C29C8FA318BC993787258C5E008179E4 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1165

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
Date Mar 31, 2025
Location SCR 352

HB25-1165 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment A

Attachment A.pdf

Attachment B

Attachment B - Combined.pdf

Attachment C

Attachment C.pdf

Attachment D

Attachment D.pdf

Attachment E

Attachment E.pdf

05:34:15 PM

Senator Kipp and
Senator Simpson, co-prime sponsors, introduced and explained House Bill
25-1165 Geologic Storage Enterprise & Geothermal Resources. The bill
creates an enterprise to support geologic storage operations and updates
regulations for certain geothermal resources. The sponsors distributed
a fact sheet on the bill (Attachment A). The sponsors responded to questions
from the committee.

05:42:34 PM

Aaron Ray, representing Department of Natural Resources, testified in support of the bill. Mike Rigby, representing Energy & Carbon Management Commission, Department of Natural Resources, testified in support of the bill. Kevin Donegan, representing Division of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources, testified in support of the bill. Sara Orrange, representing Clean Air Task Force and Colorado Water Congress, testified in support of the bill.

05:52:43 PM

Brien Webster, representing Conservation Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mayor John Clark, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action and Town of Ridgway, testified in support of the bill. Christopher Neidl, representing The Direct Air Capture Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Quinn Antus, representing Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill.

06:00:58 PM

Peggi OKeefe, representing
Hotsprings, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Alex DeGolia, representing
Environmental Defense Fund, testified in support of the bill. Tim Redmond,
representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action and Routt County,
testified in support of the bill.

06:08:30 PM

Benjamin Boudreaux, representing Department of Law, was available to answer committee questions.

06:08:31 PM

Written testimony is included as Attachment B.

06:14:00 PM

The sponsors distributed
and described Amendments L.015 (Attachment C), L.016 (Attachment D), and
L.017 (Attachment E).

06:14:03 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.015
	Moved	Simpson
	Seconded

	Catlin
	Exum
	Hinrichsen
	Mullica
	Pelton B.
	Simpson
	Sullivan
	Cutter
	Winter F.
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

06:15:01 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.016
	Moved	Simpson
	Seconded

	Catlin
	Exum
	Hinrichsen
	Mullica
	Pelton B.
	Simpson
	Sullivan
	Cutter
	Winter F.
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

06:15:19 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.017
	Moved	Simpson
	Seconded

	Catlin
	Exum
	Hinrichsen
	Mullica
	Pelton B.
	Simpson
	Sullivan
	Cutter
	Winter F.
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

06:15:20 PM

The sponsors gave closing comments on the bill.

06:17:10 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 25-1165, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
	Moved	Simpson
	Seconded

	Catlin	Yes
	Exum	Yes
	Hinrichsen	Yes
	Mullica	Yes
	Pelton B.	No
	Simpson	Yes
	Sullivan	Yes
	Cutter	Yes
	Winter F.	Yes
	Final	YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB25-1165 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Colorado General Assembly