S_TRA_2021A 04/27/2021 02:07:31 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY Date 04/27/2021 Attendance Coram X Donovan X Hisey X Scott X Zenzinger * Pettersen X Winter X Time 02:07:31 PM to 05:39:02 PM Place SCR 357 This Meeting was called to order by Winter This Report was prepared by Annie Kitch Hearing Items Action Taken hHB21-1186 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB21-238 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations hHB21-1139 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hHB21-1056 Referred to the Committee of the Whole HB21-1186 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/6381E1253C5B...$File/21SenTran0427AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachA.pdf 02:07:52 PM Senators Winter and Bridges, co-prime sponsors, introduced House Bill 21-1186, concerning relieving the Regional Transportation District of statutory restrictions related to the district's operations. The sponsors responded to questions from the committee. Public comment on this bill can be found in Attachment A. 02:20:48 PM Elise Jones, representing Accountability Committee , testified in support of the bill. Lynn Guissinger, representing RTD , testified in support of the bill. Mr. Grier Bailey, representing CWPMA/RMFIA, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Grier answered questions from the committee. 02:31:51 PM Danny Katz, representing CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group), testified in support of the bill. 02:38:22 PM Senators Winter and Bridges gave concluding remarks. 02:41:05 PM The committee took a brief recess. 02:42:43 PM The committee reconvened. 02:43:12 PM Motion Refer House Bill 21-1186 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Winter Seconded Coram Yes Donovan Yes Hisey Yes Scott No Zenzinger Yes Pettersen Yes Winter Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB21-238 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/9A57E0843DA4...$File/21SenTran0427AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachB.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/39AAE3808B70...$File/21SenTran0427AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachC.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/89B9E7EDB38D...$File/21SenTran0427AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachD.pdf Attachment E http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/D69357A750BD...$File/21SenTran0427AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachE.pdf Attachment F http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/F2B82E79D339...$File/21SenTran0427AttachF.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachF.pdf Attachment G http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/423AAD3A22AE...$File/21SenTran0427AttachG.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0427AttachG.pdf 02:43:23 PM Senator Zenzinger and President Garcia, co-prime sponsors, introduced Senate Bill 21-238, concerning the Front Range Passenger Rail District, the maintenance of a passenger rail system, and the governing structure, powers, and duties of the district. The sponsors responded to questions from the committee. Public comment on this bill can be found in Attachment B. 03:03:12 PM Mr. James Souby, representing State Southwest Chiefs and Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Souby responded to questions from the committee. 03:09:54 PM Salvatore Pace, representing Southwest Chief and Front Range Rail Commission, testified in support of the bill. Executive Director Shoshana Lew, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Robert Eaton, representing Amtrak, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 03:30:22 PM Ms. Jill Gaebler, representing Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Gaebler responded to questions from the committee. 03:37:36 PM Tom Norton, representing Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, testified in opposition to the bill. Ryan Fertig, representing Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 03:46:52 PM Commissioner Claire Levy, representing Boulder County, testified to amend the bill. Council Member Aaron Brockett, representing City of Boulder, testified to amend the bill. Ms. Joan Peck, representing City of Longmont, testified to amend the bill. 03:55:28 PM Dana Crawford, representing Housing Business in Trinidad Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Gary DeFrange, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mayor William Karspeck , representing Town of Berthoud, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 04:05:45 PM Mr. Rick Klein, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mayor Phillip Rico, representing City of Trinidad, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kathy Cathcart, representing Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the bill. 04:15:28 PM Skyler McKinley, representing AAA, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Kay Palmer, representing League of Women Voters of Colorado , testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 04:25:47 PM Mr. Jack Wheeler, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Andrew Bartlett, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 04:30:42 PM Mr. Michael Juran, representing Altia, testified in support of the bill. Danny Katz, representing CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group), testified in support of the bill. Ryan Blankenship, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 04:38:04 PM Carl Smith, representing SMART-Transportation Division, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Robert Brewster, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 04:40:31 PM Kurt Walker, representing Pine Canyon Ranch, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Andrew Goetz, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Nancy McCaffrey, representing Board Member of ColoRail, testified in support of the bill. 04:52:17 PM Ms. Cy Michaels, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Pat Fletcher, representing Trinidad Parks and Recreation Commitee, Arts and Culture Commission, testified in support of the bill. 05:00:17 PM Mr. Gary Sprung, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Jack Tone, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 05:00:18 PM Senator Zenzinger introduced and distributed Amendments L.001, L.002, L.003, and L.004 (Attachments C-F). 05:06:41 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C) Moved Zenzinger Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:07:22 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D) Moved Zenzinger Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:08:15 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E) Moved Zenzinger Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:08:49 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment F) Moved Zenzinger Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:08:52 PM Senator Scott introduced and distributed Amendment L.005 (Attachment G). 05:11:59 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment G) Moved Scott Seconded Coram Yes Donovan No Hisey No Scott Yes Zenzinger No Pettersen No Winter No YES: 2 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 05:12:43 PM Senator Zenzinger gave closing remarks and responded to comments from the committee. 05:15:45 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 21-238, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Zenzinger Seconded Coram Yes Donovan Yes Hisey Yes Scott No Zenzinger Yes Pettersen Yes Winter Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB21-1139 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar 05:15:58 PM Senator Rankin, prime sponsor, introduced House Bill 21-1139, concerning the acquisition of forms of identification from the Department of Revenue. 05:20:19 PM Mike Dixon, Senior Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, representing the Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR), testified in support of the bill. Ms. Rosalie Johnson, representing DOR/Division of Motor Vehicles, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Dixon responded to questions from the committee. 05:29:24 PM Senator Ranking gave closing remarks. 05:30:54 PM Motion Refer House Bill 21-1139 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Pettersen Seconded Coram Yes Donovan Excused Hisey Yes Scott Yes Zenzinger Yes Pettersen Yes Winter Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB21-1056 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole 05:31:08 PM Senator Winter introduced House Bill 21-1056 for Senator Hansen, prime bill sponsor. The bill concerns public projects supervised by the Department of Transportation that are subject to the Construction Bidding for Public Projects Act. 05:32:46 PM Andy Karsian, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation, testified in support of the bill. Eric Bergman, representing Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:38:47 PM Motion Refer House Bill 21-1056 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Pettersen Seconded Coram Yes Donovan Excused Hisey Yes Scott Yes Zenzinger Yes Pettersen Yes Winter Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 05:39:02 PM The committee adjourned.