Bill Summary for Bill Number HB12-1115

Date: 02/14/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1115

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment J). The Moved to adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment K). The Moved to adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment L). The Moved to refer House Bill 12-1115, as amended, to	Pass Without Objection FAIL PASS

03:38 PM -- House Bill 12-1115

Representative Liston, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 12-1115. With strike-below amendment L.001, the bill requires the Legislative Council Staff to compile and make available comments received from Colorado businesses on legislation that:

creates a new or increased mandate on businesses; or
is expected to significantly increase costs on businesses.

Comments must be submitted within a 10-day window designated by the staff, and are further limited to those received from the first 50 businesses to respond. Comments are to be made available in conjunction with the fiscal note.

03:45 PM -- Terry Scanlon, representing the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, testified against the bill. Representative Liston responded to Mr. Scanlon's testimony.

04:00 PM -- Donnah Moody and Douglas Hayes, representing the Goodrich Corporation, testified in favor of the bill. Mr. Hayes gave some examples of legislative mandates that have been passed over the last few years that have increased costs for Goodrich by millions of dollars. Mr. Hayes and Ms. Moody responded to questions from the committee regarding the impact the bill will have on time frames in the last days of session.

04:16 PM -- Travis Berry, representing the Colorado Competitive Council, testified in support of the bill.

04:18 PM -- Loren Furman, Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, testified in support of the bill. She talked about other states that do similar analyses and distributed an example from Florida (Attachment I).


BILL:	HB12-1115
TIME:	04:30:35 PM
MOVED:	Liston
MOTION:	Moved to adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment J). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Holbert
		VOTE
	Balmer
	Holbert
	Miklosi	Excused
	Priola
	Singer
	Soper
	Swerdfeger
	Szabo
	Tyler
	Williams A.
	Wilson
	Swalm
	Liston

YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB12-1115
TIME:	04:35:21 PM
MOVED:	Singer
MOTION:	Moved to adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment L). The motion failed on a vote of 5-7.
SECONDED:	Tyler
		VOTE
	Balmer	No
	Holbert	No
	Miklosi	Excused
	Priola	No
	Singer	Yes
	Soper	Yes
	Swerdfeger	No
	Szabo	No
	Tyler	Yes
	Williams A.	Yes
	Wilson	Yes
	Swalm	No
	Liston	No

YES: 5 NO: 7 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	HB12-1115
TIME:	04:31:31 PM
MOVED:	Williams A.
MOTION:	Moved to adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment K). The chair ruled amendment L.002 does not fit under the title.
SECONDED:	Tyler
		VOTE
	Balmer
	Holbert
	Miklosi	Excused
	Priola
	Singer
	Soper
	Swerdfeger
	Szabo
	Tyler
	Williams A.
	Wilson
	Swalm
	Liston

YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:


BILL:	HB12-1115
TIME:	04:44:20 PM
MOVED:	Swalm
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 12-1115, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-4.
SECONDED:	Liston
		VOTE
	Balmer	Yes
	Holbert	Yes
	Miklosi	Excused
	Priola	Yes
	Singer	No
	Soper	Yes
	Swerdfeger	Yes
	Szabo	Yes
	Tyler	No
	Williams A.	No
	Wilson	No
	Swalm	Yes
	Liston	Yes

YES: 8 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

04:45 PM

The committee adjourned.