Date: 01/31/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1135

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to Postpone Indefinitely House Bill 06-1135.
Refer House Bill 06-1135 to the Committee on Appro		PASS
FAIL



04:14 PM -- House Bill 06-1135

Representative Knoedler presented an overview of and testified in favor of House Bill 06-1135, concerning a modification to the threshold amount of campaign contributions that necessitates disclosure of information about the person making the contribution under Colorado law governing campaign finance. Representative Knoedler responded to questions regarding disclosure of persons making contributions and the entities covered by this bill.

The following persons testified on the bill:

04:21 PM -- Ms. Carol Snyder, Colorado County Clerks Association, testified on the bill. Ms. Snyder commented on the increase in workload for county clerks that would result with the passage of this bill. Representative Knoedler commented on the fiscal impact of the bill in response.


04:25 PM -- Mr. Rob Fairbank, representing himself, testified in favor of House Bill 06-1135. Mr. Fairbank distributed copies of a handout to the committee detailing anonymous contributions made to small donor political action committees in the 2004 election cycle (Attachment H). Mr. Fairbank and Representative Knoedler responded to questions regarding the number of contributions that a donor can make during an election cycle.


04:35 PM

Representative Knoedler provided closing remarks in favor of the bill.


BILL:HB06-1135
TIME: 04:36:46 PM
MOVED:Cadman
MOTION:Refer House Bill 06-1135 to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation. The motion failed on a 5-6 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Liston
VOTE
Cadman
Yes
Carroll T.
No
Coleman
No
Crane
Yes
Gallegos
No
Liston
Yes
Lundberg
Yes
Schultheis
Yes
Todd
No
Ragsdale
No
Weissmann
No
Not Final YES: 5 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:HB06-1135
TIME: 04:38:03 PM
MOVED:Carroll T.
MOTION:Moved to Postpone Indefinitely House Bill 06-1135. The motion carried on 6-5 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Coleman
VOTE
Cadman
No
Carroll T.
Yes
Coleman
Yes
Crane
No
Gallegos
Yes
Liston
No
Lundberg
No
Schultheis
No
Todd
Yes
Ragsdale
Yes
Weissmann
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS