H_SA_2024A 05/04/2024 04:15:28 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS Date 05/04/2024 Attendance Bottoms X Bradley X Brown * DeGraaf X Epps X Parenti X Ricks X Rutinel * Willford X Boesenecker X Woodrow X Time 04:15:28 PM to 07:55:32 PM Place HCR 0107 This Meeting was called to order by Boesenecker This Report was prepared by Amanda King Hearing Items Action Taken hSB24-153 Referred to House Appropriations hSB24-013 Referred to House Appropriations hSB24-213 Postponed Indefinitely hSB24-214 Amended, referred to House Appropriations hSB24-227 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB24-084 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB24-205 Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole SB24-153 - Referred to House Appropriations 04:15:39 PM Representative Ortiz and Representative Vigil, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-153, concerning free audio news services for persons who are print-disabled. The bill requires the State Library in the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to expand on-demand news and information services to Coloradoans who are blind or print-disabled and to increase the awareness of such services. 04:17:33 PM Curtis Chong, representing the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Dan Burke, representing the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Kevan Worley, representing the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. 04:24:05 PM Representative Vigil and Representative Ortiz made concluding remarks about the bill. 04:25:33 PM Committee members commented on the bill. 04:27:12 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-153 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Ricks Seconded Parenti Bottoms Yes Bradley Yes Brown Excused DeGraaf Yes Epps Yes Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-013 - Referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/10AE9318F6E1...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf 04:27:19 PM Representative McLachlan and Representative Catlin, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-013, concerning the compensation of attorneys working in the office of a district attorney. The bill modifies the compensation structure of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys effective July 1, 2026. Representative McLachlan responded to questions from the committee. 04:40:30 PM Arnold Hanuman, representing the Colorado District Attorneys' Council, testified in support of the bill. Maggie Conboy, representing the Assistant District Attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, testified in support of the bill. Jim Bullock, representing the District Attorney for the 16th Judicial District, testified in support of the bill. Sean Murray, representing the District Attorney for the 6th Judicial District, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 04:54:25 PM Anne Kelly, representing the District Attorney for the 12th Judicial District, testified in support of the bill. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment A). 04:58:02 PM Representative McLachlan and Representative Catlin made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 05:03:09 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-013 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Ricks Seconded Bradley Bottoms Yes Bradley Yes Brown Yes DeGraaf Yes Epps No Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-213 - Postponed Indefinitely Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/89C7B8F85C8D...$File/Attachment B -Combined.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B -Combined.pdf 05:03:24 PM The committee recessed. 05:04:46 PM The committee came back to order. 05:05:26 PM Representative Amabile, prime bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 24-213, concerning an exemption from county short-term rental regulation for certain structures located in an unincorporated area of a county that are used for recreational purposes and do not receive public services. Under current law, counties are authorized to adopt ordinances for the control or licensing of short-term rentals. The bill creates an exception for any structure that: - is located in an unincorporated area of a county; - does not receive water, heat, or sanitary sewer services from a public entity; and, - is used for recreational purposes, including hunting cabins, huts, yurts, ski cabins, emergency shelters, or other similar shelters. 05:13:56 PM George Marlin, representing Counties and Commissioners Acting Together, testified in opposition to the bill. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment B). 05:16:50 PM Committee members commented on the bill. 05:18:07 PM Motion Postpone Senate Bill 24-213 indefinitely. Moved Boesenecker Seconded Epps Bottoms Yes Bradley Yes Brown Yes DeGraaf Yes Epps Yes Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-214 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/FA20FF610205...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/1DE25E163A67...$File/Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D.pdf Attachment E http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/D2D6C253F8DE...$File/Attachment E.pdf?OpenElement Attachment E.pdf 05:18:18 PM Representative McCormick and Representative Amabile, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-214, concerning the implementation of state climate goals. The bill creates a new Office of Sustainability, clarifies existing tax credits, and makes various programmatic adjustments. Representative McCormick and Representative Amabile responded to questions from the committee. 05:27:42 PM Chris Piper, representing the Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill. Seth Ford, representing the Department of Personnel and Administration, was available to answer committee questions. Meera Fickling, representing the Western Resource Advocates, testified in support of the bill. Todd White, representing themself, testified on the bill. Caitlin Casassa, representing the Department of Personnel and Administration, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:43:29 PM Representative Amabile explained amendment L.017 (Attachment C). 05:44:31 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.017 (Attachment C). Moved Boesenecker Seconded Brown Bottoms Bradley Brown DeGraaf Epps Parenti Ricks Rutinel Willford Boesenecker Woodrow YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:44:32 PM Representative Amabile explained amendment L.019 (Attachment D). 05:45:11 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.019 (Attachment D). Moved Boesenecker Seconded Ricks Bottoms Bradley Brown DeGraaf Epps Parenti Ricks Rutinel Willford Boesenecker Woodrow YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:45:12 PM Representative Amabile explained amendment L.018 (Attachment E). 