Bill Summary for Bill Number HB06-1178

Date: 02/15/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1178

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment F). [A substitut Moved to refer House Bill 06-1178, as amended, to Representative Penry made a substitute amendment t	TIE PASS PASS

12:55 PM -- House Bill 06-1178

Representative Butcher, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 1178. The bill would extend the Motorist Insurance Identification Database (MIIDB) Program until July 1, 2007, and moves it from a private contractor to the Department of Revenue (DOR). It would require the DOR to conduct a statistical analysis to determine the correlation between the database and the number of uninsured drivers in the state. She distributed amendment L.002 (Attachment F).

01:00 PM -- Joan Vecchi, representing the Department of Revenue, testified in favor of the bill. She stated that the intent is to replicate the database as it stands now within DOR. The department would like to eventually share the data with law enforcement and county clerks. Representative Penry brought up the findings and recommendations in the Department of Regulatory Agencies sunset report.

01:07 PM

Ms. Vecchi responded to some questions from the committee regarding the accuracy and usefulness of the program. Representative Carroll asked what enforcement mechanisms the department would have against insurance companies that are non-compliant. The committee asked what the bill would do to respond to the numerous complaints that have been received about the program.


BILL:	HB06-1178
TIME:	01:13:25 PM
MOVED:	Butcher
MOTION:	Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment F). [A substitute amendment was offered and passed- see next vote sheet.]
SECONDED:	Marshall
		VOTE
	Balmer
	Borodkin
	Butcher
	Carroll M.
	Coleman
	Knoedler
	Liston
	McCluskey
	Paccione
	Penry
	Welker
	Cerbo
	Marshall
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:	HB06-1178
TIME:	01:14:58 PM
MOVED:	Penry
MOTION:	Representative Penry made a substitute amendment to repeal the program as of July 1, 2006, when the program's contract expires, rather than sunsetting the program and waiting out the year wrap-up period provided in statute. Bruce Harrelson, Department of Regulatory Agencies, responded to the committee's question of whether the year wrap up period is necessary in this case, or if the program could simply terminate on July 1, 2006. The substitute motion passed on a 7-6 vote.
SECONDED:	Knoedler
		VOTE
	Balmer	Yes
	Borodkin	No
	Butcher	Yes
	Carroll M.	No
	Coleman	No
	Knoedler	Yes
	Liston	No
	McCluskey	Yes
	Paccione	Yes
	Penry	Yes
	Welker	Yes
	Cerbo	No
	Marshall	No
Not Final YES: 7 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	HB06-1178
TIME:	01:28:01 PM
MOVED:	Penry
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 06-1178, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed 11-2.
SECONDED:	Paccione
		VOTE
	Balmer	Yes
	Borodkin	Yes
	Butcher	Yes
	Carroll M.	Yes
	Coleman	No
	Knoedler	Yes
	Liston	Yes
	McCluskey	Yes
	Paccione	Yes
	Penry	Yes
	Welker	Yes
	Cerbo	Yes
	Marshall	No
Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:30 AM

The committee adjourned.