Date: 04/20/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1348

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 09-1348 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:50 PM -- House Bill 09-1348

Representative Weissmann, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 09-1348 concerning activities resulting from the performance of legislative duties. The bill prohibits a legislator from being questioned in any other place for conducting or performing any legislative activity, and provides that legislative staff may not be questioned in any other place for legislative duties or functions performed at the request of a legislator. For purposes of the "Colorado Open Records Act," the bill defines work product and expands the constituent communication exception to the definition of public records.

Representative Weissmann responded to questions from the committee about the scope of the bill.

01:56 PM -- Sharon Eubanks, Office of Legislative Legal Services, joined the committee to respond to questions from the committee about different fact situations in which the bill would apply. Members expressed concerns about the possibility that the bill would apply to an overly broad set of situations.
BILL:HB09-1348
TIME: 02:07:24 PM
MOVED:Court
MOTION:Refer House Bill 09-1348 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a vote of 6-4, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:McCann
VOTE
Apuan
Yes
Court
Yes
Gardner B.
No
King
No
Miklosi
Yes
Pace
Yes
Roberts
Excused
Ryden
Yes
Waller
No
McCann
Yes
Levy
No
Final YES: 6 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



02:10 PM

Representative Levy announced that the committee would recess briefly to wait for the next bill sponsor.