S_FIN_2020A 03/12/2020 10:20:50 AM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Date 03/12/2020 Attendance Hansen X Lundeen * Tate X Todd X Woodward X Lee * Gonzales X Time 10:20:50 AM to 01:05:06 PM Place SCR 357 This Meeting was called to order by Senator Gonzales This Report was prepared by Elizabeth Burger Hearing Items Action Taken hSB20-135 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations hHB20-1127 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hSB20-168 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call SB20-135 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/006DCBD9E723...$File/200312 AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachA.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/0538BB801B6F...$File/200312 AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachB.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/EC4A315EE9EF...$File/200312 AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachC.pdf 10:21:43 AM Senators Sonnenberg and Donovan introduced Senate Bill 20-135. The committee previously considered the bill on February 27, 2020. At that time, the committee adopted amendments L.003 and L.004 (Attachments A and B). Senator Sonnenberg distributed and explained amendment L.005 (Attachment C). 10:38:41 AM Greg Fraser, Office of Legislative Legal Services, responded to committee questions regarding amendments to the bill. The committee discussed the amendments. 10:39:46 AM Motion Adopt amendment L.005 Moved Lundeen Seconded Hansen Lundeen Tate Todd Woodward Lee Gonzales YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 10:40:34 AM Motion Adopt a conceptual amendment to remove L.004 Moved Lundeen Seconded Hansen Lundeen Tate Todd Woodward Lee Gonzales YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 10:41:56 AM The committee members commented on the bill. 10:46:18 AM The bill sponsors gave concluding remarks regarding the bill. 10:50:12 AM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-135, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Lundeen Seconded Hansen No Lundeen Yes Tate Yes Todd No Woodward Yes Lee Yes Gonzales No Final YES: 4 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB20-1127 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar 10:51:02 AM Senators Todd and Sonnenberg introduced House Bill 20-1127. The bill allows a Board of Cooperative Educational Services to employ retired special education teachers in rural school districts in excess of the state pension work-after-retirement limit. 10:54:08 AM Dale McCall, Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Servcies (BOCES), testified in support of the bill. Tamara Durbin, Northeast BOCES, testified in support of the bill. Bret Miles, Northeast BOCES, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 11:05:59 AM Motion Refer House Bill 20-1127 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Todd Seconded Hansen Yes Lundeen Yes Tate Yes Todd Yes Woodward Yes Lee Yes Gonzales Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB20-168 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/66588C741902...$File/200312 AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachD.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/BC78F1B9717E...$File/200312 AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachE.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/20F6229C9F44...$File/200312 AttachF.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachF.pdf 11:06:33 AM Senators Hansen and Pettersen introduced Senate Bill 20-168. The bill extends and expands a property tax exemption for community solar gardens and increases coal severance tax collections to reimburse local governments for the reduction in local property tax revenue under the bill and for transfer to the Just Transition Fund. The reimbursement is a new TABOR refund mechanism. The bill sponsors distributed amendment L.004 (Attachment D). 11:14:51 AM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 11:33:05 AM Kevin Cray, Coalition for Community Solar Access, testified in support of the bill. Daniel Merkle, Pivot Energy, testified in support of the bill. Kyle Sundman, Namaste Solar, testified in support of the bill. 11:48:54 AM Suzann Kuhns, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 111, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:52:41 AM Phil Hayes, IBEW 111, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:56:42 AM Richard Orf, Associated Governments of Northern Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:59:35 AM Patrick Boyle, Colorado Competitive Council, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 12:10:07 PM Carl Smith, SMART Transportation, testified in opposition to the bill. Pat Sollars, Peabody Energy, testified in opposition to the bill. Dianna Orf, Colorado Mining Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Stan Dempsey, Colorado Mining Association, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. A handout was distributed to the committee (Attachment E). 12:34:25 PM Eliza Schultz, Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. Mike Kruger, Colorado Solar and Storage Association, testified in support of the bill. Brett Moore, EDP Renewables and the Interwest Energy Alliance, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 12:51:09 PM Senator Hansen distributed amendment L.008 (Attachment F). He explained the amendment and noted it was a replacement for amendment L.004. 12:52:06 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.008 Moved Hansen Seconded Hansen Lundeen Tate Todd Woodward Lee Gonzales YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 12:52:15 PM Senator Hansen gave concluding remarks regarding the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 01:04:49 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-168, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Hansen Seconded Hansen Yes Lundeen No Tate Excused Todd Yes Woodward No Lee Yes Gonzales Yes Final YES: 4 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 01:05:06 PM The committee adjourned.