H_FIN_2017A 04/12/2017 11:04:06 AM Committee Summary

11:04 AM -- SB17-224



The committee was called to order. A quorum was present. Representative Lee, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-224, which relocates the statutes concerning commercial driving schools from Title 12 to Title 42 of the Colorado Revised Statues and makes minor technical changes.

11:08 AM -- HB17-1119



Representative Kraft-Tharp, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1119. The bill, as amended by the House Business Committee, creates the Uninsured Employer Board (board) and the Colorado Uninsured Employer Fund (fund) in the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE). The board oversees the fund, which is designed to pay benefits to injured workers whose employers do not have workers' compensation insurance. Representative Kraft-Tharp responded to questions from the committee.





11:13 AM



Ms. Amanda Hayden, Legislative Council Staff, responded to questions about the revised fiscal note.



11:19 AM -- Ms. Sonja Guenther, representing the Workers Compensation Coalition, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Guenther responded to questions from the committee.



11:28 AM -- Mr. Patrick Teegarden, representing CDLE, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.



11:40 AM -- Mr. Paul Tauriello, representing CDLE, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.

















11:54 AM



Mr. Tauriello continued to respond to questions from the committee.





12:05 PM



Representative Kraft-Tharp made closing remarks on the bill.





12:11 PM



Ms. Hayden returned to the table to address additional questions about the revised fiscal note.

12:15 PM -- HB17-1208



Representative Weissman, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1208. The bill, as amended by the House Judiciary Committee, clarifies the process for sealing certain criminal records following the creation of a simplified process under Senate Bill 16-116. Representative Weissman responded to questions from the committee.

12:26 PM -- SB17-226



Representative Foote, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-226, which relocates the statutes concerning the regulation of financial institutions from Title 12 to Title 11 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and makes minor technical changes.

12:28 PM -- SB17-227



Representative Foote, prime sponsor, next presented Senate Bill 17-227, which relocates the statutes concerning attorneys-at-law from Title 12 to Title 13 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and makes minor technical changes.

12:29 PM



The committee adjourned.