Date: 03/13/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1122

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 06-1122 to the Committee of the WPASS


02:11 PM -- House Bill 06-1122

Senator Spence, sponsor, presented House Bill 06-1122 concerning procedures relating to missing persons. The bill requires law enforcement officials to accept missing person reports promptly. It specifies the minimum actions a law enforcement agency may take upon receiving a missing person report and requires coroners and medical examiners to take steps, including the obtaining of DNA samples, to assist in the identification of unidentified human remains. The bill also prohibits cremation of unidentified human remains.

02:14 PM -- Peg Ackerman, County Sheriffs of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill. Ms. Ackerman stated that she is authorized to express the support of the Police Chiefs Association. She discussed the procedure for accepting missing persons reports and the need for standardization of that procedure.

02:17 PM -- Wesley Riber, Colorado Coroner's Association, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Riber stated that the bill represents a procedure that most coroner's offices currently follow, but this bill allows the coroners to use the law to back up their actions.

02:20 PM -- Robert Bristow, Project Jason, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Bristow's organization supports the passage of this bill and bills like it across the nation. He provided statistics of missing persons in the United States.
BILL:HB06-1122
TIME: 02:24:21 PM
MOVED:Dyer
MOTION:Refer House Bill 06-1122 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The bill passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
Yes
Dyer
Yes
Gordon
Excused
Mitchell
Yes
Traylor
Yes
Shaffer
Yes
Grossman
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS