Date: 07/07/2006

Final
House Bill 06S-1008

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved a substitute motion to Postpone Indefinitely
Moved to refer House Bill 06S-1008 to the Committe		PASS
TIE
01:07 PM -- House Bill 06S-1008

Representative Cadman, prime sponsor, presented an overview of House Bill 06S-1008, concerning criminalizing trespassing in the state while in violation of federal immigration law. Representative Cadman reviewed a number of recent newspaper articles covering the subject of illegal immigration. Representative Cadman discussed current criminal penalties for entering and being present in Colorado in violation of federal immigration law.

[The sponsors of other immigration-related bills before the committee presented their bills. Public testimony on all of the immigration bills was also taken, and the committee recessed for House floor work.]


08:22 PM

Representative Cadman again explained the concept of criminalizing trespassing in Colorado on the basis of a federal immigration violation and reasserted the need for House Bill 06S-1008. The committee discussed the fiscal impact of the bill and the impact of the bill on corrections in Colorado. Representative Cadman responded to questions regarding criminalizing trespassing in violation of federal immigration law at the federal level instead of the state level.


08:33 PM

The committee continued to discuss the enforcement of immigration law at the federal level, versus the state level. No amendments were offered for House Bill 06S-1008.


BILL:House Bill 06S-1008
TIME: 08:36:45 PM
MOVED:Cadman
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 06S-1008 to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation. Representative T. Carroll offered a substitute motion to postpone the bill indefinitely. The substitute motion passed. [see next vote sheet]
SECONDED:Schultheis
VOTE
Cadman
Carroll T.
Coleman
Crane
Gallegos
Liston
Lundberg
Schultheis
Todd
Ragsdale
Weissmann
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:House Bill 06S-1008
TIME: 08:37:15 PM
MOVED:Carroll T.
MOTION:Moved a substitute motion to Postpone Indefinitely House Bill 06S-1008. The motion passed on a 6-5 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Weissmann
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