F026B2403EC507F38725899B007AE6F0 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB23-256HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER & NATURAL RESOURCESDate Apr 24, 2023 Location Old State Library SB23-256 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/2138909E6CE2...$File/Attachment C - Combined.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C - Combined.pdf http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/B53E369CBA77...$File/Attachment D - SB256_L.010.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D - SB256_L.010.pdf http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/89D9D47D378F...$File/Attachment E - SB256_L.007.pdf?OpenElement Attachment E - SB256_L.007.pdf http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/607F0BAEF4C6...$File/Attachment F - SB256_L.008.pdf?OpenElement Attachment F - SB256_L.008.pdf 04:22:26 PM Representative Lukens, bill co-prime sponsor, introduced and gave opening comments on Senate Bill 23-156. The bill prohibits the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) commission from restoring gray wolves into an area if the U.S. Secretary of the Interior has not made final determination that the gray wolf population is a nonessential experimental population in accordance with 16 USC sec. 1539 (j), known as Section 10 (j), of the Endangered Species Act. 04:53:10 PM Representative Soper, bill co-prime sponsor, gave opening comments on the bill. 04:59:07 PM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 05:01:32 PM Ms. Krisztina Gayler, representing National Wolfwatcher Coalition and The 06 Legacy, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Roland Halpern, representing Colorado Voters for Animals, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Ellen Kesslere, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Executive Director Dan Gibbs, representing Colorado Department of Natural Resources, testified in opposition to the bill. Mike Phillips, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Patricia McLaughlin, representing Sierra Club, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:21:48 PM Director Gibbs continued to respond to questions from the committee. 05:37:43 PM Mr. Phillips answered questions from the committee. 05:40:45 PM Mr. Mark Kohn, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Rhonda Dern, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Michael Saul, representing Western Watersheds Project, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Rainer Gerbatsch, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:55:10 PM Ms. Kaitie Schneider, representing Defenders of Wildlife, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Lindsay Larris, representing WildEarth Guardians, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Delia Malone, representing Colorado Sierra Club, testified in opposition to the bill. Tom Delehanty, representing Earthjustice, testified in opposition to the bill. 06:12:05 PM Ms. Darlene Kobobel, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. David Hand, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ean Tafoya, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Ethan Ray, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. 06:22:15 PM Mr. Andrew Currie, representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Commissioner Tony Bohrer, representing Moffat Couinty, testified in support of the bill. Mr. James Pribyl, representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Professor Kevin Lynch, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 06:33:21 PM Gaspar Perricone, representing Colorado Wildlife Conservation Project, testified in support of the bill. Deborah Freeman, representing Gunnison County Stockgrowers' Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ken Spann, representing Gunnison County Stockgrowers' Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Philip Anderson, representing Colorado Cattlemens Association, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 06:55:10 PM Justin Nolan, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Greg Peterson, representing Gunnison County Stockgrowers' Association, testified in support of the bill. Callie Hendrickson, representing White River & Douglas Creek Conservation Districts, testified in support of the bill. Kathleen Curry, representing Gunnison County Stockgrowers' Association, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 07:19:50 PM The previous panel continued to respond to questions from the committee. 07:20:02 PM Commissioner Merrit Linke, representing Grand County and Club 20, testified in support of the bill. Tyler Garrett, representing Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Tiffany Taylor, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Jennifer Burbey, representing Colorado Outfitters Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Don Gittleson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Larry Desjardin, representing Keep Routt Wild, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 07:36:14 PM Reece Melton, representing Colorado Farm Bureau, testified in support of the bill. Mr. James Henderson, representing Colorado Farm Bureau, testified in support of the bill. Brita Horn, representing Farm Bureau Routt, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Tom Harrington, representing Colorado Cattlemens Association, testified in support of the bill. Virginia Harrington, representing Holy Cross Cattlemen's Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Zach Salin, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 08:00:28 PM Lenny Klinglesmith, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Wesley Mendez, representing Colorado Bowhunters Association, testified in support of the bill. Travis Smith, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Bonnie Brown, representing Colorado Wool Growers Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Robert Terwilliger, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. 08:00:29 PM Submitted written testimony can be found in Attachment C. 08:17:18 PM Representative Story introduced amendment L.010 (Attachment D). 08:17:41 PM Representative Story replied to questions from the committee about the amendment. 08:21:23 PM The bill sponsors made comments on the amendment. 08:22:58 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.010 Moved Story Seconded Parenti Holtorf No Lindsay No Lukens No Martinez No McLachlan No Parenti Yes Soper No Story Yes Titone No Velasco No Winter T. No Catlin No McCormick No YES: 2 NO: 11 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 08:24:14 PM Representative Story introduced amendment L.007 (Attachment E). 08:24:22 PM The committee asked questions and made comments about the amendment. 08:28:34 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.007 Moved Story Seconded Parenti Holtorf No Lindsay No Lukens No Martinez No McLachlan No Parenti No Soper No Story Yes Titone No Velasco No Winter T. No Catlin No McCormick No YES: 1 NO: 12 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 08:29:55 PM Representative Story introduced amendment L.008 (Attachment F). 08:30:02 PM The committee made comments on the amendment. The amendment was withdrawn. 08:31:12 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.008 Moved Story Seconded Parenti Holtorf Lindsay Lukens Martinez McLachlan Parenti Soper Story Titone Velasco Winter T. Catlin McCormick YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Withdrawn 08:31:47 PM Representative Soper and Representative Lukens gave closing comments on the bill. 08:38:31 PM Committee members made final comments on the bill. 08:45:50 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 23-256 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Lukens Seconded Soper Holtorf Yes Lindsay Yes Lukens Yes Martinez Yes McLachlan Yes Parenti No Soper Yes Story No Titone Yes Velasco Yes Winter T. Yes Catlin Yes McCormick Yes Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS