H_FIN_2024A 04/25/2024 02:22:24 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Date 04/25/2024 Attendance deGruy Kennedy * Frizell X Garcia X Hartsook * Kipp X Lindstedt * Marshall X Soper * Weinberg X Joseph X Snyder X Time 02:22:24 PM to 07:47:23 PM Place HCR 0112 This Meeting was called to order by Snyder This Report was prepared by Jessika Shipley Hearing Items Action Taken hSB24-190 Referred to House Appropriations hSB24-184 Referred to House Appropriations hSB24-198 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hSB24-123 Amended, referred to House Appropriations hSB24-173 Amended, referred to House Appropriations hSB24-139 Referred to House Appropriations SB24-190 - Referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/E297E828D3AC...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf 02:23:34 PM Representative Lukens and Speaker McCluskie, co-prime sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-190. The bill creates two state income tax credits for freight rail use and railroad operators servicing coal transition communities; allows coal transition communities to be designated as enterprise zones and enhanced rural enterprise zones; expands the duties of the Rural Opportunity Office; and makes changes to the Moffat Tunnel Improvement District. 02:28:40 PM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 02:30:25 PM Cory Gaines, representing himself, testified in opposition to the bill. He responded to questions from the committee. 02:36:29 PM Richard Orf, representing the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Piep van Heuven, representing Colorado Ski Country USA, testified in support of the bill. John Putnam, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation, testified in support of the bill. Sonja Macys, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Matthew Mendisco, representing the town of Hayden, testified in support of the bill. Leslie Hilton-Hinga, representing the Governor's Office of Economic Development and International Trade, testified in support of the bill. 02:55:12 PM The panel of witnesses responded to questions from the committee. 03:07:31 PM The witnesses continued to respond to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment A). 03:29:11 PM The bill sponsors made closing remarks. 03:35:05 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-190 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Joseph Seconded Garcia deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell No Garcia Yes Hartsook Yes Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall Yes Soper Excused Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 8 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-184 - Referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/3816B6C16D7D...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf 03:35:16 PM Representative Boesenecker and Speaker McCluskie, co-prime sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-184. The bill establishes requirements for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Regional Transportation District, and the Front Range Passenger Rail District to promote the expansion and development of surface transportation infrastructure networks. 03:44:25 PM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 03:53:57 PM Gregory Scott, representing the American Car Rental Association, testified in opposition to the bill. June Churchill, representing Greater Denver Transit, testified to amend the bill. The panel of witnesses responded to questions from the committee. 04:09:08 PM Piep van Heuven, representing Colorado Ski Country USA, testified in support of the bill. Piper Darlington, representing CDOT, testified in support of the bill. Josh Pens, representing the Department of Revenue, testified in support of the bill. John Putnam, representing CDOT, testified in support of the bill. Matthew Mendisco, representing the town of Hayden, testified in support of the bill. Andrew Karsian, representing the Front Range Passenger Rail District, testified in support of the bill. The panel of witnesses responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment B). 04:41:05 PM Speaker McCluskie and Representative Boesenecker made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 04:49:54 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-184 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Joseph Seconded Kipp deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell No Garcia Yes Hartsook No Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall No Soper No Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-198 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/6A8DA6D71463...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf 04:50:01 PM Representative Brown and Representative McCormick, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-198. The bill requires the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) to regulate natural medicine facilitators educational programs and makes other clarifications to the regulation of natural medicine. 04:57:02 PM Sam Delp, representing DORA, testified in support of the bill. Dominique Mendiola, representing the Colorado Department of Revenue's Natural Medicine Division, testified in support of the bill. Allison Robinette, representing the Colorado Department of Revenue's Natural Medicine Division, testified in support of the bill. Tasia Poinsatte, representing the Healing Advocacy Fund, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment C). 05:02:01 PM Representative McCormick and Representative Brown made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 05:15:10 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-198 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Joseph Seconded Kipp deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell No Garcia Yes Hartsook No Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall Yes Soper No Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-123 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/354B122D1029...$File/Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/DD9DCF4D4431...$File/Attachment E.pdf?OpenElement Attachment E.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/D6A5AFC6AB2D...$File/Attachment F.pdf?OpenElement Attachment F.pdf 05:15:16 PM Representative Mauro and Representative Froelich, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-123. The bill creates the Waste Tire Management Enterprise. 05:21:48 PM David Snapp, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, testified to amend the bill. Garin Vorthmann, representing Holcim/Geocycle, read a statement on behalf of Shiv Sharma in support of the bill. Don Coram, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Elizabeth Chapman, representing Recycle Colorado, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:33:42 PM Representative Froelich explained amendments L.009, L.010, and L.011 (Attachments D, E, and F). Representative Froelich responded to questions from the committee. 05:36:46 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment E). Moved Joseph Seconded Kipp deGruy Kennedy Frizell Garcia Hartsook Kipp Lindstedt Marshall Soper Excused Weinberg Joseph Snyder YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:37:08 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment D). Moved Joseph Seconded Lindstedt deGruy Kennedy Frizell Garcia Hartsook Kipp Lindstedt Marshall Soper Excused Weinberg Joseph Snyder YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:37:32 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment F). Moved Joseph Seconded Garcia deGruy Kennedy Frizell Garcia Hartsook Kipp Lindstedt Marshall Soper Excused Weinberg Joseph Snyder YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:37:33 PM Representative Mauro and Representative Froelich provided concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 05:40:15 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-123, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Joseph Seconded Garcia deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell No Garcia Yes Hartsook No Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall Yes Soper No Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-173 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/6429AB47F275...$File/Attachment G.pdf?OpenElement Attachment G.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/796F48B5DD25...$File/Attachment H.pdf?OpenElement Attachment H.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/4EA077E743AB...$File/Attachment I.pdf?OpenElement Attachment I.pdf 05:40:25 PM Representative Titone and Representative Soper, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-173, concerning the regulation of persons providing mortuary science services. The bill requires the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) to regulate certain mortuary science occupations. Representative Soper discussed the DORA 2023 Sunrise Review of Funeral Service Professionals (Attachment G) and amendment L.017 (Attachment H). Representative Soper and Representative Titone responded to questions from the committee. 05:58:11 PM Sam Delp, representing DORA, testified in support of the bill. Patty Salazar, representing DORA, testified in support of the bill. Chris Schaefer, representing the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Public Safety, testified in support of the bill. Faith Haug, representing the Colorado Community College System and Arapahoe Community College, testified in support of the bill. Conor Norris, representing the Knee Center for Regulatory Research, testified in a neutral position on the bill. Dalene Paull, representing the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, was available to answer committee questions. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment I). 06:20:24 PM Representative Soper and Representative Titone explained amendment L.017. 06:23:21 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.017 (Attachment H). Moved Soper Seconded Joseph deGruy Kennedy Frizell Garcia Hartsook Kipp Lindstedt Marshall Soper Weinberg Joseph Snyder YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 06:23:22 PM Representative Titone and Representative Soper made concluding remarks about the bill. 06:27:11 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-173, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Soper Seconded Joseph deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell Yes Garcia Yes Hartsook Yes Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall Yes Soper Yes Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB24-139 - Referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/9C671F230D97...$File/Attachment J Merged.pdf?OpenElement Attachment J Merged.pdf 06:27:17 PM Representative deGruy Kennedy and Representative Lindstedt, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-139. The bill creates the 911 Services Enterprise in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Representative deGruy Kennedy responded to questions from the committee. 06:32:40 PM Chris Carnahan, representing South Metro Fire Rescue, testified in opposition to the bill. Jake Lestock, representing CTIA - The Wireless Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Daryl Branson, representing Colorado Public Utilities Commission in DORA, was available to answer committee questions. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 07:00:46 PM Jaci Louise, representing the Colorado 911 Advisory Task Force Legislative Committee, testified in support of the bill. Todd Holzwarth, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Connie Johnson, representing the Colorado 911 Resource Center, testified in support of the bill. Joseph Benkert, representing the Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment J). 07:37:44 PM Representative deGruy Kennedy and Representative Lindstedt provided concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 07:47:12 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-139 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Lindstedt Seconded deGruy Kennedy deGruy Kennedy Yes Frizell No Garcia Yes Hartsook No Kipp Yes Lindstedt Yes Marshall No Soper No Weinberg No Joseph Yes Snyder Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 07:47:23 PM The committee adjourned.
