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SENATE JOURNAL

Sixty-first General Assembly

STATE OF COLORADO

Second Regular Session

55th Legislative Day Monday, March 2, 1998


Call to By the President at 10:00 a.m.

Order

Prayer By the chaplain, Dr. Mel Taylor.

Roll Call Present--Total, 31.

Absent/Excused--Alexander, Lacy, Tebedo, Wells--Total, 4.

Present later--Alexander, Lacy, Wells.

Quorum The President announced a quorum present.

Reading of On motion of Senator Phillips, reading of the Journal of February 27th was dispensed with

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


SENATE SERVICES REPORT

Senate Correctly printed: SB 98-181.

Services

Correctly engrossed: SB 98-85, 128.

Correctly revised: HB 98-1022, 1054, 1067, 1071, 1073, 1076, 1097, 1109, 1149, 1210, 1230, 1273, 1355.

SIGNING OF BILL

The President has signed: HB98-1362.

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:

HB 98-1022 by Rep. Tucker; Senator Reeves--Qualified Fire & Police Pension Plans

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


YES 29


NO 2


EXCUSED 4


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

Reeves

Y

Wells

E

Coffman

N

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.










HB 98-1073 by Rep. McElhany; Senator Mutzebaugh--Continuation Of MEGA Board

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


YES 31


NO 0


EXCUSED 4


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

Reeves

Y

Wells

E

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-sponsor added: Bishop

HB 98-1355 by Rep. Grampsas; Senator Lacy--Suppl Approp Dept Of Revenue

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


YES 29


NO 3


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

N

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

Y

Reeves

Y

Wells

Y

Coffman

N

Linkhart

Y

Rizzuto

Y

Wham

Y

Congrove

N

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-sponsor added: Hernandez

HB 98-1076 by Rep. Paschall; Senator Wham--Continues The Compliance Advisory Panel

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


YES 32


NO 0


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

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.

HB 98-1210 by Rep. Tupa; Senator Wham--Infant Immunization Tracking System

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


YES 28


NO 4


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

N

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

N

Reeves

Y

Wells

Y

Coffman

N

Linkhart

Y

Rizzuto

Y

Wham

Y

Congrove

N

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.

HB 98-1210 Co-sponsors added: Hernandez, Hopper, Johnson, Phillips, Tanner, Weddig.

(Cont.)

HB 98-1071 by Rep. Schauer; Sen. Ament--Clarify Definition Of Substitute Teacher

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


YES 32


NO 0


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

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-sponsor added: Dennis

HB 98-1109 by Rep. Taylor; Senator Ament--Fed Resp Visibility Monitor Class I Areas

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


YES 28


NO 4


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

N

Tebedo

E

Arnold

Y

Hopper

Y

Perlmutter

N

Thiebaut

N

Bishop

Y

Johnson

Y

Phillips

Y

Wattenberg

Y

Blickensderfer

Y

Lacy

E

Powers

Y

Weddig

Y

Chlouber

Y

Lamborn

Y

Reeves

Y

Wells

Y

Coffman

Y

Linkhart

Y

Rizzuto

Y

Wham

Y

Congrove

Y

Martinez

Y

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: Powers, Rizzuto, Wattenberg.

HB 98-1149 by Rep. Morrison; Senator Wham--Health Care Task Force

Laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

SB 98-128 by Sen. Wells--Prepaid College Education Fund

Laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

HB 98-1230 by Rep. Chavez; Sen. Weddig --Self Affirmation On Absentee Ballots

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


YES 30


NO 2


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

N

Hopper

Y

Perlmutter

Y

Thiebaut

Y

Bishop

Y

Johnson

Y

Phillips

Y

Wattenberg

Y

Blickensderfer

Y

Lacy

E

Powers

N

Weddig

Y

Chlouber

Y

Lamborn

Y

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-sponsor added: Hernandez


HB 98-1067 by Rep. Tate; Senator Matsunaka--Unemployment Insurance Cleanup

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


YES 32


NO 0


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

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: Hernandez, Weddig.

HB 98-1097 by Rep. Leyba; Senator Matsunaka--Unemployment Insurance Def Of Employer

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


YES 32


NO 0


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

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.

HB 98-1273 by Rep. K. Alexander; Senator Congrove--School Bus Operation Safety

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


YES 31


NO 1


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

N

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

Y

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: Bishop, Feeley, Hernandez, Johnson, Linkhart, Martinez, Mutzebaugh, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Rupert, Schroeder, Thiebaut, Weddig.

SB 98-85 by Sen. Schroeder; Rep. Dyer--Rural Internet Access Enterprise Zones

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


YES 28


NO 4


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

N

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

Y

Hopper

Y

Perlmutter

N

Thiebaut

N

Bishop

Y

Johnson

Y

Phillips

Y

Wattenberg

Y

Blickensderfer

Y

Lacy

E

Powers

N

Weddig

Y

Chlouber

Y

Lamborn

Y

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.

SB 98-85 Co-sponsors added: Bishop, Chlouber, Dennis, Johnson, Matsunaka, Rizzuto.

(Cont.)

HB 98-1054 by Rep. McPherson; Sen. Schroeder--Use Of Inmates For Disaster Relief

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


YES 31


NO 1


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

Y

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

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

Y

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: Arnold, Bishop, Chlouber, Coffman, Congrove, Dennis, Mutzebaugh, Norton, Powers, Weddig.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

March 2, 1998

Mr. President:

The House has adopted and transmits herewith HJR98-1014, as printed in House Journal, February 27, pages 763-764.

INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION

HJR 98-1014 by Representatives S. Williams, Reeser, Adkins, K. Alexander, Arrington, Bacon, G. Berry, Chavez, Clarke, Dean, Dyer, Entz, Faatz, George, Gordon, Gotlieb, Grampsas, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hefley, June, Kaufman, Keller, Kreutz, Leyba, Mace, McPherson, Miller, Morrison, Musgrave, Nichol, Pankey, Paschall, Pfiffner, Romero, Saliman, Schauer, Smith, Snyder, Spradley, Swenson, Takis, Tate, Taylor, Tool, Tucker, Tupa, Udall, Veiga, T. Williams, Young, Zimmerman; also Senator Hopper--Concerning statewide participation in "Read Across America" day on March 2, 1998.

(Printed in House Journal, February 27, pages 763-764.)

Senator Wells moved to suspend Senate Rule 30(e).

A two-thirds majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, Senate Rule 30(e) was suspended and Immediate Consideration granted.

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


YES 32


NO 0


EXCUSED 3


ABSENT 0


Alexander

E

Feeley

Y

Mutzebaugh

YE

Tanner

Y

Ament

Y

Hernandez

Y

Pascoe

Y

Tebedo

E

Arnold

Y

Hopper

Y

Perlmutter

Y

Thiebaut

Y

Bishop

YY

Johnson

Y

Phillips

Y

Wattenberg

Y

Blickensderfer

Y

Lacy

E

Powers

Y

Weddig

Y

Chlouber

Y

Lamborn

Y

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


Co-sponsors added: Ament, Arnold, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Coffman, Congrove, Dennis, Feeley, Hernandez, Johnson, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Mutzebaugh, Norton, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Rizzuto, Rupert, Schroeder, Tanner, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, Wells, Wham.



Committee On motion of Senator Congrove, the Senate resolved itself into Committee of the Whole

of the for consideration of General Orders and Senator Congrove was called to the Chair to act

Whole as Chairman.

GENERAL ORDERS--SECOND READING OF BILLS

The Committee of the Whole having risen, the Chairman reported that the following bills, reading at length having been dispensed with by unanimous consent, had been considered and action taken thereon as follows:

SB 98-161 by Sen. Wells; Rep. Anderson--Legislative Appropriation Bill

Laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

HB 98-1126 by Rep. Reeser; Senator Schroeder--Unemployment Insurance Cleanup

Ordered revised and placed on the calendar for Third Reading and Final Passage.

