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SENATE JOURNAL

Sixty-first General Assembly

STATE OF COLORADO

Second Regular Session

29th Legislative Day Wednesday, February 4, 1998


Call to By the President pro tem at 9:00 a.m.

Order

Prayer By the chaplain, Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner.

Roll Call Present--Total, 29

Absent/Excused--Norton, Wells--Total, 2.

Absent--Feeley, Hernandez, Lacy, Thiebaut--Total, 4.

Present later--Feeley, Hernandez, Lacy, Norton, Thiebaut.

Quorum The President pro tem announced a quorum present.

Reading of On motion of Senator Reeves, reading of the Journal of February 3rd was dispensed with

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

SENATE SERVICES REPORT

Senate Correctly printed: SB 98-171.

Services

CORRECTED COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORT

Education After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be referred favorably to the Committee of the Whole: SB 98-70

COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORT

Finance After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be referred favorably to the Committee of the Whole: SB 98-132

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On motion of Senator Powers, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the Senate proceeded out of order for Consideration of HJR 98-1007.

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CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION

HJR 98-1007 by Rep. Entz; Senator Ament--Drinking Water Eligibility

(Printed in House Journal, January 19, pages 109-114.)

On motion of Senator Ament, the Resolution was ADOPTED by the following roll call vote:


YES 32

NO 0

EXCUSED 2

ABSENT 1

Alexander
Y
Feeley
Y
Mutzebaugh
Y
Tanner
Y

Ament
Y
Hernandez
A
Pascoe
Y
Tebedo
Y

Arnold
Y
Hopper
Y
Perlmutter
Y
Thiebaut
Y

Bishop
Y
Johnson
Y
Phillips
Y
Wattenberg
Y

Blickensderfer
Y
Lacy
Y
Powers
Y
Weddig
Y

Chlouber
Y
Lamborn
Y
Reeves
Y
Wells
E

Coffman
Y
Linkhart
Y
Rizzuto
Y
Wham
Y

Congrove
Y
Martinez
Y
Rupert
Y
Mr. President
E

Dennis
Y
Matsunaka
Y
Schroeder
Y

HJR 98-1007 Co-sponsors added: Alexander, Ament, Arnold, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Chlouber,

(Cont.) Coffman, Congrove, Dennis, Feeley, Hernandez, Hopper, Johnson, Lacy, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Mutzebaugh, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Rizzuto, Rupert, Schroeder, Tanner, Tebedo, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, Wham.

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On motion of Senator Powers, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the balance of the calendar of Wednesday, February 4, was laid over until Thursday, February 5, retaining its place on the calendar.

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TRIBUTES--A POINT OF INTEREST

Honoring Esteben Rodriguez by Senator Dennis

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

February 5, 1998.

Approved:


Tom Norton

President of the Senate

Attest:

Joan M. Albi

Secretary of the Senate