1EF7C85755B8D11487258C6600162D00 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1214

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date Apr 7, 2025
Location HCR 0112

HB25-1214 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Attachment Tag

File Name

10:02:16 PM

Representative Clifford,
prime sponsor, presented House Bill 25-1214. The bill requires a court
determination that incarceration is the most appropriate course of action
for class 5 and 6 felonies, changes parole considerations for low-risk
offenders, and amends statute around drug programming for parolees to reflect
current practice. He distributed and explained amendments L.005 and L.006
(Attachments W and Y).

10:12:01 PM

Maureen Cain, representing
the Office of State Public Defender, testified in support of the bill.
Christie Donner, representing the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition,
testified in support of the bill. Mike Rawluk, representing himself, testified
in opposition to the bill as drafted. Written testimony about the
bill is included as Attachment Z.

10:21:14 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment W).
	Moved	Titone
	Seconded	Stewart R.

	Brooks
	Camacho
	DeGraaf
	Garcia
	Gonzalez R.
	Joseph
	Marshall
	Stewart R.
	Suckla
	Weinberg
	Zokaie
	Titone
	Lindstedt
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

10:22:44 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment Y).
	Moved	Titone
	Seconded	Stewart R.

	Brooks
	Camacho
	DeGraaf
	Garcia
	Gonzalez R.
	Joseph
	Marshall
	Stewart R.
	Suckla
	Weinberg
	Zokaie
	Titone
	Lindstedt
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

10:25:15 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 25-1214, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
	Moved	Titone
	Seconded	Camacho

	Brooks	No
	Camacho	Yes
	DeGraaf	No
	Garcia	Yes
	Gonzalez R.	No
	Joseph	Yes
	Marshall	Yes
	Stewart R.	Yes
	Suckla	No
	Weinberg	No
	Zokaie	Yes
	Titone	Yes
	Lindstedt	No
	Final	YES: 7 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB25-1214 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Colorado General Assembly