Date: 04/27/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-006

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt prepared amendment L.004 (Attachment F). Th
Refer Senate Bill 09-006, as amended, to the Commi		PASS
PASS



07:59 PM -- Senate Bill 09-006

Representative Solano, prime sponsor, reviewed the provisions of Senate Bill 09-006, concerning the creation of an identification processing unit for detention facilities. The reengrossed bill, recommended by the Legislative Oversight Committee for the Continuing Examination of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness who are Involved in the Criminal Justice System, creates a new County Jail Mobile Identification Unit within the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Revenue. This mobile unit will consist of a vehicle staffed by personnel from the Division of Motor Vehicles. It will travel to jails in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties on a regular basis to issue new identification cards to each prisoner who does not already have an identification card, but does have all of the proper documentation. Jail personnel may assist prisoners in obtaining documentation.

All prisoners receiving identification cards must be residents of the state and must bear the cost, unless the county or jail decides to bear the cost of providing the IDs. Prisoners receiving IDs must also have a valid address to receive the ID. In Colorado, individuals receive IDs via mail rather than at the processing center on the day they apply for the ID. The Department of Revenue is required to submit a report to the House and Senate Judiciary committees beginning July 1, 2011 of each year regarding the number of identification cards processed or denied, the costs of issuing cards, the level of in-kind contributions made by participating counties, and the successes and challenges of the unit.

Representative Solano spoke about the importance of having identification in order to pursue employment opportunities and obtain housing and indicated that the bill came out of the Legislative Oversight Committee for the Study of the Treatment of the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System. Representative Solano discussed the implementation of the current version of the bill and the updated fiscal note. Representative Solano responded to questions from members of the committee.

08:06 PM -- Doyle Forrestal, Colorado Behavioral Health Council, and Andy Karsian, Colorado Counties, Inc., spoke in support of the bill. Mr. Karsian discussed a study conducted by the Metro Area County Commissioners Mentally Ill Inmates Task Force that resulted in the bill. Ms. Forrestal discussed the work of the task force and how agreement was reached among the affected counties to devote necessary resources to this effort. She spoke about the difficulties inherent in obtaining documentation for government-issued identification. Mr. Karsian and Ms. Forrestal responded to questions from the committee about the possibility of including other counties.
BILL:SB09-006
TIME: 08:17:31 PM
MOVED:Gardner B.
MOTION:Adopt prepared amendment L.004 (Attachment F). The amendment adds El Paso and Pueblo counties to the bill. Members of the committee commented about the amendment. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4.

09HouseJud0427AttachF.pdf
SECONDED:Roberts
VOTE
Apuan
Yes
Court
No
Gardner B.
Yes
King
Yes
Miklosi
Yes
Pace
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Ryden
No
Waller
Yes
McCann
No
Levy
No
Not Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:SB09-006
TIME: 08:25:04 PM
MOVED:McCann
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 09-006, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Gardner B.
VOTE
Apuan
Yes
Court
Yes
Gardner B.
Yes
King
Yes
Miklosi
Yes
Pace
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Waller
Yes
McCann
Yes
Levy
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS