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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1170

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Feb 24, 2025       Location LSB A

HB25-1170 - Witness Testimony Lay Over
02:28:59 PM  
Representative Hamrick and Representative Boesenecker, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 25-1170, concerning lobbying on behalf of a charitable tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The bill creates a new category of “nonprofit lobbyist” and exempts these lobbyists from the registration requirements for professional lobbyists if certain conditions are met. The bill sponsors responded to questions from committee members.

The bill sponsors provided two handouts (Attachments B and C) to the committee.
02:59:56 PM  
Erin Meschke, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Hannah Goodman, representing the Libertarian Party of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Frank Lehnerz, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Jessica Fenske, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Lacey Hays, representing the Colorado Lobbyists Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Kjersten Forseth, representing the Colorado AFL-CIO, testified in opposition to the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
03:26:52 PM  
Paul Lhevine, representing the Colorado Nonprofit Association, testified in support of the bill. Jack Murphy, representing the Colorado Nonprofit Association, testified in support of the bill. Theresa Rinne-Meyers, representing the Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute, testified in support of the bill. Jeffrey Lamontagne, representing the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, testified in support of the bill. Carmen Lewis, representing Rise Against Violence, testified in support of the bill. Pat Hamilton, representing the "I Love U Guys" Foundation, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
03:54:58 PM  
Scott Martinez, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Tom Downey, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Alex McHenry, representing the Community Resource Center, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
04:19:58 PM  
Representative Boesenecker made comments to the committee. Representative Willford, Chair, laid the bill over to a future date for action only.