Senate Journal-1st Day-January 8, 2020 Page 1 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Seventy-second General Assembly 2 STATE OF COLORADO 3 Second Regular Session 4 5 6 1st Legislative Day Wednesday, January 8, 2020 7 8 9 10 Prayer By the chaplain, Father Joseph Vigil, St. Joseph's Parish, Pueblo. 11 12 Presentation By the Colorado Army National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters. The Honor Guard 13 of Colors members are: MSg Mitchell Landers, SSg Timothy Bjorklund, SSg Jesus Chavez, and 14 SSg Arielle Melcher. 15 16 Pledge By Senator Hisey. 17 18 Musical By the Pueblo Children's Chorale, directed by Christina Anderson, performing 19 Presentation "The Star-Spangled Banner", "This Is It", and "When You Believe". 20 21 Call to By the President at 10:00 a.m. 22 Order 23 24 Roll Call Present--33 25 Excused--2, Court, Hill. 26 27 Quorum The President announced a quorum present. 28 29 ____________ 30 31 Senate in recess. Senate reconvened. 32 ____________ 33 34 35 Election of On motion of Majority Leader Fenberg, Cindi L. Markwell was nominated to serve as 36 Secretary Secretary of the Senate during the Second Regular Session of the Seventy-Second General 37 Assembly. The motion was adopted by a unanimous vote. 38 39 Oath of The President administered the oath of office to Cindi L. Markwell, Secretary of the 40 Office Senate. 41 42 ____________ 43 44 LETTER OF RESIGNATION 45 46 January 6, 2020 47 48 Cindi Markwell 49 Secretary of the Senate 50 State Capitol Building 51 200 E. Colfax Avenue 52 Denver, Colorado 80203 53 54 RE: Resignation letter 55 56 This is to inform you that I am resigning my seat representing Senate District 31 in the 57 Colorado state legislature effective the end of the day on January 16, 2020. Representing 58 the people of Denver in the State Senate and State House has been one of the highlights of 59 my life and I am honored to represent such wonderful, engaged and caring people. 60 61 Sincerely, 62 (signed) 63 Lois Court 64 65 Cc: The Honorable President Leroy M. Garcia, Jr. 66 67 Page 2 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 8, 2020 ____________ 1 2 Temporary On motion of Majority Leader Fenberg, and with the unanimous consent of the Senate, 3 Joint Rules the Joint Rules of the First Regular Session of the Seventy-Second General Assembly 4 were made the temporary Joint Rules of the Second Regular Session of the Seventy- 5 Second General Assembly. 6 7 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the 8 motion was declared adopted. 9 10 ____________ 11 12 Temporary On motion of Majority Leader Fenberg, and with the unanimous consent of the Senate, 13 Senate Rules the rules of the Senate of the First Regular Session of the Seventy-Second General 14 Assembly were made the temporary rules of the Second Regular Session of the Seventy- 15 Second General Assembly. 16 17 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the 18 motion was declared adopted. 19 20 ____________ 21 22 On motion of Majority Leader Fenberg, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate 23 having voted in the affirmative, Senators Zenzinger, Bridges, and Rankin were appointed 24 to the committee to notify the House that the Senate is organized and ready for business. 25 26 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the 27 motion was declared adopted. 28 29 ____________ 30 31 On motion of Majority Leader Fenberg, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate 32 having voted in the affirmative, Senators Fields, Todd, and Crowder were appointed to 33 the committee to notify the Governor that the Senate is organized and ready for business. 34 35 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the 36 motion was declared adopted. 37 38 ____________ 39 40 Senate in recess. Senate reconvened. 41 ____________ 42 43 44 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 45 46 January 8, 2020 47 48 Mr. President: 49 50 The House has adopted and transmits herewith HJR20-1001, as printed in House Journal, 51 January 8, 2020. 52 53 Pursuant to the resolution, the Speaker has appointed Representatives Hooton,chair, 54 Ardnt, and Sandridge. 55 56 _____________ 57 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 8, 2020 Page 3 INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS 1 2 HJR20-1001 by Representative(s) Becker, Garnett, Neville; also Senator(s) Garcia, Fenberg, Holbert-- 3 Concerning a Joint Session of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 4 purpose of hearing a message from His Excellency, Governor Jared Polis, and appointing 5 a committee to escort the Governor. 