PUBLIC STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Date |
03/15/2018 |
Attendance |
Benavidez |
X |
Hooton |
X |
Humphrey |
X |
Leonard |
* |
Melton |
X |
Weissman |
X |
Williams D. |
X |
Lontine |
X |
Foote |
X |
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Time |
10:32:29 AM to 11:22:04 AM |
Place |
LSB A |
This Meeting was called to order by |
Foote |
This Report was prepared by |
Amanda King |
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Hearing Items |
Action Taken |
hSB18-107 |
Referred to the Committee of the Whole |
hSB18-076 |
Committee Discussion Only/Lay Over |
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SB18-107 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole
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10:33:37 AM |
Representative Thurlow, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 18-107. Under current law, when there is a vacancy for a nomination in a nonpartisan municipal position after a candidate withdraws or dies prior to the 23rd day before a polling place election or the 63rd day before a mail ballot election, the Colorado Municipal Election Code contains a procedure for forming a vacancy committee listed on the nominating petition to select another nominee. The bill removes this process and makes conforming amendments.
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10:35:10 AM |
Karen Goldman, Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Municipal Clerks Association, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Goldman answered questions from the committee.
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10:39:33 AM |
Representative Thurlow made concluding remarks about the bill.
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10:40:04 AM |
Committee members made comments regarding the bill.
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10:42:25 AM
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Motion |
Refer Senate Bill 18-107 to the Committee of the Whole. |
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Moved |
Hooton |
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Seconded |
Lontine |
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Benavidez |
Yes |
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Hooton |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
Yes |
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Leonard |
Yes |
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Melton |
Yes |
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Weissman |
Yes |
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Williams D. |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Foote |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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SB18-076 - Committee Discussion Only/Lay Over
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10:43:22 AM |
Representative Melton, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 18-076. The bill makes it an unclassified misdemeanor crime to trade or offer to trade a vote for or against a candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question. The penalty for an offender convicted of vote trading is a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment of up to one year in county jail, or both.
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10:45:05 AM |
Representative Melton answered questions from the committee.
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10:50:14 AM |
Suzanne Staiert, Colorado Department of State, testified in support of the bill. She answered questions from the committee.
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11:14:00 AM |
Committee discussion with Ms. Staiert ensued.
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11:17:19 AM |
Elizabeth Steele, Colorado Common Cause, testified in support of the bill. She answered questions from the committee.
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11:21:01 AM |
Representative Foote discussed laying the bill over with Representative Melton. The bill was laid over for action only to a date to be determined.
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11:22:04 AM |
Committee Adjourned |