05:46:16 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.018 (Attachment E). Moved Boesenecker Seconded Ricks Bottoms Bradley Brown DeGraaf Epps Parenti Ricks Rutinel Willford Boesenecker Woodrow YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:46:17 PM Representative McCormick and Representative Amabile made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 05:51:15 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-214, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Boesenecker Seconded Rutinel Bottoms No Bradley No Brown Yes DeGraaf No Epps Yes Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-227 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole 05:51:24 PM Representative Young, prime bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 24-227, concerning removing the authorization for a public school to refuse a donated automated external defibrillator (AED) if the donating party does not agree to be responsible for the upkeep of the AED. Current law allows public schools to refuse to accept a donated AED if the donating party does not agree to take responsibility for training, installation and maintenance of the AED. The bill requires schools to accept donated AEDs and clarifies that schools will decide who will be trained and the timing and frequency of AED trainings. 05:55:32 PM Representative Young made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members made comments regarding the bill. 05:57:06 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-227 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Boesenecker Seconded Willford Bottoms No Bradley Yes Brown Yes DeGraaf Yes Epps Yes Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-084 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole 05:57:15 PM Representative Garcia, prime bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 24-084, concerning a requirement that the Attorney General coordinate with the Department of Education in an effort to prevent the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation by sharing resources to encourage respectful discourse. The bill requires the Attorney General to prevent and combat the sharing and spreading of misinformation through: - establishing an initiative to encourage respectful discourse; - development of a curriculum for public use to produce conversations to help people find common ground; and - collaboration with state organizations to update and share curriculum materials. Representative Garcia responded to questions from the committee. 06:02:25 PM Jeff Riester, representing the Department of Law, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee. 06:07:47 PM Representative Garcia made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 06:11:55 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-084 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Boesenecker Seconded Willford Bottoms No Bradley No Brown Yes DeGraaf No Epps No Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-205 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment F http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/A80BF25C2A1C...$File/Attachment F.pdf?OpenElement Attachment F.pdf Attachment G http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/A4AC93EE9CF1...$File/Attachment G.pdf?OpenElement Attachment G.pdf Attachment H http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/1316AC62E364...$File/Attachment H.pdf?OpenElement Attachment H.pdf 06:12:02 PM Representative Titone and Representative Rutinel, co-prime bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 24-205, concerning consumer protections in interactions with artificial intelligence systems. The bill establishes standards and requirements for the development and use of artificial intelligence systems. 06:33:00 PM Kjersten Forseth, representing the Colorado AFL-CIO, testified in opposition to the bill. Alejandra Beatty, representing the Boulder Area Labor Council and the Alphabet Workers Union, testified in opposition to the bill. Drea Modugno, representing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified in opposition to the bill. Sheila Traister, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Jeff Riester, representing the Department of Law, testified in a neutral position on the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 06:45:22 PM Michael McReynolds, representing the Governor's Office of Information Technology, testified to amend the bill. Ruthie Barko, representing TechNet, testified to amend the bill. Jon Nordmark, representing the Colorado Technology Association - Iterate AI, testified to amend the bill. Patrick Geselbracht, representing the Colorado Technology Association - Slalom Computing, testified to amend the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 06:59:15 PM Loren Furman, representing the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, testified to amend the bill. Rachel Beck, representing the Colorado Competitive Council, testified to amend the bill. Kelly Campbell, representing the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, testified to amend the bill. Alison Morgan, representing the Colorado Bankers Association, testified to amend the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 07:14:15 PM January Montano, representing the January's Advisory Group, testified in support of the bill. Anaya Robinson, representing the ACLU of Colorado, testified to amend the bill. Neal McBurnett, representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Bridget Frazier, representing the Colorado Hospital Association, testified to amend the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment F). 07:29:33 PM Representative Titone explained amendment L.007 (Attachment G). 07:31:29 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment G). Moved Rutinel Seconded Bradley Bottoms Bradley Brown DeGraaf Epps Parenti Ricks Rutinel Willford Boesenecker Woodrow YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 07:31:44 PM Representative Rutinel explained amendment L.006 (Attachment H). 07:35:20 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment H). Moved Rutinel Seconded Bradley Bottoms Yes Bradley Yes Brown Yes DeGraaf Yes Epps No Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 07:35:21 PM Representative Titone and Representative Rutinel provided concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 07:55:20 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-205, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Rutinel Seconded Ricks Bottoms No Bradley No Brown Yes DeGraaf No Epps No Parenti Yes Ricks Yes Rutinel Yes Willford Yes Boesenecker Yes Woodrow Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 07:55:32 PM The committee adjourned.
