21-030, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
	Moved	Lee
	Seconded

	Cooke	Yes
	Gardner	Yes
	Rodriguez	Yes
	Gonzales	Yes
	Lee	Yes
	Final	YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

SB21-030 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar

Colorado General Assembly