EE4EBF5852D562CE87258C2100719837 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB25-022

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
Date Jan 29, 2025
Location SCR 352

SB25-022 - Postponed Indefinitely

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File Name

Attachment A

01:40:49 PM

Senator Marchman
and Senator Baisely, co-prime sponsors, introduced and explained Senate
Bill 25-022 Applying AI to Fight Wildfire. The bill requires the Department
of Public Safety to study and develop applications of artificial intelligence
to fight wildfires.

01:46:25 PM

Chad Vorthmann, representing
Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. Tim Burdick, representing
Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. Sajit Jumani, representing
Lockheed Martin, testified in support of the bill. The panel responded
to questions from the committee.

01:54:55 PM

Autumn Brooks, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Shirley Jin, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mike Rawluk, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.

02:00:28 PM

Ben Miller, representing
The Division of Fire Prevention and Control, was available to answer committee
questions and spoke briefly on the bill.

02:00:29 PM

Written testimony is included as Attachment A.

02:06:51 PM

The sponsors gave
closing remarks and requested that the bill be postponed indefinitely due
to the high fiscal note and the current bedgetary environment.

02:15:40 PM	Motion	Postpone Senate Bill 25-022 indefinitely.
	Moved	Cutter
	Seconded

	Catlin	Yes
	Exum	Yes
	Hinrichsen	Yes
	Mullica	Yes
	Pelton B.	Yes
	Simpson	Yes
	Sullivan	Yes
	Cutter	Yes
	Winter F.	Yes
	Final	YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

SB25-022 - Postponed Indefinitely

Colorado General Assembly