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9E9A7DE633F05B6E87258832006C045A Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB22-180

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Apr 28, 2022      
Location LSB A



SB22-180 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

01:39:52 PM  
Co-sponsors, Representatives
Bacon and Gray, introduced and explained Senate Bill 22-180.
The
bill creates a grant program in the Colorado Energy Office to provide funding
to transit associations to provide free transit services during ozone season.
It also creates a transit services pilot project in the Department of Transportation.
01:45:09 PM  
The sponsors answered questions from the committee.
02:00:37 PM  
Jenny Gaeng, representing
Conservation Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ean Tafoya, representing
GreenLatinos, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Danny Katz, representing
the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, testified in support of the
bill. Troy Whitmore, representing the Regional Transportation District
(RTD), testified in support of the bill. Director of Transit and Rail,
Amber Blake, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT),
testified in support of the bill.
02:13:49 PM  
The panel answered questions from the committee.
02:16:42 PM  
Ben Parish, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Noah Shurz, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Andy Karsian, representing CDOT, was available to answer committee questions. Marian Krogh, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
02:32:22 PM  
The panel answered questions from the committee.
02:33:54 PM  
Molly McKinley, representing Denver Streets Partnership, testified in support of the bill.
02:51:32 PM  
Mrs. Shaina Oliver,
representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

02:52:16 PM  
Cindy Copeland, representing Boulder County, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Tamra Ward, representing Move Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
02:54:26 PM  
The panel answered questions from the committee.
02:59:03 PM  
Mariah Rosensweig, representing Denver Public Schools Students for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Deven Shaff, representing Counties and Commissioners Acting Together, testified in support of the bill.
03:05:09 PM  
Megan Kemp, representing
Healthy Air & Water Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mr.
Justin Bai, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Anne
Rajewski, representing the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies, testified
in support of the bill. Ms. Kelly Blynn, representing the Colorado Energy
Office, testified in support of the bill. Harmony Cummings, representing
Resilient Denver, testified in support of the bill.

03:16:40 PM  
The panel answered questions from the committee.
03:16:56 PM  
Nica Cave, representing
herself, testified in support of the bill. Additional written testimony
is included as Attachments A.1 and A.2.
03:27:54 PM  
The co-sponsors introduced
and explained amendment L.002 (Attachment B).


03:29:33 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B)
Moved Bernett
Seconded Froelich
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Hanks Excused
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:29:34 PM  
The co-sponsors introduced
and gave a brief overview amendment L.004 (Attachment C).

03:31:02 PM  
The committee gave comments on L.004.


03:33:13 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment C)
Moved Froelich
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Hanks Excused
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:33:14 PM  
The co-sponsors gave
closing comments on the bill.
03:40:17 PM  
The committee gave closing comments on the bill.


03:45:49 PM
Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-180, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Froelich
Seconded Cutter
Bernett Yes
Cutter Yes
Froelich Yes
Hanks Excused
Pico No
Sirota Yes
Soper No
Titone Yes
Weissman Yes
Will No
Woog No
Hooton Yes
Valdez A. Yes
Final YES: 8   NO: 4   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS