Date: 02/06/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1158

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1158 to the CommitteePASS


03:50 PM -- House Bill 12-1158

Representative Baumgardner, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 1158, which repeals the "Colorado Inedible Meat Rendering and Processing Act of 1967" (Act), including the licensing and inspection requirements for disposal plants (rendering businesses) and transporters of inedible meat products. In addition, the bill grants the Commissioner of Agriculture rule-making authority to specify the labeling and operating requirements for the production of commercial feed under the existing "Commercial Feed Law".

03:52 PM -- Steve Bornmann, Colorado Department of Agriculture, spoke in support of the bill and described the current animal rendering law. Mr. Bornmann answered questions from the committee.

BILL:HB12-1158
TIME: 03:54:37 PM
MOVED:Baumgardner
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 12-1158 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0.
SECONDED:Brown
VOTE
Brown
Yes
Coram
Yes
Fischer
Yes
Jones
Yes
Looper
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Ryden
Excused
Scott
Yes
Vaad
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Baumgardner
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS