C2E70A8CA29CCEE187258C2F00715C88 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SUNSET HEARING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP COMMISSION

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Date Feb 12, 2025
Location SCR 357

Sunset hearing for Early Childhood Leadership Commission - Committee Discussion Only

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment B

Attachment B.pdf

Attachment C

Attachment C.pdf

01:38:15 PM

Senator Kolker invited Alana Rosen, Office of Legislative Legal Services, to provide an overview of the sunset review and bill drafting process. Brian Tobias, Director of the Office of Policy and Research in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), explained the DORA sunset review process. Mr. Tobias reviewed DORA's recommendations included in the sunset report, which can be found as Attachment B. The draft bill to continue the Early Childhood Leadership Commission indefinitely can be found as Attachment C.

01:46:01 PM

Mr. Tobias answered questions from the committee.

01:50:57 PM

Kristina Heyl, representing the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, testified in support of the bill.

01:55:11 PM

Senator Lundeen proposed
a conceptual amendment to add a sunset review of the ECLC in 5 years. Committee
discussion ensued.

01:58:57 PM	Motion	Move to amend the draft bill to include a sunset review in five years.
	Moved	Lundeen
	Seconded

	Bright
	Kipp
	Lundeen
	Michaelson Jenet
	Rich
	Marchman
	Kolker
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

01:59:43 PM	Motion	Move to introduce the bill as amended.
	Moved	Marchman
	Seconded

	Bright	Yes
	Kipp	Yes
	Lundeen	Yes
	Michaelson Jenet	Yes
	Rich	Yes
	Marchman	Yes
	Kolker	Yes
		YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:59:45 PM

Senator Marchman
and Senator Bright will be co-prime sponsors. The rest of the committee
will be co-sponsors. The committee gave Ms. Rosen permission to make technical
corrections to the draft.

Sunset hearing for Early Childhood Leadership Commission - Committee Discussion Only

Colorado General Assembly