Date: 03/31/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1306

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D). The motion p
Refer House Bill 15-1306, as amended, to the Commi		PASS
PASS



01:50 PM -- HB 15-1306

Representative Williams and Representative Salazar, sponsors, introduced House Bill 15-1306. The bill directs the Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) to conduct a study to determine whether disparities in the selection of businesses exist in the state procurement system. The study's final report is to be completed, posted online by the Minority Business Office, and submitted to members of the General Assembly by January 1, 2017. The DPA is required to include the findings of the study and any additional recommendations in the department's State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearing. The DPA is also required to develop a method for tracking state contracts with historically under utilized businesses, and to publish this information online. The DPA must also track and publish this information for bids solicited on or after January 1, 2016.

The bill sponsors provided the committee with a handout regarding the bill (Attachment A).

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Representative Williams and Representative Salazar responded to questions from the committee regarding other disparity studies that have been done by other entities within the state and across the country, details regarding the scope of the study, how the study will be conducted, anticipated results from the study, and other details related to the bill.

02:07 PM -- Dawn Howard, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support the bill.

02:08 PM -- Phil Hayes, Colorado AFL-CIO, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Hayes responded to questions from the committee.

The bill sponsors responded to further questions from the committee.

02:19 PM -- Sandy Gutierrez, Latino Chamber of Commerce in Pueblo, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Gutierrez responded to questions from the committee.

02:28 PM -- Erin Bennett, Colorado 9to5, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Bennett responded to questions from the committee.

02:31 PM -- Olivia Mendoza, Minority Business Office, testified in support of the bill.

02:34 PM -- Jack Wylie, DPA, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Wylie responded to questions from the committee. Mr. Wylie provided a handout to the committee regarding the Access Colorado program (Attachment B).

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02:44 PM -- Faye Wilson Tate and Willie Franklin, CH2M Hill, testified in support of the bill.

02:47 PM -- Edward Cadena, US Small Business Administration, testified regarding the bill.

02:53 PM -- Charles Ward, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ward responded to questions from the committee.

02:57 PM -- Richard Lewis, RTL Networks and Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the bill.

03:07 PM -- Gloria Schoch, MillerCoors, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Schoch responded to questions from the committee.

03:12 PM -- Neel Levy, Levy & Levy, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Levy responded to questions from the committee.

03:18 PM -- Loren Furman, Colorado Association of Chamber and Industry, testified in support of the bill.

03:20 PM -- Chris Ward, Colorado Legislative Council Staff, responded to questions from the committee regarding the fiscal note.

Representative Williams provided a letter from the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce in support of the bill (Attachment C).

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03:28 PM

Representative Williams introduced amendment L.003 (Attachment D). The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee regarding the amendment.

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BILL:HB15-1306
TIME: 03:35:22 PM
MOVED:Williams
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D). The motion passed on a vote of 10-3.
SECONDED:Pabon
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Garnett
Yes
Keyser
Yes
Navarro
Yes
Nordberg
No
Pabon
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Roupe
Yes
Tate
No
Thurlow
No
Winter
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Williams
Yes
YES: 10 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



03:36 PM

Representative Williams and Representative Salazar made closing remarks on the bill.

Committee members made closing remarks on the bill.
BILL:HB15-1306
TIME: 03:42:33 PM
MOVED:Williams
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1306, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-6.
SECONDED:Pabon
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Garnett
Yes
Keyser
No
Navarro
No
Nordberg
No
Pabon
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Roupe
No
Tate
No
Thurlow
No
Winter
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Williams
Yes
Final YES: 7 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS