Bill Summary for Bill Number HB13-1167

Date: 02/26/2013

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB13-1167

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.002 - withdrawn The motion passe Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E). The motion p Adopt conceptual amendment L.005 (Attachment F). T Refer House Bill 13-1167, as amended, to the Commi	Pass Without Objection Pass Without Objection PASS

03:26 PM -- House Bill 13-1167

Representatives Peterson and Duran, prime sponsors, introduced House Bill 13-1167 and distributed prepared Amendment L.003 (Attachment E). The sponsors discussed the provision of the bill, which will require the Secretary of State's Office to request information from each business owner regarding whether the business is owned by a woman, minority, veteran, or person with a disability, and to make that information available to the public. The sponsors responded to questions from the committee on: how the information will be conveyed, why this information is useful, and why the demographics matter.

130226 AttachE PM.pdf

03:36 PM

Questions from the committee continued on the accuracy of information provided and on how this information relates to the state's contracting process.

The following individuals testified to the committee:

03:42 PM -- Nicole Singleton, President of Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favor of the bill. Ms. Singleton stated that her office receives numerous calls on whether Colorado is supportive of diverse-owned business and that this data will reflect how well the state is supporting these businesses. She said that definitive statistics would help her and other agencies to plan related training sessions and leverage partnerships. Ms. Singleton responded to questions from the committee on the vulnerability of the data on the web.

03:46 PM -- Richard Lewis, Chair of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Lewis stated his surprise in learning that this information is not being tracked by the state. He responded to questions from the committee on other self-reported statistics that would be useful for this database and on how this bill would help businesses contract with the state.

03:55 PM -- Scott Gessler, Secretary of State, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Gessler commented that his office's new business and economic reporting has precipitated the desire for more information. He discussed his support of Amendment L.003 (Attachment E), which adds the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes to the reporting. Mr. Gessler stated his support of this business information being voluntary. Mr. Gessler responded to questions from the committee on: working with the Governor's Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) on leveraging the database, privacy concerns, and why demographics matter.

04:07 PM

Mr. Gessler continued to respond to questions on: the amendment, whether a disclaimer is necessary on how the information will be used, and whether this requires statutory authorization.

04:09 PM -- Jennifer Cassell, OEDIT, came to the table to offer technical testimony. Ms. Cassell stated that this new database would not be duplicative to OEDIT's Minority Business Office's database, which has data on minority and women-owned businesses only. Ms. Cassell commented that data is great, and that OEDIT can link the data to their online asset map tool. She commented that the bill would allow OEDIT to connect businesses to networking and key industries. She responded to a question on the safety clause.

04:12 PM

The committee and the sponsors discussed a conceptual amendment to remove the bill's safety clause.


BILL:	HB13-1167
TIME:	04:13:28 PM
MOVED:	Hamner
MOTION:	Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Kraft-Tharp
		VOTE
	DelGrosso
	Exum
	Hamner
	Holbert
	Navarro
	Nordberg
	Rosenthal
	Ryden
	Szabo
	Kraft-Tharp
	Williams

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


BILL:	HB13-1167
TIME:	04:17:11 PM
MOVED:	DelGrosso
MOTION:	Adopt conceptual amendment L.005 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Holbert
		VOTE
	DelGrosso
	Exum
	Hamner
	Holbert
	Navarro
	Nordberg
	Rosenthal
	Ryden
	Szabo
	Kraft-Tharp
	Williams

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

130226 AttachF PM.pdf

04:18 PM

The sponsors made closing remarks. Representative Duran stated that this data will help inform public policy. She stated that the Hispanic Chamber also supports the bill.


BILL:	HB13-1167
TIME:	04:21:24 PM
MOVED:	Hamner
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 13-1167, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-2.
SECONDED:	Kraft-Tharp
		VOTE
	DelGrosso	Yes
	Exum	Yes
	Hamner	Yes
	Holbert	No
	Navarro	Yes
	Nordberg	No
	Rosenthal	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Szabo	Yes
	Kraft-Tharp	Yes
	Williams	Yes

YES: 9 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS