Bill Summary for Bill Number HB06-1406

Date: 04/27/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1406

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 06-1406 to the Committee	PASS

12:35 PM -- House Bill 06-1406

Representative Solano, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 06-1406 which makes it a class B traffic infraction with a $50 fine to illegally possess or sell an electronic device that is designed to cause a traffic light to change. The bill also increases the penalty classification for illegally using an electronic device that causes a traffic light to change from a class B traffic infraction to a class A traffic infraction with a $100 fine, and increases the penalty classification to a class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense with a mandatory $1,000 fine if the illegal use of the electronic device that causes the traffic light to change proximately causes bodily injury to another person.

12:40 PM

Terry Campbell, representing the Colorado State Patrol spoke in support of the bill.

12:43 PM

Representative Solano gave her closing remarks.


BILL:	HB06-1406
TIME:	12:44:19 PM
MOVED:	Green
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 06-1406 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 9-0-2.
SECONDED:	Knoedler
		VOTE
	Borodkin	Yes
	Green	Yes
	Hefley	Excused
	Knoedler	Yes
	Larson	Excused
	Lindstrom	Yes
	Ragsdale	Yes
	Sullivan	Yes
	Welker	Yes
	McFadyen	Yes
	Pommer	Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS