6F6D9FD096B5A5D987258ABC0073EF8E Hearing Summary

Senator Mullica, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 24-064, concerning requiring the Judicial Department to make residential eviction-related information available to the public.  He discussed the importance and need to collect eviction case data. 

Senator Mullica distributed and explained Amendment L.001 to clarify requests for data (Attachment A). 

He next distributed and explained Amendment L.002 to amend the previous amendment,, followed by Amendments L.004 and L.005 for technical changes (Attachments B, C, and D). 

Committee members asked questions about SMART Act reporting requirements, as outlined in the bill. Further questions were asked about other publically available eviction data. 

Kinsey Hasstedt, representing Enterprise Community Partners, testified in support of the bill.

Aubrey Wilde, representing Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Brian Rossbert, representing Housing Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Committee members asked questions about drilling down to individual case levels.

Mr. TJ Weese, representing Colorado Landlord Legislative Coalition, testified in support of the bill.

Amber Kelley, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Ealasha Vaughner, representing Clayton Early Learning, testified in support of the bill.

Melissa Mejia, representing Community Economic Defense Project, testified in support of the bill.

Sarah Barnes, representing Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Jack Regenbogen, representing Colorado Poverty Law Project, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

Written testimony about the bill may be found in Attachment E.

Senator Mullica recapped the amendments distributed earlier in the hearing. 

Committee members asked questions about the amendments.

The bill sponsor made closing remarks. 

Committee members made closing remarks.