6 7 On motion of Senator Fenberg, the resolution was adopted by the following roll call vote: 8 9 YES 33 NO 0 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0 10 Bridges Y Foote Y Marble Y Story Y 11 Cooke Y Gardner Y Moreno Y Tate Y 12 Coram Y Ginal Y Pettersen Y Todd Y 13 Court E Gonzales Y Priola Y Williams A. Y 14 Crowder Y Hill E Rankin Y Winter Y 15 Danielson Y Hisey Y Rodriguez Y Woodward Y 16 Donovan Y Holbert Y Scott Y Zenzinger Y 17 Fenberg Y Lee Y Smallwood Y President Y 18 Fields Y Lundeen Y Sonnenberg Y 19 20 Co-sponsor(s) added: Bridges, Tate, and Williams A. 21 22 Pursuant to the resolution, Senators Pettersen and Priola were appointed as the committee 23 to escort the Governor to the State of the State Address. 24 25 26 SJR20-001 by Senator(s) Fenberg, Garcia, Holbert; also Representative(s) Mullica, Bird, McKean, Van 27 Winkle--Concerning the officers and employees of the Second Regular Session of the 28 Seventy-second general assembly. 29 30 Amendment No. 1(L.001), by Senator Fenberg. 31 32 Amend printed joint resolution, page 2, line 12, strike "4" and substitute 33 "5". 34 35 Page 2, line 16, strike "Outreach Director" and substitute "Outreach & 36 Public Relations Coord." 37 38 line 17, before "Policy" insert "Senior"; 39 40 line 21, strike "JBC Policy" and substitute "Fiscal and Policy"; 41 42 strike line 22; 43 44 line 23, strike "Digital Communications Director" and substitute 45 "Communications & Digital Manager"; 46 47 line 28, strike "Director of Policy and Budget" and substitute "Budgetary 48 Policy Director"; 49 50 line 29, strike "Deputy Office Director - Minority" and substitute 51 "Executive Assistant to the Asst. Minority Leader"; 52 53 line 30, strike "Policy" and substitute "Legislative". 54 55 56 The amendment was passed on the following roll call vote: 57 58 YES 33 NO 0 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0 59 Bridges Y Foote Y Marble Y Story Y 60 Cooke Y Gardner Y Moreno Y Tate Y 61 Coram Y Ginal Y Pettersen Y Todd Y 62 Court E Gonzales Y Priola Y Williams A. Y 63 Crowder Y Hill E Rankin Y Winter Y 64 Danielson Y Hisey Y Rodriguez Y Woodward Y 65 Donovan Y Holbert Y Scott Y Zenzinger Y 66 Fenberg Y Lee Y Smallwood Y President Y 67 Fields Y Lundeen Y Sonnenberg Y 68 69 Page 4 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 8, 2020 On motion of Senator Fenberg, the resolution, as amended, was adopted by the following 1 roll call vote: 2 3 YES 33 NO 0 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0 4 Bridges Y Foote Y Marble Y Story Y 5 Cooke Y Gardner Y Moreno Y Tate Y 6 Coram Y Ginal Y Pettersen Y Todd Y 7 Court E Gonzales Y Priola Y Williams A. Y 8 Crowder Y Hill E Rankin Y Winter Y 9 Danielson Y Hisey Y Rodriguez Y Woodward Y 10 Donovan Y Holbert Y Scott Y Zenzinger Y 11 Fenberg Y Lee Y Smallwood Y President Y 12 Fields Y Lundeen Y Sonnenberg Y 13 14 15 SJR20-002 by Senator(s) Lundeen and Fields, Gardner, Gonzales; also Representative(s) Van Winkle 16 and Sirota, Beckman, Michaelson Jenet--Concerning the support of the "I Love U Guys" 17 foundation. 18 19 Laid over until Friday, January 24, retaining its place on the calendar. 20 21 22 SR20-001 by Senator(s) Fenberg, Garcia, Holbert--Concerning the appointment of officers and 23 employees for the Senate convened in the Second Regular Session of the Seventy-second 24 General Assembly. 25 26 Laid over until Thursday, January 9, retaining its place on the calendar. 27 28 _____________ 29 30 INTRODUCTION OF MEMORIALS 31 32 SJM20-001 by Senator(s) Story; also Representative(s) Tipper and Larson--Memorializing former 33 Senator Kathy Arnold. 34 35 Laid over until Monday, January 13, retaining its place on the calendar. 36 37 ____________ 38 39 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS 40 41 Ms. Natalie Mullis 42 Executive Director 43 Office of Legislative Council 44 200 E. Colfax Ave., Room 029 45 Denver, CO 80203 46 47 Ms. Natalie Mullis, 48 49 As you know the Senate rules require that as the Majority Leader, I determine the 50 committee composition and the majority party's appointments to the 2020 Legislative 51 Committees of Reference. This letter will serve as an addendum to a similar letter dated 52 January 3, 2019 and placed within the 2019 Senate Journal. All committees will remain the 53 same except for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, the Health and Human 54 Services Committee, and the Transportation and Energy Committee. 55 56 The Transportation and Energy Committee will change from a 7-member committee to a 57 5-member committee with 3 Majority appointments and 2 Minority appointments and will 58 be comprised of: 59 Senator Faith Winter, Chair 60 Senator Kerry Donovan, Vice-Chair 61 Senator Mike Foote, Member 62 63 The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will be comprised of: 64 Senator Kerry Donovan, Chair 65 Senator Jessie Danielson, Vice-Chair 66 Senator Robert Rodriguez, Member 67 68 The Health and Human Services Committee will be comprised of: 69 Senator Rhonda Fields, Chair 70 Senator Faith Winter, Vice-Chair 71 Senator Joann Ginal, Member 72 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 8, 2020 Page 5 I am happy to answer any questions you may have.