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Senate Journal-50th Day-February 25, 2015 Page 335 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Seventieth General Assembly 2 STATE OF COLORADO 3 First Regular Session 4 5 6 50th Legislative Day Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7 8 9 10 Prayer By the chaplain, Superintendent Patrick Lee Demmer, Graham Memorial Community 11 Church of God in Christ, Denver. 12 13 Call to By the President at 9:00 a.m. 14 Order 15 16 Pledge By Senator Woods 17 18 Roll Call Present--34 19 Excused--1, Aguilar. 20 21 Quorum The President announced a quorum present. 22 23 Reading of On motion of Senator Martinez Humenik, reading of the Journal of Tuesday, 24 Journal February 24, 2015, was dispensed with and the Journal was approved as corrected by the 25 Secretary. 26 27 ___________ 28 29 30 COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORTS 31 32 33 Finance After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB15-131 be 34 postponed indefinitely. 35 36 37 Finance After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB15-138 be amended 38 as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable 39 recommendation. 40 41 Amend the Education Committee Report, dated February 19, 2015, page 42 2, line 13, strike "22-30.5-108" and substitute "22-35-108". 43 44 45 Finance After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB15-1069 be referred 46 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a 47 recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar. 48 49 50 Business, After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB15-113 be amended 51 Labor, & as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with 52 Technology favorable recommendation. 53 54 Amend printed bill, page 1, line 101, strike "CONTINUATION OF THE 55 REGULATION" and substitute "PROHIBITION AGAINST THE 56 REGISTRATION OR LICENSING". 57 58 59 Judiciary After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB15-174 be 60 postponed indefinitely. 61 62 63 Judiciary After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB15-1022 be referred 64 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a 65 recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar. 66 67 Page 336 Senate Journal-50th Day-February 25, 2015 1 Judiciary After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB15-1031 be referred 2 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. 3 4 5 Judiciary After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB15-1034 be referred 6 to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation. 7 8 9 Judiciary After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB15-1064 be referred 10 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a 11 recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar. 12 13 14 Local After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB15-176 be referred 15 Government to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation. 16 17 ___________ 18 19 20 SENATE SERVICES REPORT 21 22 Correctly Printed: SB15-186. 23 Correctly Engrossed: SB15-087, 102, 104, 106 and 121. 24 Correctly Reengrossed: SB15-008, 061, 093 and 101. 25 Correctly Revised: HB15-1021, 1029, 1047 and 1121. 26 Correctly Rerevised: HB15-1074. 27 Correctly Enrolled: SB15-021, 024 and 041. 28 29 ___________ 30 31 32 INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS 33 34 The following resolution was read by title: 35 36 37 SJR15-010 by Senator(s) Martinez Humenik; also Representative(s) Melton--Concerning the 38 importance of self-care, and, in connection therewith, declaring February 2015 as "Self-care 39 Month". 40 41 Laid over until Friday, February 27, retaining its place on the calendar. 42 43 ____________ 44 45 46 On motion of Majority Leader Scheffel, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate 47 having voted in the affirmative, the Senate proceeded out of order for Consideration of 48 Memorials. 49 50 _____________ 51 52 53 CONSIDERATION OF MEMORIALS 54 55 56 SM15-001 by Senator(s) Johnston--Memorializing former Senator Regis Groff. 57 58 On motion of Senator Johnston, the memorial was read at length. 59 60 ____________ 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 Senate Journal-50th Day-February 25, 2015 Page 337 On motion of Majority Leader Scheffel, and with a two-thirds majority of those elected to 1 the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the rules were suspended to allow members 2 who are currently registered lobbyists to speak in thewell during consideration of a 3 memorial. 4 5 ___________ 6 7 8 On motion of Majority Leader Scheffel, and with a two-thirds majority of those elected to 9 the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the rules were suspended to allow current and 10 former Representatives to speak in the well during consideration of a memorial. 