H_JUD_2021A 05/19/2021 04:05:00 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY Date 05/19/2021 Attendance Bacon X Benavidez X Bockenfeld X Carver X Daugherty X Luck * Lynch X Roberts X Woodrow X Tipper X Weissman X Time 04:05:00 PM to 06:41:37 PM Place Old State Library This Meeting was called to order by Weissman This Report was prepared by Bo Pogue Hearing Items Action Taken hHB21-1314 Amended, referred to House Finance hHB21-1315 Amended, referred to House Finance HB21-1314 - Amended, referred to House Finance Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/FD85BE6DB429...$File/May 19 Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment A.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/0D1B418610AE...$File/May 19 Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment B.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/8D48D030457D...$File/May 19 Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment C.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/D4FAD5C28F8C...$File/May 19 Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment D.pdf 04:05:24 PM Representatives Herod and Gray, prime sponsors, presented House Bill 21-1314, concerning the authority of the Department of Revenue to take action against certain documents. Representative Herod explained the effect of the bill and discussed its need. Phil Weiser, Attorney General, testified in support of the bill. 04:17:30 PM Matthew Packard, representing the Colorado State Patrol, testified in support of HB 21-1314. Emily Dindial, representing the ACLU, testified in support of the bill. Priya Sarathy Jones, representing the Fines and Fees Justice Center, testified in support of the bill. 04:29:20 PM Meghan Dollar, representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified in opposition to HB 21-1314. Robert Frick, representing the Colorado Municipal Judges Association, testified on the bill from an "amend" position. 04:38:22 PM Shane Madsen, representing the Independence Institute, testified in support of HB 21-1314. Helen Griffiths, representing the ACLU, testified in support of the bill. Denise Maes, representing the ACLU, testified in support of the bill. Esther Turcios, representing the Colorado Fiscal Institute, testified in support of the bill. Discussion ensued regarding jurisprudence surrounding the concept of holding a driver's license being a fundamental right. 04:50:08 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.001 (Attachment A). Discussion ensued regarding the fiscal impact of the bill, as affected by the amendment. 04:53:40 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:53:42 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.004 (Attachment B). Discussion ensued regarding support for the amendment by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. 04:59:24 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 Moved Tipper Seconded Weissman Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:59:26 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.003 (Attachment C). Discussion ensued regarding the fee level that is being replaced by the amendment. 05:01:40 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.003 Moved Tipper Seconded Weissman Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:01:42 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.002 (Attachment D). Conrad Imel, Office of Legislative Legal Services, provided clarification on the effect of the amendment. Discussion ensued regarding the merits of the amendment. 05:13:50 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Tipper Seconded Weissman Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:13:51 PM Representatives Herod and Gray provided closing remarks in support of HB 21-1314. Representatives Carver and Weissman provided their positions on the bill. 05:26:54 PM Motion Refer House Bill 21-1314, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Moved Tipper Seconded Weissman Bacon Yes Benavidez Yes Bockenfeld Yes Carver No Daugherty Yes Luck No Lynch No Roberts Yes Woodrow Yes Tipper Yes Weissman Yes Final YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB21-1315 - Amended, referred to House Finance Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/E1235340E87D...$File/May 19 Attachment E.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment E.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/04FEA188D55D...$File/May 19 Attachment F.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment F.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/553209B0DD43...$File/May 19 Attachment G.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment G.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/A514955DB046...$File/May 19 Attachment H.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment H.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/1D50F47027CF...$File/May 19 Attachment I.pdf?OpenElement May 19 Attachment I.pdf 05:27:05 PM Representative Herod, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 21-1315, concerning eliminating certain monetary amounts a juvenile in the justice system is required to pay. Representative Herod explained the effect of the bill and discussed its need. 05:33:53 PM Julissa Soto, representing herself, testified in support of HB 21-1315. Ann Roan, representing the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center, testified in support of the bill. 05:40:55 PM Arnold Hanuman, representing the Colorado District Attorneys' Council, testified on HB 21-1315 from an "amend" position. Mr. Hanuman responded to questions regarding the removal of certain fines and fees by the bill, and the loss of revenue by forfeiting uncollected fines. 06:03:51 PM Emma Aguirre, representing the UC Berkeley Policy Advocacy Clinic, testified in support of HB 21-1315. Tristan Gorman, representing the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Gorman read the testimony of Michael Juba. Devan Shea, representing the UC Berkeley Policy Advocacy Clinic, testified in support of the bill. Elise Logemann, representing the ACLU, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Shea was asked to provide data on certain rural counties. Ms. Gorman responded to questions regarding organizations that support the bill. Ms. Shea responded to questions regarding the nature of certain fees impacted by the bill. Discussion ensued regarding the impact of juvenile fines in terms of indigency. 06:26:14 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.001 (Attachment E). 06:27:05 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:27:28 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:28:04 PM Representative Woodrow explained the effecto of amendment L.002 (Attachment F). Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.003 (Attachment G). Discussion ensued regarding the merits of the amendment. 06:28:44 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.003 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:29:17 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.004 (Attachment H). Representative Herod responded to questions regarding the party that would cover certain costs under the amendment. 06:30:31 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:30:33 PM Representative Herod explained the effect of amendment L.007 (Attachment I). 06:31:37 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.007 Moved Tipper Seconded Woodrow Bacon Benavidez Bockenfeld Carver Daugherty Luck Lynch Roberts Woodrow Tipper Weissman YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:31:39 PM Representative Herod provided closing remarks in support of HB 21-1315. Various committee members provided their positions on the bill. 06:41:11 PM Motion Refer House Bill 21-1315, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Moved Tipper Seconded Weissman Bacon Yes Benavidez Yes Bockenfeld No Carver No Daugherty Yes Luck No Lynch No Roberts Excused Woodrow Yes Tipper Yes Weissman Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 06:41:37 PM The committee adjourned.