50AD44E8756DED8587258BD6007966DF Hearing Summary

Melissa DeBie, History Colorado, introduced her presentation. She spoke about House Bill 24-1442, which requires History Colorado to inventory materials original to the State Capitol. She told the committee about how many items they have found to date and which areas still need to be inventoried. The committee was shown images of the process of inventorying the various items.

Ms. DeBie spoke about what will be in the permanent collection and the guidelines that will be followed to preserve these items. She answered a question regarding what is considered to have historic value. She told the committee about the types of items that are being found.

Ms. DeBie continued to tell the committee about items that are not considered historical to the building. She responded to questions about furniture.

Jeanette Chapman, Legislative Council Staff, spoke about excess historic items and what the project would do with it, including potentially sending furniture to auction. The committee discussed what to do with the excess historic furniture and the timeline for removing the furniture currently in the State Capitol building.