S_SA_2022A 05/03/2022 03:18:17 PM Committee Summary

Senator Coleman proceeded with witness testimony on the bill.

Cameron Hill, representing Colorado Common Cause, testified in support of the bill. Martha Tierney, representing The Bell Policy Center, testified in support of the bill. Jon Anderson, representing self, testified in support of the bill. The witness panel responded to committee questions.

The committee discussed amendments.

Senator Woodward, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 22-066. This bill requires the State Treasurer to transfer $1.1 billion from the General Fund to the Unemployment Compensation Fund on July 1, 2022. The bill requires the Division of Unemployment Insurance in the Department of Labor and Employment to repay the federal government $1.014 billion in advances received due to depletion of the fund during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senator Coleman proceeded with witness testimony on the bill. Submitted testimony may be found in Attachment C.

Amendments L.004 and L.005 were distributed (Attachments D and E).

The bill sponsor gave closing remarks. Committee members commented.

The committee recessed.

The committee came back to order.

Senator Bridges and Senator Moreno, bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 22-232. The bill creates the Colorado Workforce Housing Trust Authority as an independent special purpose authority for promoting affordable rental housing projects for middle-income workforce housing.

The bill sponsors responded to committee questions.

Senator Coleman proceeded with witness testimony on the bill. Submitted testimony may be found in Attachment F.

Kinsey Hasstedt, representing Enterprise Community Partners, testified to amend the bill. Brian Rossbert, representing Housing Colorado, testified to amend the bill. Jonathan Cappelli, representing Neighborhood Development Collaborative, testified to amend the bill. Cathy Alderman, representing Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, testified to amend the bill. The witness panel responded to committee questions.

Haroun Cowans, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Rashad Younger, representing self, testified in support of the bill. MiDian Holmes, representing Issachar Center for Urban Leadership, testified in support of the bill. Mark Falcone, representing self, testified in support of the bill. The witness panel responded to committee questions.

Mark Marshall, representing Rocky Mountain Communities, testified to amend the bill. Michael Valdez, representing Special District Association of Colorado, testified to amend the bill. Dr. Kathleen Van Voorhis, representing Community Investment Alliance, testified to amend the bill. Jennifer Lopez, representing Project Moxie, testified to amend the bill.

Nola Miguel, representing Globeville Elyria Swansea Coalition, testified to amend the bill. Aaron Miripol, representing Urban Land Conservancy, testified to amend the bill. Amy Case, representing Jefferson County Housing Authority, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

Fathima Dickerson, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Andrea Gomez, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Michael Walker, representing Church in the City - Beth Abraham, testified in support of the bill. Monica Askew, representing self, testified in support of the bill.

The bill sponsors gave closing comments. Committee members commented.

Senator Fields and
Senator Priola, bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1387. The bill requires
Home Owners’ Associations to conduct studies of reserve funds and establishes
parameters for different levels of study, time frames for conducting or
updating studies, and limitations on how reserve funds may be invested.



The bill sponsors responded to committee questions.  

Ed Shackelford, representing self, testified in opposition to the bill. Buck Bailey, representing self, was available to answer committee questions.

Committee members commented on the bill. The bill sponsors responded to committee questions.

The committee recessed.

The committee came back to order.

The committee recessed.

The committee came back to order

Senator Moreno, bill
sponsor, presented House Bill 22-1397. The bill creates the Statewide Equity
Office in the Department of Personnel and Administration to provide best
practices, resources, and guidance for state agencies in offering equitable
services, and to provide for an accepting and diverse environment for state
employees.



The bill sponsor responded to committee questions.

Senator Coleman proceeded with witness testimony on the bill.

Senator Moreno, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 22-1393. The bill creates the Displaced Aurarian Scholarship to fund tuition at Metropolitan State University, University of Colorado-Denver, or Community College of Denver for the descendants of people whose families were displaced by the development of the Auraria higher education complex.