Bill Summary for Bill Number HB12-1147

Date: 02/06/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1147

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001(Attachment B) as amended. Th Moved an amendment to L.001 to add "or agriculture Moved to refer House Bill 12-1147, as amended, to	PASS Pass Without Objection PASS

01:33 PM -- House Bill 12-1147

Representative Williams, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 1147, which designates the western tiger salamander as the state amphibian of Colorado and distributed Attachment A.

The following individuals testified on the bill:

01:36 PM -- Larissa and Marko Babiak, students representing themselves, spoke in support of the bill and explained why the salamander should be the state amphibian.

01:41 PM -- Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, spoke in support of the bill and discussed the salamander's paleontology in the state.

01:49 PM -- Avery Dell, student representing herself, spoke in support of the bill and talked about the salamander's habitat.

01:53 PM -- Ben Vagle, student representing himself, spoke in support of the bill and discussed some of his experiences with salamanders.

01:59 PM -- Jason Crow, Colorado for the Tiger Salamander, spoke in support of the bill and answered questions from the committee.


BILL:	HB12-1147
TIME:	02:04:43 PM
MOVED:	Brown
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.001(Attachment B) as amended. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3.
SECONDED:	Vaad
		VOTE
	Brown	Yes
	Coram	Yes
	Fischer	No
	Jones	No
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Scott	Yes
	Vaad	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Wilson	No
	Baumgardner	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes

YES: 10 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB12-1147
TIME:	02:07:38 PM
MOVED:	McKinley
MOTION:	Moved an amendment to L.001 to add "or agriculture activity" after "construction project". The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Baumgardner
		VOTE
	Brown
	Coram
	Fischer
	Jones
	Looper
	McKinley
	Ryden
	Scott
	Vaad
	Vigil
	Wilson
	Baumgardner
	Sonnenberg

YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

02:09 PM

The committee recessed.

02:11 PM

The committee came back to order


BILL:	HB12-1147
TIME:	02:16:51 PM
MOVED:	Fischer
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 12-1147, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1.
SECONDED:	Wilson
		VOTE
	Brown	Yes
	Coram	No
	Fischer	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Looper	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Scott	Yes
	Vaad	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Wilson	Yes
	Baumgardner	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes

Final YES: 12 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS