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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB20-1117

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Feb 6, 2020       Location HCR 0107

HB20-1117 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole
12:27:25 PM  
Minority Leader Neville and Representative Hooton, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1117, Misbranding Nonmeat and Imported and Artificial Meat, to the committee.  The bill expands the definition of misbranding of food to require that meat derived from animals that were not born, raised, and harvasted exclusively in the United States to be labeled as imported.
12:33:23 PM  
Minority Leader Neville and Representative Hooton responded to questions from the committee.
12:36:29 PM  
Don Shawcroft, representing the Colorado Farm Bureau (CFB), testified in opposition to the bill.  Carlyle Currier, representing CFB, testified in opposition to the bill.  Caroline Bushnell, repersenting the Good Food Institute, testified in opposition to the bill.  Nathan Weathers, representing the Yuma County Farm Bureau, testified in opposition to the bill and distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment C).
12:47:59 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
12:54:32 PM  
Dallas Vaughn, representing the Kit Carson County Farm Bureau, testified in opposition to the bill.  Grier Bailey, representing the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association, testified in opposition to the bill and distributed a letter (Attachment D).  Sid Yoder, representing the Colorado Cattlemen's Association, testified in opposition to the bill.  James Henderson, representing CFB, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:04:20 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:16:35 PM  
Chris Howes, representing the Colorado Retail Council, testified in opposition of the bill.  Dr. Lora Bledsoe, representing the Colorado Independent Cattlegrowers, testified in support of the bill.  Bill Bullard, resprenting R-Calf USA, testified in support of the bill.  Linda Lewis, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
01:26:59 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:31:47 PM  
Julie Siegel, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Ryan Sallee, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.  Kay Schreiber, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.  Nick Levendofsky, representing the Rocky Mountain Farmer's Union, testified in support of the bill.
01:41:27 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:50:23 PM  
Representative Hooton discussed and distributed an amendment (Attachment E).

01:51:22 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E).
Moved Hooton
Seconded Geitner
Froelich
Geitner
Holtorf
Kipp
Neville
Saine
Sirota
Valdez A.
Weissman
Hooton
Jackson
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
01:52:04 PM  
The committee made concluding comments.

01:54:12 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 20-1117, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Neville
Seconded Geitner
Froelich No
Geitner Yes
Holtorf Yes
Kipp Yes
Neville Yes
Saine Yes
Sirota No
Valdez A. No
Weissman Yes
Hooton Yes
Jackson No
Final YES: 7   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS