Bill Summary for Bill Number HB15-1308

Date: 03/30/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1308

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1308 to the Committee of the W	PASS

01:34 PM -- HB15-1308

Representatives Lawrence and Moreno, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 15-1308. The bill amends provisions of the SMART Government Act, concerning interim meetings and other interactions between members of the General Assembly and representatives of state executive branch departments. Specifically, the bill:

• repeals current requirements for departmental hearings with legislative committees of reference in the legislative interim, replacing current language with a general requirement that each legislative

committee of reference with departmental oversight responsibilities hold at least one and not more than three SMART Act hearings between November 1 and the beginning of the next legislative session;

• requires members of each committee of reference to be appointed by December 1, and to include members-elect of the next General Assembly;

• allows members-elect to receive per diem and expense reimbursement to attend SMART Act hearings; and

• makes members of the Joint Budget Committee (JBC), as appointed by the chair of the JBC, the sole departmental liaisons for performance planning, eliminating a statutory requirement that, for each

department, two members of the relevant legislative joint committee of reference also serve as liaisons.


BILL:	HB15-1308
TIME:	01:38:40 PM
MOVED:	Salazar
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 15-1308 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:	Neville P.
		VOTE
	Foote	Excused
	Humphrey	Yes
	Lontine	Yes
	Neville P.	Yes
	Primavera	Yes
	Tate	Yes
	Thurlow	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Willett	Yes
	Salazar	Yes
	Ryden	Yes

Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS