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H_THL_2024A 03/06/2024 01:38:10 PM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING & LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date 03/06/2024
Attendance
Boesenecker X
Catlin *
Frizell X
Jodeh *
Mauro X
Parenti X
Valdez X
Vigil *
Wilson X
Lindsay *
Froelich X
Time 01:38:10 PM to 09:46:11 PM
Place Old State Library
This Meeting was called to order by Froelich
This Report was prepared by Dan Graeve
Hearing Items Action Taken
HB24-1237 Amended, referred to House Appropriations
HB24-1250 Amended, referred to House Appropriations
HB24-1313 Amended, referred to House Finance
HB24-1235 Amended, referred to House Finance

HB24-1237 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations


01:38:40 PM  
Representatives Bradfield
and Lukens, bill sponsors, introduced House Bill 24-1237 to the committee.
The bill creates three programs for the development of child care facilities
in the Department of Local Affairs.
01:44:49 PM  
Representative Lukens discussed amendment L.001 to the committee. The amendment can be found as Attachment A.
01:45:22 PM  
Ms. Nicole Riehl, representing Colorado Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC), testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Simone Ross, representing Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerece, testified in support of the bill.
Devin Camacho, representing the Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Mo Miskell, representing the Department of Local Affairs - Division of Housing, testified to amend the bill.
01:54:14 PM  
Carlie Bangs, representing the Town of Estes Park, testified in support of the bill.
01:55:03 PM  
Witnesses responded to questions from the committee.
02:02:51 PM  
Brad Weinig, representing Pennrose, testified in support of the bill.
Scott James, representing Weld County and Colorado Counties, Incorporated, testified in support of the bill.
02:06:00 PM  
Christina Walker, representing Healthier Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Jennifer Mackety, representing Little Den Early Learning Center, testified in support of the bill.
02:09:12 PM  
Ms. Bonnie Rouse-Caputo,
representing Colorado Department of Early Childhood, was available to answer
committee questions.

Ms. Michele Stillwell-Parvensky, representing Colorado Department of Early
Childhood, was available to answer committee questions.
02:13:06 PM  
Drea Modugno, representing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the bill.


02:16:44 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A)
Moved Lindsay
Seconded Jodeh
Boesenecker
Catlin
Frizell
Jodeh
Mauro
Parenti
Valdez
Vigil
Wilson
Lindsay
Froelich
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:16:45 PM  
Bill sponsors provided
final comments on the bill.


Written public
testimony can be found as Attachment B.


02:19:50 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 24-1237, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Lindsay
Seconded Jodeh
Boesenecker Yes
Catlin Yes
Frizell Yes
Jodeh Yes
Mauro Yes
Parenti Yes
Valdez Yes
Vigil Yes
Wilson Yes
Lindsay Yes
Froelich Yes
Final YES: 11   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB24-1250 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations


02:20:12 PM  
Representatives Kipp
and Armagost, bill sponsors, introduced House Bill 24-1250 to the committee.
The bill allows an individual convicted of a traffic offense to complete
a traffic improvement course in order to waive license suspension points.
02:25:45 PM  
Mr. Tariro Goronga, representing Driving Schools, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Jake Dinwiddie, representing Driving Schools, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Kelly Campbell, representing Driving Schools, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Dan Jablan, representing Driving Schools, testified in support of the bill.
02:33:01 PM  
Bill sponsors introduced
and explained amendment L.001 (Attachment C).


02:33:30 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C)
Moved Mauro
Seconded Vigil
Boesenecker
Catlin
Frizell
Jodeh
Mauro
Parenti
Valdez
Vigil
Wilson
Lindsay
Froelich
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:33:34 PM  
Bill sponsors provided final comments on the bill.


02:36:11 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 24-1250, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Lindsay
Seconded Frizell
Boesenecker Yes
Catlin Excused
Frizell Yes
Jodeh Yes
Mauro Yes
Parenti Yes
Valdez Yes
Vigil Yes
Wilson Yes
Lindsay Yes
Froelich Yes
Final YES: 10   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB24-1313 - Amended, referred to House Finance

02:40:51 PM  
Representatives Jodeh
and Woodrow, billsponsors, introduced House Bill 24-1313 to the committee.
The bill requires that certain local governments plan and implement housing
density goals approved by the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and creates
a grant program and other technical assistance to support these efforts.
 Noncompliant local governments forfeit their state allocation of
funding from the Highway Users Tax Fund. DOLA may seek an injunction in
district court requiring compliance. Qualified communities may receive
funding from a new grant program. The bill also increases the amount of
affordable housing tax credits issued by the Colorado Housing and Finance
Authority.
02:44:10 PM  
Bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
02:55:32 PM  
Committee discussion continued.
03:02:44 PM  
Bill sponsors described
amendment L.002 (Attachment D).
03:10:13 PM  
Committee discussion
continued.
03:14:16 PM  
Elena Mendoza, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Graciella Saucedo-Rivera, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Will Toor, representing the Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Carla Harris, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
03:21:20 PM  
Ms. Tiffany Weber, representing Good Business Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
03:22:36 PM  
Witnesses responded to questions from the committee.
03:25:42 PM  
Mr. Nathan Lindquist, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Britt Diehl, representing the Downtown Denver Partnership, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Adie Tomer, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Dr. Yonah Freemark, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
03:32:34 PM  
Mr. Jacob Korn, representing
the Rocky Mountain Institute, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Marjo Curgus, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
03:39:10 PM  
Witnesses responded to questions from the committee.
03:48:13 PM  
Kevin Bommer, representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified in opposition to the bill.
Ms. Tonya Haas Davidson, representing the City of Greenwood Village, testified in opposition to the bill.
Ms. Jessica Campbell Swanson, representing Arapahoe County, testified to amend the bill.
Ms. Stephanie Piko, representing the City of Centennial, testified in opposition to the bill.
04:02:12 PM  
Committee discussion continued.
04:15:05 PM  
Committee discussion
continued.
04:24:25 PM  
Darryl Jones, representing
Ridgegate, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Jones provided written
materials to the committee that can be found as Attachment E.
04:27:03 PM  
Ms. Anneliese Steel, representing Colorado Concern, testified in support of the bill. Austin Blumenfeld, representing Centennial State Prosperity, testified in support of the bill.
04:31:07 PM  
Mr. Brian Rossbert,
representing Housing Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Amy Baca-Olert,
represnting the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of
the bill. Mr. Jonathan Singer, representing the Boulder Chamber of Commerce,
testified in support of the bill. John Magnino, representing Conservation
Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Sara Loflin, representing themself,
testified in support of the bill.
04:44:27 PM  
Mr. Joshua River,
representing the Town of Parker, testified against the bill. Ms. Anita
Seitz, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified
to amend the bill. Kinsey Hasstedt, representing Enterprise Community Partners,
testified to amend the bill. Eric Bergman, representing Colorado Counties,
Inc., testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Bergman provided written
materials that can be found as Attachment F. Mr. Tim Barnes, representing
the City of Lafayette and Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified
to amend the bill. Ms. Kristin Stephens, representing Counties & Commissioners
Acting Together (CCAT), testified to amend the bill.

04:59:12 PM  
Witnesses responded to questions from the committee.
04:59:37 PM  
Kelly Sloan, representing the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, testified in opposition to the bill.
Danee Brouillard, representing the City and County of Broomfield, testified to amend the bill.
Anna Bertanzetti, representing the City and County of Broomfield, testified to amend the bill.
Tamar Krantz, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
05:11:09 PM  
Melissa Mejia, representing the Community Economic Defense Project, testified to amend the bill.
05:15:06 PM  
Mr. Zach Martinez, representing Gary Advocacy, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Luke Teater, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Kevin Matthews, representing YIMBY Denver, testified in support of the bill.
05:19:19 PM  
Alana Miller, representing the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), testified in support of the bill.
Angelique Espinoza, representing Good Business Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
Molly McKinley, representing the Denver Streets Partnership, testified in support of the bill.
05:27:55 PM  
June Churchill, representing Greater Denver Transit, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Ryan Keeney, representing YIMBY Denver, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Tim Pegg, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
05:36:29 PM  
Kat Haber, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Lucas Meier, representing EarthJustice, testified in support of the bill.
Jorde Matthews, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
05:40:58 PM  
RJ Boyle, representing Sierra Club, testified in support of the bill.
05:44:26 PM  
Mr. Bryce Arii, representing
the Good Business Colorado Association, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Daniel Howard, representing YIMBY Action - Urban Environmentalists,
testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Kelly Blynn, representing the Colorado Energy Office, testified in
support of the bill.

Mr. Matt Frommer, representing the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project,
testified in support of the bill.

05:57:02 PM  
Mr. Brian Loma, representing
Good Business Colorado and Green Latinos, testified in support of the bill.


06:03:17 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment G)
Moved Jodeh
Seconded Mauro
Boesenecker
Catlin
Frizell
Jodeh
Mauro
Parenti
Valdez
Vigil
Wilson
Lindsay
Froelich
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


06:03:43 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D)
Moved Jodeh
Seconded Mauro
Boesenecker
Catlin
Frizell
Jodeh
Mauro
Parenti
Valdez
Vigil
Wilson
Lindsay
Froelich
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:04:16 PM  
Bill sponsors provided
final comments on the bill.

All written public testimony can be found as Attachment H.



06:07:24 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 24-1313, as amended, to the Committee on Finance.
Moved Jodeh
Seconded Parenti
Boesenecker Yes
Catlin No
Frizell No
Jodeh Yes
Mauro Yes
Parenti Yes
Valdez Yes
Vigil Excused
Wilson No
Lindsay Yes
Froelich Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 3   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB24-1235 - Amended, referred to House Finance

06:11:37 PM  
Representatives Brown and Bird introduced House Bill 24-1235 to the committee. The bill creates new requirements concerning adverse airport impacts for the State Aviation System Grant Program and the Division of Aeronautics, and establishes the Unleaded Aviation Gasoline Enterprise in the division.
06:20:09 PM  
Bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
06:23:52 PM  
Dr. Bruce Lanphear,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Austin Norausky, representing themself, testified in support of the
bill. Ms.

Noelle Roni Gebre-Mariam, representing themself, testified in support of
the bill.
06:30:30 PM  
Dr. Robert Boutelle, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
06:33:14 PM  
Attorney General
Phil Weiser, representing the Department of Law, testified in support of
the bill.
06:33:32 PM  
Ms. Ashley Stolzmann, representing Boulder County, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Jessica Campbell-Swanson, representing Arapahoe County, testified in support of the bill.
06:44:34 PM  
Guyleen Castriotta, representing Broomfield City Council, testified in support of the bill.
06:45:03 PM  
Chris Swathwood, representing the Colorado Aviation Business Association, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Brad Elliott, representing the Colorado Aviation Business Association, testified to amend the bill.
Gary Tobey, representing the Colorado Pilots Association, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Adrian Nye, representing the Colorado Pilots Association, testified to amend the bill.
07:02:20 PM  
Mr. Cooper Anderson, representing the Colorado Airport Operators Association, testified to amend the bill.
David Ulane, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation, testified to amend the bill.
07:05:27 PM  
Witnesses responded to questions from the committee.
07:08:19 PM  
Mr. Joel Sayres, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Michael Burek, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Vance Wagenknecht, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Brooks Wagenknecht, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
07:25:57 PM  
Mr. Kevin Ryan, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Bette Todd, representing Quiet Skies, testified in support of the bill.
Carolyn Farbman, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Charlene Willey, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
07:35:01 PM  
Amy Turner, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
07:39:06 PM  
Mr. Brad Schuster, representing Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, testified in opposition to the bill.
Mr. Thomas McIntosh, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
Richard Orf, representing Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Brad Walker, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
Mr. Skip Schoen, representing Rio Grande County, testified in opposition to the bill.
07:52:03 PM  
Chris Leh, representing the City of Louisville, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. David Jurist, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Dr. Anne Wilson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Heather Hansen, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
08:02:05 PM  
Mr. Randy Johnson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Jason Hopfer, representing Jefferson County, testified to amend the bill.
08:14:38 PM  
Ms. Kristi Ivey,
representing the National Business Aviation Association, testified to amend
the bill.

Ms. Karen Huggard, representing the National Air Transportation Association,
testified to amend the bill.

Mr. Robert Hackman, representing EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association,
testified to amend the bill.

Joshua Burger, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
08:23:16 PM  
Sara Blackhurst, representing Action Colorado, testified to amend the bill.
Ms. Makayla Galler, representing themself, testified in a neutral position on the bill.
08:29:57 PM  
Heidi Jaros, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Sherry Sommer, representing Preserve Louisville, testified in support of the bill
08:37:35 PM  
Ms. Kirsten Frysinger,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Donna Urban, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Urban provided printed materials to the committee and can be found
as Attachment I.
08:44:56 PM  
Ms. Alison Smits-Milnes, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
08:48:06 PM  
Mr. Theodore Rogers, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Gary Reynolds, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
08:54:20 PM  
Mr. Weston Greene, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Jeff Clark, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:00:05 PM  
Mr. Gordon Feliciano, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Roger Burnett, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.Mr.
Kyle Heckman, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:04:39 PM  
Dr. Carolyn Schulte,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Larry Bass, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.

Mr. Colin Dielmann, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.

09:14:58 PM  
John Stewart, representing himself, testified to amend the bill.
09:17:28 PM  
Mr. Chris Henderson, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:20:06 PM  
Mr. Alan Frohbieter, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. James Kranich, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Kristopher Schehr, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:26:00 PM  
Mr. Michael Kuss, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Nick Cirincione, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Ray Beck, representing CLUB 20, testified to amend the bill.
Mr. Trevor Edie, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:34:40 PM  
Mr. Stephan Cavarra, representing themself, testified to amend the bill.
09:40:42 PM  
Ms. Brianna Lehman, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
09:41:08 PM  
Bill sponsors discussed
amendment L.005, which can be found as Attachment J.



09:42:40 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment J)
Moved Lindsay
Seconded Frizell
Boesenecker
Catlin
Frizell
Jodeh
Mauro
Parenti
Valdez
Vigil
Wilson
Lindsay
Froelich
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
09:42:54 PM  
Bill sponsors provided
final comments on the bill. All written public testimony can be founds
as Attachment K.


09:45:56 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 24-1235, as amended, to the Committee on Finance.
Moved Lindsay
Seconded Frizell
Boesenecker Yes
Catlin Yes
Frizell Yes
Jodeh Yes
Mauro Yes
Parenti Yes
Valdez Yes
Vigil Yes
Wilson Yes
Lindsay Yes
Froelich Yes
Final YES: 11   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


09:46:11 PM   The committee adjourned.






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