2D14695771AAD1A387258C7600768295 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1303

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date Apr 24, 2025
Location SCR 357

HB25-1303 - Committee Discussion Only

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment B

Attachment B.pdf

Attachment C

Attachment C - Combined.pdf

Attachment D

Attachment D.pdf

03:38:06 PM

Senators Roberts
and Winter introduced House Bill 25-1303. The bill creates the Crash Prevention
Enterprise in the Colorado Department of Transportation to provide grants
for eligible projects intended to reduce certain motor vehicle collisions.
The sponsors distributed a fact sheet to the committee (Attachment
B).

03:41:27 PM

Written testimony
may be found in Attachment C.

03:48:05 PM

Ms. Bev Stables,
representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified in support of the
bill. Ms. Emily Haddaway, representing CDOT, testified in support of the
bill. Suzanne O Neill, representing the Colorado Wildlife Federation, testified
in support of the bill. Ms. Anita Seitz, representing Colorado Communities
for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. The witnesses answered
several committee questions.

04:06:24 PM

Dr. Barbara Vasquez,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Carl Castillo,
representing City of Boulder, testified in support of the bill. Michael
Dax, representing Wildlands Network, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Jon Holst, representing Western Resource Advocates, testified in support
of the bill.

04:15:15 PM

Ms. Renee Chacon,
representing Commerce City City Council, testified in support of the bill.
Jerry White, representing Bike Colorado Springs, testified in support of
the bill.

04:20:33 PM

Ms. Tricia Canonico, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action and Fort Collins, testified in support of the bill. Pete Piccolo, representing Bicycle Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kristin Stephens, representing Larimer County, testified in support of the bill.

04:29:08 PM

Tim Brass, representing Colorado Department of Natural Resources - Colorado Parks and Wildlife, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Frank Lehnerz, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.

04:35:11 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.013 (Attachment D)
	Moved	Kolker
	Seconded

	Bright
	Frizell
	Gonzales J.
	Kolker
	Mullica
	Simpson
	Snyder
	Marchman
	Kipp	Excused
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

04:35:20 PM

The sponsors gave some closing remarks.

04:54:06 PM

At the request of
the sponsors, the bill was laid over to a future date for action only.

HB25-1303 - Committee Discussion Only

Colorado General Assembly