h_sa_2017a_2017-03-16t10:19:34z1 Hearing Summary
Date: 03/16/2017
Location: LSB A
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-152
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 17-152 to the Committee on Appro | PASS |
11:00 AM -- SB17-152
Representative Kennedy, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-152. The bill updates Colorado statutes to reflect the changes to the Colorado constitution under Amendment 71, which was approved by the voters during the 2016 General Election. The initiative process is updated for constitutional amendments (constitutional initiatives) as follows:
• The Title Board is required to determine if a proposed constitutional amendment repeals all or part of a provision in the constitution. Proponents are authorized to appeal for a rehearing on such decisions.
• The signature requirements for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments are updated to reflect the new requirement that signatures must be gathered in each state senate district, and the existing random sampling process for verifying signatures is modified to incorporate district-level verification of all signatures if a minimal statistical threshold is met.
• The Department of State is required to notify the proponents of the current number of state senate districts, boundaries, and the number or registered voters in each at the time a constitutional initiative petition is approved for signature collection.
• The Department of State is required to issue a statement indicating whether the required number of signatures overall from each senate district and a sufficient number of signatures have been submitted when certifying the issue petition for the ballot.
• At least 55 percent of votes must be cast to pass an amendment to the state constitution.
11:04 AM -- Suzanne Staiert, Colorado Department of State, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Staiert answered questions from the committee.
11:11 AM
Representative Kennedy and Ms. Staiert answered additional questions from the committee.
11:18 AM
Representative Kennedy made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members made comments about the bill.
| BILL: | SB17-152 | |
| TIME: | 11:18:29 AM | |
| MOVED: | Melton | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-152 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Weissman | |
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Benavidez
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Yes
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Hooton
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Yes
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Humphrey
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Yes
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Leonard
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Yes
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Melton
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Yes
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Weissman
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Yes
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Williams D.
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Yes
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Lontine
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Yes
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Foote
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Yes
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Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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11:20 AM
The committee adjourned.