H_FIN_2017A 05/04/2017 Committee Summary

04:14 PM -- SB17-249



The committee was called to order. A quorum was present. Representative Ginal, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-249, which continues the Division of Insurance in the Department of Regulatory Agencies until September 1, 2030, and implements the recommendations from the 2016 sunset report.



04:16 PM -- Ms. Peg Brown, representing the Division on Insurance, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.









































04:18 PM



Representative Ginal made closing remarks on the bill.

04:19 PM -- SB17-299



Representatives Van Winkle and Kraft-Tharp, co-prime sponsors, presented Senate Bill 17-299, which allows a taxpayer that invests in an enterprise data center in Colorado to use a beneficial apportionment factor when allocating federal taxable income to Colorado. The bill sponsors addressed committee questions.



04:30 PM -- Ms. Stephanie Copeland, representing the Governor's Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), testified in support of the bill.



04:32 PM -- Mr. Jeff Kraft, representing OEDIT, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Copeland and Mr. Kraft responded to committee questions.





























04:40 PM



Mr. Phil Horowitz and Mr. John Vechiarelli, both representing the Department of Revenue (DOR), came to the table to answer committee questions.





04:55 PM



The OEDIT and DOR representatives continued to answer questions from the committee.



04:55 PM -- Ms. Adama Iwn, representing VISA, testified in support of the bill.



04:57 PM -- Mr. Carl Anderson, representing VISA, responded to questions from the committee.





05:04 PM



The bill sponsors made closing remarks on the bill.

05:05 PM -- HB17-1369



Representative Pabon, co-prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1369, which allows a person or professional bail bonding agent (surety) who posts a bail bond for a defendant to recover the bond if the surety can provide the court satisfactory evidence that the defendant was deported. Representative Pabon responded to committee questions.



05:15 PM -- Mr. Mike Feeley, representing the American Bail Coalition, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.





05:32 PM



Representative Pabon made closing remarks on the bill. Members of the committee commented on the merits of the bill.

05:35 PM -- HB17-1360



Representative Pabon, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1360, which allows an individual to petition to seal a conviction record for a petty offense or municipal violation in specified circumstances. Representative Pabon distributed amendment L.004 (Attachment A) and responded to committee questions.



17HouseFin0504AttachA.pdf

05:47 PM -- HB17-1367



Representatives Pabon and Arndt, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 17-1367, which creates a marijuana research and development license and a marijuana research and development endorsement to an existing license to be issued by the Marijuana Enforcement Division in the Department of Revenue. The bill sponsors responded to committee questions.



06:10 PM -- Mr. Colton Turner, representing himself as a medical marijuana patient, testified in support of the bill.



06:11 PM -- Ms. Wendy Turner, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



06:14 PM -- Mr. Andy Williams, representing Medicine Man, testified in support of the bill and addressed an earlier question from the committee.

































06:22 PM



Ms. Turner and Mr. Williams answered additional committee questions.



06:26 PM -- Mr. Ian Barringer, representing Rm3 Labs, testified in support of the bill.



06:30 PM -- Ms. Teri Robinett, representing the Cannabis Patients Alliance, testified in support of the bill.



06:35 PM -- Mr. Matthew Kahl, representing Veterans for Natural Rights, testified in support of the bill.





06:37 PM



Mr. Barringer, Ms. Robinett, and Mr. Kahl responded to committee questions.



06:50 PM -- Ms. Karin McGowan, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, testified about the bill and responded to committee questions.









































































06:58 PM



Mr. Barringer, Ms. Robinett, Mr. Kahl, and Ms. McGowan continued to respond to committee questions.

BILL:	HB17-1367
TIME:	07:09:45 PM
MOVED:	Pabon
MOTION:	This is a conceptual amendment. Amend the introduced bill, page 8, strike lines 19 through 26, and replace with the new petition clause shown in lines 3 through 11 in L.008 (Attachment B) and strike page 9 of the bill. The motion passed without objection. 17HouseFin0504AttachB.pdf
SECONDED:	Michaelson Jenet
		VOTE
	Beckman
	Benavidez
	Catlin
	Covarrubias
	Gray
	Herod
	Kennedy
	Lawrence
	Michaelson Jenet
	Thurlow
	Van Winkle
	Foote
	Pabon
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

07:20 PM



The meeting adjourned.