DE78F92405F23AE7872586A3006CF355 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB21-166SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCESDate Mar 25, 2021 Location SCR 352 SB21-166 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/5C5DA570B63C...$File/210325 AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 210325 AttachB.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/5D32448981C6...$File/210325 AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 210325 AttachC.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/9EDC1846CE68...$File/210325 AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 210325 AttachD.pdf 01:50:06 PM Senators Fenberg and Rankin presented Senate Bill 21-166 to the committee. The bill creates the Colorado Coordinated Regional Mutual Aid System to provide regional and statewide coordinated response for emergency incidents. The bill requires annual transfers of General Fund money for statewide fire suppression efforts. Written testimony on the bill is included as Attachment B. 01:58:07 PM Sheriff Sean Smith, representing Colorado Fire Commission Western Slope Sheriff Representative, testified in support of the bill. 02:07:12 PM Ben Tisdel, representing Colorado Counties Inc, testified in support of the bill. 02:07:49 PM Chief Brad White, representing Colorado State Fire Chiefs, testified in support of the bill. 02:13:40 PM Senator Rankin distributed amendments L.001 and L.002 (Attachments C and D). 02:17:01 PM Commissioner Richard Cimino, representing Counties and Commissioners Acting Together, testified in support of the bill. 02:18:51 PM Mr Mark Novak, representing Colorado fire commission, testified in support of the bill. 02:24:45 PM Mark Novak, representing Colorado Fire Commission, testified in support of the bill. 02:28:09 PM Kevin Whelan, representing the Colorado Fire Commission, testified in support of the bill. 02:36:59 PM Senator Rankin explained the amendments. 02:48:33 PM Steve Wooten, representing himself, testified against Senate Bill 21-168. 02:59:30 PM Chief Mike Morgan, representing , responded to committee members' questions. 03:11:20 PM Chief Morgan returned to respond to committee members' questions. 03:12:15 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 Moved Fields Seconded Coram Fields Sonnenberg Jaquez Lewis Donovan YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:12:31 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Fields Seconded Coram Fields Sonnenberg Jaquez Lewis Donovan YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:15:54 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 21-166, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Fields Seconded Coram Yes Fields Yes Sonnenberg No Jaquez Lewis Yes Donovan Yes Final YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS