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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
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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.
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12:33:23 PM |
Minority Leader Neville and Representative
Hooton responded to questions from the committee.
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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).
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12:47:59 PM |
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
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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.
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01:04:20 PM |
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
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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.
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01:26:59 PM |
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
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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.
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01:41:27 PM |
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
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01:50:23 PM |
Representative Hooton discussed and distributed
an amendment (Attachment E).
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01:51:22 PM
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Motion |
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E). |
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Hooton |
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Geitner |
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Froelich |
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Geitner |
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Holtorf |
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Kipp |
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Neville |
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Saine |
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Sirota |
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Valdez A. |
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Weissman |
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Hooton |
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Jackson |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection |
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01:52:04 PM |
The committee made concluding comments.
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01:54:12 PM
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Motion |
Refer House Bill 20-1117, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Neville |
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| Seconded |
Geitner |
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Froelich |
No |
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Geitner |
Yes |
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Holtorf |
Yes |
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Kipp |
Yes |
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Neville |
Yes |
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Saine |
Yes |
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Sirota |
No |
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Valdez A. |
No |
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Weissman |
Yes |
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Hooton |
Yes |
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Jackson |
No |
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Final |
YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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