Call to By the President at 9:02 a.m.

Order

Prayer By the chaplain, Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner.

Roll Call Present--Total, 31.

Absent/Excused--Lacy, Lamborn--Total, 2.

Absent--Pascoe, Wham--Total, 2.

Present later--Lacy, Pascoe, Wham.

Quorum The President announced a quorum present.

Reading of On motion of Senator Phillips, reading of the Journal of April 7th was dispensed with

Journal and the Journal stands approved as corrected by the Secretary.

SENATE SERVICES REPORT

Senate Correctly revised: SB 98-74, 120, 122, 167, 180; HB 98-1159.

Services

To the governor for signature on Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at 11:50 a.m.:

SB 98-3, 11, 12, 37, 45, 55, 70, 71, 119, 141.

COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORTS

State, After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be

Veterans, referred favorably to the Committee on Appropriations: HB 98-1063

and Military

Affairs

Trans- After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be portation referred favorably to the Senate for final action: HJR 98-1017

Trans- After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be

portation postponed indefinitely: SB 98-187

THIRD READING OF BILLS--FINAL PASSAGE

On Third Reading, the titles of the following bills were publicly read, the reading at length having been dispensed with by unanimous consent:

SB 98-180 by Sen. Schroeder; Rep. Adkins--Continued Implementation Of CICJS

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 31		NO 2		EXCUSED 2		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	N	Tanner	Y
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	Y	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	Y	Thiebaut	Y
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	Y	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	N	Wells	Y
Coffman	Y	Linkhart	Y	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	Y	Martinez	Y	Rupert	Y	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	Y	Schroeder	Y

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.

SB 98-74 by Sen. Weddig; Rep. Hagedorn--Sales & Use Tax Exemption Coins

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 26		NO 7		EXCUSED 2		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	Y	Tanner	N
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	N	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	Y	Thiebaut	N
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	Y	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	N	Wells	Y
Coffman	Y	Linkhart	N	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	Y	Martinez	N	Rupert	N	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	Y	Schroeder	Y

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.

Co-sponsors added: Alexander, Bishop, Chlouber, Congrove, Hernandez, Mutzebaugh, Schroeder, Tebedo.

SB 98-167 by Sen. Feeley; Rep. Snyder--Gulf War Syndrome Registry

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 33		NO 0		EXCUSED 2		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	Y	Tanner	Y
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	Y	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	Y	Thiebaut	Y
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	Y	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	Y	Wells	Y
Coffman	Y	Linkhart	Y	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	Y	Martinez	Y	Rupert	Y	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	Y	Schroeder	Y

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.

Co-sponsors added: Ament, Arnold, Bishop, Chlouber, Coffman, Dennis, Hernandez, Johnson, Martinez, Norton, Pascoe, Phillips, Rupert, Tebedo, Thiebaut.

SB 98-122 by Sen. Schroeder; Rep. May--Communication & Information Resources

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 24		NO 9		EXCUSED 2		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	N	Tanner	Y
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	Y	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	N	Thiebaut	Y
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	N	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	N	Wells	Y
Coffman	N	Linkhart	N	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	N	Martinez	N	Rupert	N	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	Y	Schroeder	Y

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.

Co-sponsors added: Hernandez, Matsunaka, Phillips, Tebedo.

SB 98-120 by Sen. Ament; Rep. Owen--Include Part Of Weld County In RTD

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 31		NO 2		EXCUSED 2		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	Y	Tanner	Y
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	Y	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	Y	Thiebaut	Y
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	N	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	Y	Wells	Y
Coffman	N	Linkhart	Y	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	Y	Martinez	Y	Rupert	Y	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	Y	Schroeder	Y

SB 98-120 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill

(Cont.) was declared PASSED.

Co-sponsor added: Phillips

HB 98-1159 by Rep. T. Williams; Senator Rizzuto--Employer App Workers' Comp Settlements

The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:

YES 31		NO 0		EXCUSED 4		ABSENT 0
Alexander	Y	Feeley	Y	Mutzebaugh	Y	Tanner	Y
Ament	Y	Hernandez	Y	Pascoe	Y	Tebedo	Y
Arnold	Y	Hopper	Y	Perlmutter	Y	Thiebaut	Y
Bishop	Y	Johnson	Y	Phillips	Y	Wattenberg	Y
Blickensderfer	Y	Lacy	E	Powers	Y	Weddig	Y
Chlouber	Y	Lamborn	E	Reeves	Y	Wells	*
Coffman	Y	Linkhart	Y	Rizzuto	Y	Wham	Y
Congrove	Y	Martinez	Y	Rupert	Y	Mr. President	Y
Dennis	Y	Matsunaka	*	Schroeder	Y

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.

Co-sponsor added: Weddig

Abstaining (*) from voting under Senate Rule 17(c)--Senators Matsunaka and Wells.

HB 98-1401 by Rep. Grampsas; Senator Lacy--Long Appropriations Bill

Laid over until Thursday, April 9, retaining its place on the calendar.

Senate in recess.

Senate reconvened.

Call of Call of Senate.

Senate

Call Raised.

______________________________

On motion of Senator Wells, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the balance of the calendar of Wednesday, April 7, was laid over until Thursday, April 8, retaining its place on the calendar.

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SIGNING OF BILLS

The President has signed: HB98-1008, 1018, 1020, 1029, 1186, 1209, 1250, and 1309.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS--FIRST READING

The following bills were read by title and referred to the committees indicated:

SB 98-196 by Senator Ament; also Representative Entz--Concerning extension of the implementation date until July 1, 1999, of a stricter temporary standard for the replacement of stream depletions resulting from the operation of wells in the Denver basin aquifers.

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy

HB 98-1398 by Representative Tool; also Senator Schroeder--Concerning a reduction in the rate of interest on deferred property taxes.

Finance

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were read by title:

SJR 98-022 by Senators Perlmutter, Alexander, Ament, Arnold, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Coffman, Congrove, Dennis, Feeley, Hernandez, Hopper, Johnson, Lacy, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Mutzebaugh, Norton, Pascoe, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Rizzuto, Rupert, Schroeder, Tanner, Tebedo, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, Wells, and Wham; also Representatives Gotlieb, Adkins, Agler, Alexander, Allen, Anderson, Arrington, Bacon, C. Berry, G. Berry, Chavez, Clarke, Dean, Dyer, Entz, Epps, Faatz, George, Gordon, Grampsas, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hefley, Johnson, Kaufman, Keller, Kreutz, Lawrence, Leyba, Mace, May, McElhany, McPherson, Miller, Morrison, Musgrave, Nichol, Owen, Pankey, Paschall, Pfiffner, Reeser, Romero, Salaz, Saliman, Schauer, Sinclair, Smith, Snyder, Sullivant, Swenson, Takis, Tate, Taylor, Tool, Tucker, Tupa, Udall, Veiga, S. Williams, T. Williams, Young, and Zimmerman--Concerning commending the state of Israel on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Laid over one day under Senate Rule 30(b), and placed on the calendar of Thursday, .

April 9.

HJR 98-1009 by Representatives Owen, Anderson, G. Berry, Grampsas, May, Pfiffner, and T. Williams; also Senator Lacy--Concerning the design and implementation of alternatives to social security.

(Printed in House Journal, February 3, page 345, and as amended as printed in House Journal, April 6.)

Laid over one day under Senate Rule 30(e), and placed on the calendar of Thursday,.

April 9.

HJR 98-1023 by Representatives Musgrave, Entz, and Young; also Senator Ament--Concerning American Heritage Rivers Initiative.

(Printed in House Journal, March 23, pages 1033-1035, and as amended as printed in House Journal, April 6.)

Laid over one day under Senate Rule 30(e), and placed on the calendar of Thursday,.

April 9.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE GRANTED FURTHER POWERS

SB 98-13 by Sen. Powers; Representative T. Williams--Disclosures PIP Managed Care Options

Senator Powers moved that the Senate Conferees on the First Conference Committee on SB 98-13 be given the powers to go beyond the scope of the differences between the two Houses.

A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the motion was adopted.

TRIBUTES--A POINT OF INTEREST

Honoring Nicole Gallegos by Senator Linkhart

Honoring Antoinette Trujillo by Senator Linkhart

On motion of Senator Schroeder, the Senate adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Thursday,

April 9, 1998.

Attest: Approved:

Joan M. Albi Tom Norton

Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate