Location: LSB A
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB16-034
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
BILL SUMMARY for SB16-034
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 16-034 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
01:33 PM -- SB16-034
Representatives Fields and Lawrence, co-prime sponsors, presented Senate Bill 16-034 to the committee. This bill creates a new crime of tampering with a deceased human body. This offense occurs if a person acts without legal authority and with the belief that an official proceeding is pending or in progress and willfully destroys, conceals, or alters a human body with the intent to impair its appearance or availability for an official proceeding. The bill classifies tampering with a deceased human body as a class 3 felony. The bill excludes human remains from the definition of physical evidence, with regard to the existing offense of tampering with physical evidence.
Representative Fields answered questions from the committee.
01:40 PM -- Carrie Thompson, representing the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, testified against the bill.
01:43 PM -- Arnold Hanuman, representing the Colorado Districts Attorney's Council, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.
01:50 PM -- Raymond Harlan, representing Colorado Victims for Justice, testified in support of the bill.
01:54 PM -- Laura Saxton, representing Colorado Victims for Justice, testified in support of the bill.
02:00 PM -- Bev Sanburg, representing Colorado Victims for Justice, testified in support of the bill.
02:02 PM -- Elaine Hall, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
02:05 PM -- Kathy Oatis, representing the Colorado Coroners Association, testified in support of the bill.
Representatives Lawrence and Fields read letters of support for the bill (Attachments A and B).
02:21 PM
Representatives Fields and Lawrence responded to committee questions and wrapped up their presentation of the bill.
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| BILL: | SB16-034 | |
| TIME: | 02:25:29 PM | |
| MOVED: | Humphrey | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 16-034 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Neville P. | |
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VOTE |
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Foote |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
Yes |
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Leonard |
Yes |
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Neville P. |
Yes |
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Primavera |
Yes |
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Tyler |
Yes |
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Wist |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Ryden |
Yes |
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YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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