Date: 04/28/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB15-185

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion p
Refer Senate Bill 15-185, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



11:37 AM -- SB15-185

The committee was called to order. A quorum was present. Representative Fields, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 15-185, concerning provisions to improve police operations. Representative Fields provided background on the issues addressed by the bill, and discussed the stakeholder process in drafting the bill. Representative Fields explained the effect of the bill, and discussed some changes made to the bill in the Senate. Representative Fields responded to questions regarding the criteria considered in the reporting data to be submitted to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the Colorado Commission of Criminal and Juvenile Justice under the bill, and the potential for amending the bill to clarify certain ethnic data. Representative Fields responded to further questions regarding the points in the judicial process that will be studied under the bill.


11:46 AM

The following persons testified regarding SB 15-185:

11:46 AM -- Ms. Bianca Pullen, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Pullen discussed the merits of collecting and studying data as directed by the bill.

11:47 AM -- Reverend Dr. Anne Rice-Jones, representing the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Reverend Rice-Jones discussed the merits of assembling arrest and judicial data under the bill.

11:49 AM -- Brother Jeff Fard, representing Brother Jeff's Cultural Center, testified in support of the bill. Brother Fard discussed the information to be collected under the bill, and the changes made by the bill in the Senate.


11:51 AM

Representative Fields explained the effect of prepared amendment L.005 (Attachment A).

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BILL:SB15-185
TIME: 11:52:15 AM
MOVED:Kagan
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Salazar
VOTE
Becker K.
Carver
Court
Dore
Foote
Lawrence
Lundeen
Pettersen
Salazar
Van Winkle
Willett
Lee
Kagan
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


11:52 AM

Discussion returned to the potential for amending the bill to address concerns about data reporting concerning ethnicity, and the ability of police and other affected parties to collect ethnicity data.


12:01 PM

Representative Fields provided closing remarks in support of SB 15-185. Representative Fields responded to questions regarding opposition to the bill in the Senate. Discussion ensued on this point.
BILL:SB15-185
TIME: 12:02:05 PM
MOVED:Lee
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 15-185, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5.
SECONDED:Salazar
VOTE
Becker K.
Yes
Carver
No
Court
Yes
Dore
No
Foote
Yes
Lawrence
No
Lundeen
No
Pettersen
Yes
Salazar
Yes
Van Winkle
No
Willett
Yes
Lee
Yes
Kagan
Yes
Final YES: 8 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



12:07 PM

The committee adjourned.