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49D85F00C3D2293687258974006BA136 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB23-1234

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Mar 16, 2023      
Location LSB A



HB23-1234 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

01:35:41 PM  
Representatives Soper
and Brown, co-sponsors of the bill, gave a brief overview of House Bill
23-1234 Streamlined Solar Permitting and Inspection Grants. The bill creates
the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program.
01:39:38 PM  
The sponsors answered questions from the committee on the bill.
01:39:54 PM  
Mr. Mike Kruger, representing Colorado Solar & Storage Association, testified in support of the bill. Keith Hay, representing Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill. Jacob Smith, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Richard Hubler, representing Alamosa County Land Use & Building, testified in support of the bill.
01:53:04 PM  
The panel answered
questions from the committee.


Additional written
testimony is included as Attachment A.
01:53:23 PM  
The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.003 (Attachment B).


01:55:55 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.003
Moved Valdez
Seconded Willford
DeGraaf
Dickson
Evans
Froelich Excused
Valdez
Velasco
Vigil
Weissman
Winter T.
Willford
Kipp
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
01:55:57 PM  
The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.005 (Attachment C).


01:56:46 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.005
Moved Valdez
Seconded Willford
DeGraaf
Dickson
Evans
Froelich Excused
Valdez
Velasco
Vigil
Weissman
Winter T.
Willford
Kipp
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
01:56:49 PM  
The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.006 (Attachment D).


01:57:32 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.006
Moved Valdez
Seconded Willford
DeGraaf
Dickson
Evans
Froelich Excused
Valdez
Velasco
Vigil
Weissman
Winter T.
Willford
Kipp
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
01:57:34 PM  
The sponsors gave closing comments on the bill.
01:58:27 PM  
The committee gave closing comments on the bill.


02:02:48 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 23-1234, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Willford
Seconded Valdez
DeGraaf Yes
Dickson Yes
Evans Yes
Froelich Excused
Valdez Yes
Velasco Yes
Vigil Yes
Weissman Yes
Winter T. Yes
Willford Yes
Kipp Yes
Final YES: 10   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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