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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

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BILL SUMMARY For HB19-1159

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Feb 25, 2019       Location HCR 0112

HB19-1159 - Referred to House Finance
03:06:21 PM  
Representatives Gray and Jaquez Lewis, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 19-1159 to the committee.  This bill modifies the income tax credit for electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger vehicles and trucks by increasing the amount of tax credit available in 2021 and extending the credit for tax years 2022 through 2025.  
03:12:38 PM  
Representatives Gray and Jaquez Lewis responded to questions from the committee.
03:14:19 PM  
Grier Baily, representing the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association, testified on the bill.
03:18:45 PM  
Christian Willis, representing the Colorado Energy Office, testified in favor of the bill.
03:21:57 PM  
Megan Rast, representing the Colorado Sierra Club, testified in favor of the bill.
03:24:56 PM  
Mr. Willis responded to questions from the committee.
03:25:40 PM  
Len Whitten, representing himself, testified in favor of the bill.
03:29:23 PM  
Scott Spendlove, representing GlobalAutomakers, testified in favor of the bill, and gave a handout to the committee (Attachment D).
03:32:20 PM  
Jonathan Koehn, representing the City of Boulder, testified in favor of the bill.
03:35:22 PM  
Jan Rose, representing herself, testified in favor of the bill.
03:38:56 PM  
Ms. Rose, Mr. Koehn, and Mr. Spendlove responded to questions from the committee.
03:47:07 PM  
Andrew Rex, representing himself, testified in favor of the bill.
03:51:12 PM  
Matt Frommer, representing the SouthWest Energy Effeciency Project, testified in favor of the bill.
03:54:28 PM  
Nigel Zeid, representing himself, testified in favor of the bill.
03:58:17 PM  
Sophia Mayott-Guerrero, representing Conservation Colorado, testified in favor of the bill.
04:01:02 PM  
Mr. Fromer and Mr. Zeid responded to questions from the committee.
04:04:06 PM  
Theron Makley, representing himself, testified in favor of the bill.
04:07:20 PM  
Jep Seman, representing the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, testified in favor of the bill.
04:10:48 PM  
Andrew Thompson, representing himself, testified in favor in the bill.
04:13:10 PM  
Mr. Makley, and Mr. Seman responded to questions from the committee.

04:30:09 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 19-1159 to the Committee on Finance.
Moved Kipp
Seconded Weissman
Froelich Yes
Geitner No
Kipp Yes
Landgraf No
Liston No
Saine No
Sirota Yes
Valdez A. Yes
Weissman Yes
Hooton Yes
Jackson Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS