h_sa_2016a_2016-03-21t13:49:59z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/21/2016

05:59 PM -- HB16-1010



The committee reconvened.



Representative Priola, sponsor, presented House Bill 16-1010 to the committee. Under current law, a person may not release destructive rodent pests into a county without prior approval of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and the corresponding county commissioners. An exemption to this requirement allows rodent pests to be released into a county from which the animals were originally captured. This bill removes the exemption, and requires that individuals give prior notification to any conservation district in which the rodents are to be released.



Representative Priola distributed amendments L.007 and L.008 (Attachments E and F) and spoke to the amendments. He also provided a packet of information to committee members (Attachment G).



16HouseState0321AttachE.pdf 16HouseState0321AttachF.pdf



16HouseState0321AttachG.pdf



06:06 PM -- Lindsey Sterling Krank, representing the Prairie Dog Coalition, testified against the bill. She provided handouts for committee members (Attachments H and I) and responded to committee questions.



16HouseState0321AttachH.pdf 16HouseState0321AttachI.pdf



06:11 PM -- Jennifer Tucker, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



06:14 PM -- Heather Swanson, representing the City of Boulder, testified against the bill and responded to committee questions.



06:19 PM -- Rod Bockenfeld, representing Arapahoe County and Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.



06:25 PM -- Mark Ruzzin, representing Boulder County, testified against the bill and responded to committee questions.



06:29 PM -- Brian Starkebaum, representing the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, testified in support of the bill.



06:31 PM -- Ruby Bowman, representing herself, testified against the bill.



06:34 PM -- Tom Thompson, representing the East Adams Conservation District, testified in support of the bill.



06:38 PM -- Pam Wanek, representing herself, testified against the bill and responded to committee questions.



06:45 PM -- Sharon Croghan, representing the East Adams Conservation District, testified in support of the bill.



06:52 PM -- Matt Bergles, representing himself, testified against the bill.



06:55 PM -- Keith Younger, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.



07:01 PM -- Steve Forrest, representing Defenders of Wildlife, testified against the bill and responded to committee questions.



07:07 PM -- Scott Sauer, representing himself, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.



07:13 PM -- Stephen Dorsey, representing himself, testified against the bill.



07:15 PM -- Barbara Frihauf, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



07:21 PM -- Cheyne Cumming, representing herself, testified against the bill.



07:25 PM -- Julie Ebert, representing herself, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.



07:29 PM -- Susan Sommers, representing herself, testified against the bill.



07:33 PM -- Shannon Kelley, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



07:35 PM -- Rae Tatel, representing her class at the Downtown Denver Expeditionary School, testified against the bill.



07:38 PM -- Ava Waeckerlin, representing her class at the Downtown Denver Expeditionary School, testified against the bill.



07:40 PM -- Lucia Artley, representing her class at the Downtown Denver Expeditionary School, testified against the bill.



07:42 PM -- Cynthia Ness, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



07:46 PM -- Gina Writz, representing herself, testified against the bill.



07:51 PM -- Dale Ness, representing himself, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.



07:55 PM -- Deanna Meyer, representing Wildlands Defense, testified against the bill.



07:59 PM -- Tim Brown, representing the Farm Bureau, the Double El Conservation District, and the Colorado Cattlemen's Association, testified in support of the bill.



08:01 PM -- Davin Meyer, representing Wildlands Defense, testified against the bill.



08:04 PM -- Meghan Ebert, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



08:05 PM -- Sandy Toland, representing herself, testified against the bill.



08:08 PM -- Michelle Hinerman, representing Wildlands Defense, testified against the bill.



08:12 PM -- Pamela Geer, representing herself, testified against the bill.



08:16 PM -- Maureen Lawry, representing the Boulder County Audubon Society, testified against the bill.



08:18 PM -- Ruth Sims, representing herself, testified against the bill.



08:22 PM -- Christine Horowitz, representing herself, testified against the bill.



08:24 PM -- Fred Gibson, representing himself, testified against the bill.



08:27 PM -- Liza Hunholz, representing Colorado Parks and Wildlife, responded to committee questions about the bill.



08:29 PM -- Katie Little, representing herself, testified against the bill.



08:33 PM -- Anna Rivas, representing herself, testified against the bill.





08:35 PM



Representative Priola discussed amendments L.007 and L.008.

08:38 PM



Committee members commented on the bill.