S_BLT_2020A 02/12/2020 01:32:50 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, & TECHNOLOGY Date 02/12/2020 Attendance Priola X Story X Tate X Danielson X Williams A. X Time 01:32:50 PM to 04:40:28 PM Place SCR 354 This Meeting was called to order by Senator Williams A. This Report was prepared by Jeanette Chapman Hearing Items Action Taken hSB20-097 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hSB20-140 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB20-154 Postponed Indefinitely hSB20-120 Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB20-160 Postponed Indefinitely X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call 01:32:53 PM Senator Williams discussed the order of the committee agenda. SB20-097 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar 01:34:04 PM Senator Holbert introduced Senate Bill 20-097, concerning unemployment insurance for marijuana-licensed businesses. The bill creates an exception for certain marijuana licensee-owned businesses to be considered an employing unit rather than a common paymaster for the purposes of the Colorado Employment Security Act. 01:36:33 PM Dean Heizer, LivWell, spoke in favor of the bill. 01:46:02 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-097 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Yes Story Yes Woodward Yes Danielson Yes Williams A. Yes Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB20-140 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/C1733C0AC55B...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachA.pdf 01:46:09 PM Senator Holbert introduced Senate Bill 20-140, concerning powersports and motor vehicle sales bonds. The bill specifies that violations of motor vehicle dealer statutes by a licensee must be related to fraud in order for a person to recover from a bond. He responded to questions from the committee. 01:49:43 PM Todd O'Connell, Colorado Independent Auto Dealers Association (CIADA), spoke in favor of the bill. He provided a handout to the committee (Attachment A). 01:56:54 PM Mike McKinnon, CIADA, spoke in favor of the bill. 01:59:48 PM Mr. McKinnon responded to questions from the committee. 02:03:12 PM Mr. O'Connell responded to questions from the committee. 02:10:50 PM Senator Holbert made closing comments on the merits of the bill. 02:12:37 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-140 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Danielson Seconded Priola No Story Yes Woodward Yes Danielson Yes Williams A. Yes Final YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB20-160 - Committee Discussion Only 02:12:59 PM The committee took a recess. 02:15:02 PM The committee came back to order and laid over the bill for action later in the meeting. SB20-154 - Postponed Indefinitely 02:21:01 PM Senator Donovan asked the committee to postpone indefinitely Senate Bill 20-154 concerning bringing wine into restaurants. 02:21:32 PM Motion Postpone Senate Bill 20-154 indefinitely. Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Yes Story Yes Woodward Yes Danielson Yes Williams A. Yes Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB20-120 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/B09C0E50EA1E...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachB.pdf Attachment F http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/37DF8E5554F4...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachF.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachF.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/42CC88ACF242...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachC.pdf Attachment H http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/680EF479B88E...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachH.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachH.pdf Attachment G http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/D22155745ED3...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachG.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachG.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/D228F2E6196A...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachD.pdf Attachment E http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/EFFD1913A8EA...$File/20SenateBus0212AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 20SenateBus0212AttachE.pdf 02:21:46 PM Senator Danielson introduced SB 20-120, concerning apprentice exams and professional licenses. The bill creates examination and reporting requirements for electrician and plumber apprenticeships. She responded to questions from the committee. 02:31:33 PM Ralph Lufen, National Electrical Contractors Association, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:33:24 PM Brandon Garcia, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 86, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:36:02 PM Jose Juarez-Vera, IBEW Local 68, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:38:54 PM Mr. Garcia responded to questions from the committee. 02:40:38 PM Mr. Lufen responded to questions from the committee. 02:41:29 PM Danny Garcia, IBEW Local 86, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:45:44 PM Mark Kirkham, IBEW Local 68, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:46:15 PM Daniel Hendricks, Denver Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training Committee, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:47:31 PM Jeremy Ross, IBEW, spoke in favor of the bill. He provided two handouts to the committee (Attachments B and C). 02:53:44 PM Sean Wyatt, Plumbers Local 3, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:54:25 PM Joe Kocol, Plumbers Local 3, spoke in favor of the bill. 02:57:22 PM Mr. Ross responded to questions from the committee. 02:59:43 PM Mr. Wyatt responded to questions from the committee. 03:03:04 PM Committee discussion continued. 03:06:59 PM Jason Wardrip, Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council, spoke in favor of the bill. 03:09:22 PM Marilyn Stansbury, Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), spoke in opposition to the bill. She provided a handout to the committee (Attachment D). 03:13:45 PM Dave Van Stelle, Encore Electric and IEC, spoke in opposition to the bill. 03:16:47 PM Jeff Magee, Magee Electric and IED, spoke in opposition to the bill. 03:20:35 PM Mr. Van Stelle responded to questions from the committee. 03:24:07 PM Ms. Stansbury responded to questions from the committee. 03:25:53 PM Mr. Magee responded to questions from the committee. 03:28:44 PM Cori Girlitz, Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors Association of Colorado (PHCC), spoke in opposition to the bill. 03:31:21 PM Susan Frue, PHCC Association and Sunshine Plumbing, spoke in opposition to the bill. 03:36:26 PM David Miller, PHCC, spoke in opposition to the bill. 03:45:51 PM Senator Danielson distributed Amendments L.001, L.002, L.004, and L.005 (Attachments E, F, G, and H). She discussed the purposes of the amendments. 03:46:00 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Story Woodward Danielson Williams A. YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:46:28 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Story Woodward Danielson Williams A. YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:48:35 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Story Woodward Danielson Williams A. YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:49:21 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.005 Moved Danielson Seconded Priola Story Woodward Danielson Williams A. YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:49:23 PM Senator Danielson made closing comments on the merits of the bill. 03:52:42 PM Senator Woodward made comments on the bill. 03:56:08 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Danielson Seconded Priola No Story Yes Woodward No Danielson Yes Williams A. Yes Final YES: 3 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 03:56:10 PM The committee took a recess. SB20-160 - Postponed Indefinitely 04:04:26 PM The committee came back to order. Senator Todd and Senator Ginal introduced Senate Bill 20-160, concerning requiring movie theaters to provide open captioning. The bill requires certain movie theaters to provide showings of movies with open movie captioning at least twice per week. 04:06:50 PM Wynne Whyman, representing herself, spoke in favor of the bill. 04:07:41 PM Terri Shirley, representing herself, spoke in favor of the bill. 04:10:41 PM Ken Keuhlen, representing himself, spoke in favor of the bill. 04:18:49 PM Dan Shirley, representing himself, spoke in favor of the bill. 04:19:10 PM Mr. Keuhlen responded to questions from the committee. 04:20:26 PM John Fithian, National Association of Theatre Owners, spoke in opposition to the bill. He responded to questions from the committee. 04:22:09 PM Vickie Pacheco, representing herself, spoke in favor of the bill. 04:26:07 PM Patricia Yeager, Independent Center of Colorado Springs, spoke in favor of the bill. She responded to questions from the committee. 04:30:01 PM Senator Todd made closing comments on the merits of the bill. She asked the committee to postpone indefinitely the bill. 04:36:44 PM Senator Ginal made closing comments on the merits of the bill. 04:40:14 PM Motion Postpone Senate Bill 20-160 indefinitely. Moved Williams A. Seconded Priola Yes Story Yes Woodward Yes Danielson Yes Williams A. Yes Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 04:40:28 PM The committee adjourned.