007202FAA21C8428872583B50070B238 Hearing Summary

Representative Duran introduced House Bill 19-1086. The bill as introduced requires local government plumbing inspectors to have the same qualifications as state plumbing inspectors and requires that all entities conducting plumbing inspections create procedures for contemporaneous plumbing inspections. Representative Duran provided a handout to the committee (Attachment A) and explained amendments L.005 (Attachment B) and L.006 (Attachment C).

Herb Atchison, Mayor of the City of Westminster, testified in support of the bill.

Susan Frew, Sunshine Plumbing and Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Sean Wyatt, Plumbers Local 3, testified in support of the bill.

Thaddeus Kocol, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

Eric Bergman, Colorado Counties, Inc., testified on the bill from a neutral position with the proposed amendments.

Brandy Delange, Colorado Municipal League, testified on the bill from a neutral position with the proposed amendments.

Ms. Delange and Mr. Bergman responded to questions from the committee.

Meghan Rozell, City of Cripple Creek, testified on the bill from a neutral position with the proposed amendments.

Representative Duran explained amendments L.005 and L.006.