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576A43AE586AD86087258C3B00760110 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1170

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Feb 24, 2025      
Location LSB A



HB25-1170 - Witness Testimony Lay Over
02:28:59 PM  
Representative Hamrick
and Representative Boesenecker, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House
Bill 25-1170, concerning lobbying on behalf of a charitable tax-exempt
nonprofit entity. The bill creates a new category of “nonprofit lobbyist”
and exempts these lobbyists from the registration requirements for professional
lobbyists if certain conditions are met. The bill sponsors responded to
questions from committee members.



The bill sponsors
provided two handouts (Attachments B and C) to the committee.
02:59:56 PM  
Erin Meschke, representing
themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Hannah Goodman, representing
the Libertarian Party of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill.
Frank Lehnerz, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
Jessica Fenske, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
Lacey Hays, representing the Colorado Lobbyists Association, testified
in opposition to the bill. Kjersten Forseth, representing the Colorado
AFL-CIO, testified in opposition to the bill.



The panelists
responded to questions from the committee.
03:26:52 PM  
Paul Lhevine, representing
the Colorado Nonprofit Association, testified in support of the bill. Jack
Murphy, representing the Colorado Nonprofit Association, testified in support
of the bill. Theresa Rinne-Meyers, representing the Rocky Mountain MicroFinance
Institute, testified in support of the bill. Jeffrey Lamontagne, representing
the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, testified in support of the bill. Carmen
Lewis, representing Rise Against Violence, testified in support of the
bill. Pat Hamilton, representing the "I Love U Guys" Foundation,
testified in support of the bill.



The panelists
responded to questions from the committee.
03:54:58 PM  
Scott Martinez, representing
themself, testified in support of the bill. Tom Downey, representing themself,
testified in support of the bill. Alex McHenry, representing the Community
Resource Center, testified in support of the bill.



The panelists
responded to questions from the committee.
04:19:58 PM  
Representative Boesenecker
made comments to the committee. Representative Willford, Chair, laid the
bill over to a future date for action only.






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