Date: 01/26/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1063

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer HB 06-1063 to the Committee of the Whole. TPASS


06:33 PM -- House Bill 06-1063

Representative Cadman, prime sponsor, summarized the provisions of HB 06-1063. The bill clarifies that a court can order global positioning system (GPS) monitoring as a means of supervising an adult offender (before trial, or upon sentencing to community corrections or probation) or a juvenile offender (before trial or upon sentencing to probation). He explained how and when GPS is used to monitor offenders, and the benefits of GPS monitoring as opposed to other types of monitoring.

The following people testified on the committee:

06:36 PM -- Ms. Paula Presley, representing the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the County Sheriffs of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill and explained why GPS is a helpful monitoring tool. She responded to questions from the committee and described the difference between GPS monitoring and other electronic monitoring. Mr. Michael Dohr, Office of Legislative Legal Services, responded to questions about the bill.


06:49 PM

The chairman closed the public testimony portion of the hearing. No amendments were offered by the committee or the bill sponsor.
BILL:HB06-1063
TIME: 06:50:46 PM
MOVED:Hefley
MOTION:Refer HB 06-1063 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed unanimously.
SECONDED:Jahn
VOTE
Boyd
Yes
Clapp
Yes
Decker
Yes
Gardner
Yes
Hefley
Yes
Jahn
Yes
Judd
Yes
McGihon
Yes
Witwer
Yes
Carroll M.
Yes
Carroll T.
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



06:51 PM

The chairman informed the committee of upcoming meetings and bills on the calendar through February 9. The committee adjourned.