HB 98-1016 by Rep. T. Williams; Senator Schroeder--Regulation Of Architects

Laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

HB 98-1208 by Rep. S. Williams; Sen. Wattenberg--Except School Employees From Skills Test

Laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

SB 98-166 by Sen. Mutzebaugh--Transportation Planning

Amendment No. 1, Transportation Committee Amendment

(Printed in Senate Journal, February 20, pages 312-317.)

Amendment No. 2, by Senator Perlmutter

Amend the Transportation Committee amendment as printed in Senate Journal, page 316, line 22 strike "ONE MEMBER" and substitute "TWO MEMBERS";

strike lines 26 through 32 and substitute the following:

"(b) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED FROM AN ORGANIZATION".".

Amendment No. 3, by Senator Mutzebaugh

Amend the Transportation Committee amendment, as printed in Senate Journal, February 20, 1998, page 316, line 19, strike "BOARD" and substitute "BOARD, WITH SENATE CONFIRMATION,".

Amendment No. 4, by Senator Mutzebaugh

Amend the Transportation Committee amendment, as printed in Senate Journal, February 20, page 316, line 70, strike "8 and 9" and substitute "7 and 8".

As amended, declared LOST on Second Reading. (For further action, see page 381, where the Mutzebaugh amendment to the Report of the Committee of the Whole was adopted and SB 98-166 as amended, was laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.)

HB 98-1143 by Rep. Spradley; Senator Arnold--PERA Health Coverage for Children

Amendment No. 1, State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee Amendment

(Printed in Senate Journal, February 19, page 275.)

HB 98-1143 As amended, ordered revised and placed on the calendar for Third Reading and Final

(Cont.) Passage.

HB 98-1139 by Rep. Leyba; Senator Chlouber--Tobacco­free Schools

Ordered revised and placed on the calendar for Third Reading and Final Passage.

The following bills on the General Orders calendar of Monday, March 2, were laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining their place on the calendar:

HB 98-1017, 98-1015, 98-1026, 98-1047, 98-1358, 98-1119, 98-1116.

AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

SB 98-166 by Sen. Mutzebaugh--Transportation Planning

Senator Mutzebaugh moved to amend the Report of the Committee of the Whole to show that SB 98-166 as amended, was laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

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

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

On motion of Senator Congrove, the Report of the Committee of the Whole, as amended, was adopted and, a majority of all members elected having voted in the affirmative, the following action was taken:

HB 98-1126, 98-1139, declared passed on Second Reading.

HB 98-1143 as amended, declared passed on Second Reading.

SB 98-161; HB 98-1016, 98-1208, 98-1017, 98-1015, 98-1026, 98-1047, 98-1358, 98-1119, 98-1116, laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining their place on the calendar.

SB 98-166 as amended, laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

March 2, 1998

Mr. President:

The House has passed on Third Reading and returns herewith SB98-67.

The House has passed on Third Reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes

SB98-013, amended as printed in House Journal, February 27, pages 768-769, and on Third Reading as printed in House Journal, March 2, page 785;

SB98-036, amended as printed in House Journal, February 27, pages 767-768;

SB98-040, amended as printed in House Journal, February 27, page 769;

SB98-145, amended as printed in House Journal, February 27, page 742.

MESSAGE FROM THE REVISOR

March 2, 1998

We herewith transmit:

without comment, as amended, SB98-013, 036, 040, and 145.

______________________________

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 Monday, March 2, was laid over until Tuesday, March 3, retaining its place on the calendar.

______________________________

JOURNAL CORRECTION

Senate Journal, Friday, February 27, page 371, line 64, strike "Education" and substitute "Approp-", line 65, insert "riations".




On motion of Senator Wells, the Senate adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday,,

March 3, 1998.

Approved:


Tom Norton

President of the Senate

Attest:

Joan M. Albi

Secretary of the Senate