PUBLIC STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Date |
06/05/2020 |
Attendance |
Duran |
X |
Humphrey |
X |
Lontine |
X |
Rich |
X |
Sirota |
X |
Will |
X |
Woodrow |
X |
Jaquez Lewis |
X |
Kennedy |
X |
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Time |
04:02:31 PM to 06:17:50 PM |
Place |
Old State Library |
This Meeting was called to order by |
Representative Kennedy |
This Report was prepared by |
Amanda King |
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Hearing Items |
Action Taken |
hHB20-1410 |
Amended, referred to House Appropriations |
hHB20-1411 |
Amended, referred to House Appropriations |
hHB20-1414 |
Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole |
hHB20-1412 |
Referred to House Appropriations |
hSB20-209 |
Referred to the Committee of the Whole |
hHB20-1409 |
Referred to the Committee of the Whole |
hSB20-041 |
Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole |
hHCR20-1001 |
Amended, referred to House Appropriations |
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X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call |
HB20-1410 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
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04:02:43 PM |
Representative Exum and Representative Gonzales-Gutierrez, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1410. The bill directs $20 million of funds received from the federal CARES Act to provide assistance to individuals whose housing is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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04:08:52 PM |
Bruce Eisenhauer, Department of Local Affairs, answered questions from the committee.
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04:08:53 PM |
Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachments A through F).
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04:15:00 PM |
Representative Exum explained amendment L.002 (Attachment G).
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04:17:17 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G). |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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04:18:00 PM |
Representative Gonzales-Gutierrez explained amendment L.004 (Attachment H).
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04:18:14 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment H). |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Woodrow |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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04:18:22 PM |
The bill sponsors provided concluding remarks about the bill. The committee members discussed the bill.
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04:22:27 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1410, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Woodrow |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
No |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
No |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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HB20-1411 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
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04:22:43 PM |
Representative Michaelson Jenet and Representative Kraft-Tharp, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1411. The bill allocates CARES Act funding to behavioral health programs in the Departments of Human Services, Public Health and Environment, Higher Education, and Law.
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04:29:41 PM |
The bill sponsors answered questions from the committee.
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04:29:53 PM |
No one testified on the bill in person. Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachments I through O).
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04:33:49 PM |
Representative Kraft-Tharp explained amendment L.001 (Attachment P).
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04:36:34 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment P). |
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Moved |
Sirota |
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Seconded |
Woodrow |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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04:36:36 PM |
Representative Kraft-Tharp and Representative Michaelson Jenet provided concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.
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04:42:16 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1411, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
Yes |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
Yes |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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HB20-1414 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole
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04:42:32 PM |
Representative Weissman, co-prime bill sponsor, presented House Bill 20-1414. The bill creates a deceptive trade practice for price gouging during a disaster period, enforceable by the Attorney General or the district attorney's office with jurisdiction over the place where the act occurred. The bill lists the specific items and services subject to the deceptive trade practice. For the bill to apply, the disaster declaration must be made by the U.S. President, the Governor, or by the principal executive officer of a political subdivision, within a specified period of time and geographic area. Representative Weissman provided a handout to the committee (Attachment Q).
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04:50:22 PM |
Representative Weissman answered questions from the committee.
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05:01:19 PM |
No one testified in person on the bill. Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment R).
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05:01:42 PM |
Representative Weissman explained amendment L.001 (Attachment S).
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05:05:41 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment S). |
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Moved |
Woodrow |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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05:05:43 PM |
Representative Weissman made concluding remarks about the bill.
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05:07:31 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1414, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Sirota |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
No |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
No |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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HB20-1412 - Referred to House Appropriations
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05:07:48 PM |
Representative Kennedy and Representative Cutter, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1412. The bill allocates $10 million of CARES Act funding to the Colorado Energy Office to provide direct utility bill payment assistance to households facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic through its nonprofit partner, Energy Outreach Colorado.
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05:11:28 PM |
No one testified in person on the bill. Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachments T through W).
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05:12:29 PM |
Representative Cutter and Representative Kennedy made concluding remarks about the bill.
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05:13:51 PM |
The bill sponsors answered questions from the committee.
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05:15:46 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1412 to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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Moved |
Kennedy |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
No |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
No |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 6 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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SB20-209 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole
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05:16:08 PM |
Speaker Becker and Minoirty Leader Neville, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 20-209. The bill addresses the effective date of bills with petition clauses and moves the election for a referendum petition from November 2020 to November 2022.
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05:18:49 PM |
No one testified in person on the bill. No written testimony was submitted.
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05:18:56 PM |
Speaker Becker and Minority Leader Neville provided concluding remarks about the bill.
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05:20:28 PM
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Motion |
Refer Senate Bill 20-209 to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Moved |
Woodrow |
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Seconded |
Rich |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
Yes |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
Yes |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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HB20-1409 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole
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05:20:38 PM |
Representative Benavidez and Majority Leader Garnett, co-prime bill sponsors, presented HB 20-1409. The bill clarifies the definition of penal institution for purposes of health inspections, allows additional inspections of state penal institutions, and requires an inspection and report of facilities that house or detain noncitizens by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment by January 1, 2021.
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05:25:05 PM |
The bill sponsors answered questions from the committee.
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05:26:49 PM |
No one testified in person on the bill. Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachments Y through LL).
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05:27:08 PM |
Representative Benavidez and Majority Leader Garnett provided concluding remarks about the bill.
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05:28:46 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1409 to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Lontine |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
No |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
Yes |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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SB20-041 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole
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05:28:58 PM |
Majority Leader Garnett, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 20-041. The bill grants active members of the National Guard the ability to obtain a free pass to state parks and recreation areas.
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05:32:06 PM |
No one testified in person on the bill. No written testimony was submitted.
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05:32:07 PM |
Majority Leader Garnett explained amendment L.002 (Attachment MM). A Legislative Council Staff memorandum addressing the fiscal impact of amendment L.002 was distributed to the committee (Attachment NN).
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05:32:43 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment MM). |
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Moved |
Woodrow |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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05:32:45 PM |
Majority Leader Garnett made concluding remarks abou the bill.
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05:33:37 PM
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Motion |
Refer Senate Bill 20-041, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Moved |
Duran |
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Seconded |
Sirota |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
Yes |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
Yes |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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HCR20-1001 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
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05:41:14 PM |
The committee came back to order.
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05:41:48 PM |
Representative Wilson and Representative Singer, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Concurrent Resolution 20-1001. The concurrent resolution refers a measure to the voters to repeal certain restrictions related to bingo-raffle licenses for non-profit organizations.
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05:48:31 PM |
The sponsors answered questions from the committee
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05:51:51 PM |
Richard Lemon, Colorado Charitable Bingo Association, testified in support of the bill.
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05:55:05 PM |
Janet Prezkurat, Rocky Mountain Splash, testified in support of the bill.
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06:00:01 PM |
Mr. Lemon and Ms. Prezkurat answered questions from the committee.
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06:07:41 PM |
Corky Kyle, Colorado Charitable Bingo Association, testified in support of the bill.
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06:12:26 PM |
Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachments OO through QQ).
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06:13:55 PM |
Representative Singer explained amendment L.005 (Attachment RR). He answered questions from the committee.
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06:15:32 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment RR). |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Duran |
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Duran |
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Humphrey |
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Lontine |
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Rich |
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Sirota |
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Will |
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Woodrow |
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Jaquez Lewis |
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Kennedy |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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06:15:35 PM |
Representative Wilson made concluding remarks about the bill.
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06:17:23 PM
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Motion |
Refer HCR20-1001, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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Moved |
Jaquez Lewis |
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Seconded |
Sirota |
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Duran |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Rich |
Yes |
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Sirota |
Yes |
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Will |
Yes |
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Woodrow |
Yes |
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Jaquez Lewis |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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06:17:50 PM |
The committee adjourned. |