11 12 ___________ 13 14 15 Senate in recess. Senate reconvened. 16 17 ___________ 18 19 20 On motion of Senator Johnston, the memorial was adopted by the following roll call vote: 21 22 23 YES 34NO 0 EXCUSED 1 ABSENT 0 24 Aguilar E Guzman Y Kerr Y Scheffel Y 25 Balmer Y Heath Y Lambert Y Scott Y 26 BaumgardnerY Hill Y Lundberg Y Sonnenberg Y 27 Carroll Y Hodge Y Marble Y Steadman Y 28 Cooke Y Holbert Y Martinez Humenik Y Todd Y 29 Crowder Y Jahn Y Merrifield Y Ulibarri Y 30 Donovan Y Johnston Y Neville T. Y Woods Y 31 Garcia Y Jones Y Newell Y President Y 32 Grantham Y Kefalas Y Roberts Y 33 34 35 Co-sponsor(s) added: Balmer, Baumgardner, Cadman, Carroll, Cooke, Crowder, Donovan, 36 Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath, Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, 37 Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts, 38 Scheffel, Scott, Sonnenberg, Steadman, Todd, Ulibarri and Woods. 39 40 ___________ 41 42 43 Senate in recess. Senate reconvened. 44 45 ___________ 46 47 48 On motion of Majority Leader Scheffel, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate 49 having voted in the affirmative, the balance of the calendar of Wednesday, February 25 50 was laid over until Thursday, February 26, retaining its place on the calendar. 51 52 Third Reading of Bills -- Final Passage -- Consent Calendar: HB15-1121, SB15-102. 53 Third Reading of Bills -- Final Passage: HB15-1021, SB15-087, HB15-1047, SB15-104, 54 SB15-106, SB15-121, HB15-1029. 55 General Orders -- Second Reading of Bills -- Consent Calendar: HB15-1023. 56 Consideration of Resolutions -- Consent Calendar: SJR15-008 57 58 ___________ 59 60 61 62 Page 338 Senate Journal-50th Day-February 25, 2015 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 1 2 3 February 25, 2015 4 5 Mr. President: 6 7 The House has passed on Third Reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes 8 HB15-1150, 1145, 1164, 1209. 9 10 The House has passed on Third Reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes 11 HB15-1182, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 12 HB15-1091, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 13 HB15-1008, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 14 HB15-1046, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 15 HB15-1111, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 16 HB15-1134, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 17 HB15-1166, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 18 HB15-1198, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 19 20 The House has passed on Third Reading and returns herewith SB15-025, 026, 21 027, 028, 082, 023. 22 23 The House has passed on Third Reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes; 24 SB15-161, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 25 SB15-085, amended as printed in House Journal, February 24, 2015. 26 27 ___________ 28 29 30 MESSAGE FROM THE REVISOR OF STATUTES 31 32 33 February 25, 2015 34 35 36 We herewith transmit: 37 38 39 Without comment, HB15-1145, 1150, 1164, and 1209. 40 Without comment, as amended, HB15-1008, 1046, 1091, 1111, 1134, 1166, 1182, and 41 1198. 42 Without comment, as amended, SB15-085 and 161. 43 44 ___________ 45 46 47 Senate in recess. Senate reconvened. 48 49 ___________ 50 51 52 COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORTS 53 54 55 Education The Committee on Education has had under consideration and has had a hearing on the 56 following appointments and recommends that the appointments be confirmed: 57 58 59 MEMBERS OF THE 60 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF METROPOLITAN 61 STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 62 63 for a term expiring December 31, 2015: 64 65 Elaine Gantz Berman of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a Democrat, and occasioned by the 66 resignation of Melody Harris of Denver, appointed; 67 Senate Journal-50th Day-February 25, 2015 Page 339 for a term expiring December 31, 2018: 1 2 Barbara Barnes Grogan of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a Democrat, appointed. 3 4 5 ___________ 6 7 8 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS -- FIRST READING 9 10 The following bills were read by title and referred to the committees indicated: 11 12 13 HB15-1012 by Representative(s) Becker J.; also Senator(s) Sonnenberg--Concerning a sales and use tax 14 exemption for dyed diesel. 15 Finance 16 17 18 HB15-1015 by Representative(s) Winter, Lebsock; also Senator(s) Cooke--Concerning the creation of 19 an interstate compact allowing states that enter the compact to share emergency medical 20 service providers under certain circumstances.
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