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BILL SUMMARY For HB20-1060

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Jan 27, 2020       Location HCR 0107

HB20-1060 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations


03:06:29 PM  
Representatives Titone and Sopor, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1060, Natural Organic Reduction of Human Remains, to the committee and distributed two handouts (Attachments D & E).  The bill allows the use of the natural reduction process for the disposition of human remains.

Representatives Titone and Soper responded to committee questions.

03:30:01 PM  
Katrina Spade, representing Recompose, testified in support of the bill.  Jaimie Sarche, representing Feldman Mortuary, testified in support of the bill.  Wendy DeBoskey, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Phil Ross, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:58:11 PM  
Susan Mackey, representing the Funeral Consumers Society of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.  Karen VanVuuren, representing The Natural Funeral, testified in support of the bill.  Maddie Larson, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Erin Marelli, representing Death Wives, testified in support of the bill.
04:10:22 PM  
Jan Douglas, representing the Colorado Sierra Club, testified in support of the bill.  Joyce Richardson, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Jan Rose, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Emily Carlson, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
04:22:46 PM  
Ronald Lewis, representing the Evergreen Memorial Park, testified on the bill.  Lauren Carol, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Carol responded to questions from the committee.
04:30:34 PM  
Representatives Titone and Soper made concluding remarks.
04:40:48 PM  
Jerry Payne, Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to answer committee questions.

04:50:59 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.013 (Attachment F).
Moved Weissman
Seconded Valdez A.
Froelich
Geitner
Kipp
Landgraf
Liston
Saine
Sirota
Valdez A.
Weissman
Hooton
Jackson
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

04:51:25 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment G).
Moved Froelich
Seconded Hooton
Froelich
Geitner
Kipp
Landgraf
Liston
Saine
Sirota
Valdez A.
Weissman
Hooton
Jackson
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

05:01:29 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment H).
Moved Landgraf
Seconded Hooton
Froelich
Geitner
Kipp
Landgraf
Liston
Saine
Sirota
Valdez A.
Weissman
Hooton
Jackson
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

05:03:42 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment I).
Moved Hooton
Seconded Weissman
Froelich
Geitner
Kipp
Landgraf
Liston
Saine
Sirota
Valdez A.
Weissman
Hooton
Jackson
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

05:05:37 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 20-1060, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Valdez A.
Seconded Hooton
Froelich Yes
Geitner Yes
Kipp Yes
Landgraf Yes
Liston Yes
Saine Excused
Sirota Yes
Valdez A. Yes
Weissman Yes
Hooton Yes
Jackson Yes
Final YES: 10   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS