Page 1 HOUSE JOURNAL SEVENTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE OF COLORADO Second Regular Session First Legislative Day Wednesday, January 8, 2020 1 Prayer by Pastor Joe Agne, Community United Methodist Church, 2 Cedaredge. 3 4 Colors were posted by Senior Airman Joshua Miller, Airman First Class 5 Emma Campbell, Airman First Class Aysaiah Franks, Airman First Class 6 Evan Knight, Mile High Honor Guard. 7 8 The National Anthem was performed by Tony Exum Jr. 9 10 Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ryder Kunkle, Leo Kunkle, Flatirons 11 Elementary Watershed School, Boulder. 12 13 The Speaker appointed Robin Jones, Chief Clerk. 14 15 _______________ 16 17 RESIGNATION 18 19 May 12, 2019 20 21 Dear Marilyn: 22 23 I am resigning my seat as the elected representative of House District 50 24 effective Sunday, May 12th, 2019. 25 26 Sincerely, 27 28 Rochelle Galindo 29 State Representative 30 House District 50 31 32 ______________ 33 34 COMMUNICATIONS 35 36 STATE OF COLORADO 37 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 38 39 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) SS. CERTIFICATE 40 STATE OF COLORADO ) 41 42 I, Jena Griswold, Secretary of State, certify that the attached is a true and 43 exact copy of the Nomination by Vacancy Committee as filed in this 44 office on June 3, 2019 by the Democratic 50th House District Vacancy Page 2 House Journal--1st Day--January 8, 2020 1 Committee, appointing Mary Young to fill the vacancy in the office of 2 Colorado State House, District 50, caused by the resignation of the 3 honorable Rochelle Galindo. 4 5 In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the 6 State of Colorado, at the City of Denver this fifth day of June 2019. 7 8 (Signed) 9 Jena Griswold 10 Secretary of State 11 _______________ 12 13 STATE OF COLORADO 14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 15 16 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) SS. CERTIFICATE 17 STATE OF COLORADO ) 18 19 I, Jena Griswold, Secretary of State, certify that the attached is a true and 20 exact copy of the Acceptance of Nomination by Vacancy Committee as 21 filed in this office on June 3, 2019 by Mary Young, accepting the 22 appointment of the Democratic 50th House District Vacancy Committee 23 to fill the vacancy in the office of Colorado State House, District 50, 24 caused by the resignation of the honorable Rochelle Galindo. 25 26 In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of 27 the State of Colorado, at the City of Denver this fifth day of June, 2019. 28 29 (Signed) 30 Jena Griswold 31 Secretary of State 32 33 (Note: On Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., Mary Young, was 34 sworn in as Representative for District 50. Speaker Becker administered 35 the oath of office in the Chamber of the House of Representatives.) 36 ______________ 37 38 STATE OF COLORADO 39 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 40 41 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) SS. CERTIFICATE 42 STATE OF COLORADO ) 43 44 I, Jena Griswold, Secretary of State, certify that the attached is a true and 45 exact copy of the Nomination by Vacancy Committee as filed in this 46 office on December 30, 2019, by the Republican 64th House District 47 Vacancy Committee, appointing Richard M. Alonso Holtorf to fill the 48 vacancy in the office of Colorado State House, District 64, caused by the 49 death of the honorable Kimmi Lewis. 50 51 In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the 52 State of Colorado, at the City of Denver this second day of January 2020. 53 54 (Signed) 55 Jena Griswold 56 Secretary of State House Journal--1st Day--January 8, 2020 Page 3 1 STATE OF COLORADO 2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 3 4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) SS. CERTIFICATE 5 STATE OF COLORADO ) 6 7 I, Jena Griswold, Secretary of State, certify that the attached is a true and 8 exact copy of the Acceptance of Nomination by Vacancy Committee as 9 filed in this office on December 30, 2019 by Richard M. Alonso Holtorf, 10 accepting the appointment of the Republican 64th House District 11 Vacancy Committee, to fill the vacancy in the office of Colorado State 12 House, District 64, caused by the death of the honorable Kimmi Lewis. 13 14 In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of 15 the State of Colorado, at the City of Denver this second day of January 16 2020. 17 18 (Signed) 19 Jena Griswold 20 Secretary of State 21 22 (Note: On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 3:15 p.m., Richard M. Alonso 23 Holtorf, was sworn in as Representative for District 64. Speaker Becker 24 administered the oath of office in the Chamber of the House of 25 Representatives.) 26 27 _______________ 28 29 The roll call with the following result: 30 31 Present--63 32 Excused--2 33 34 The Speaker declared a quorum present. 35 _______________ 36 37 On motion of Representative Garnett, a Committee of Three was 38 appointed to notify the Senate that the House was organized and ready for 39 business. The Speaker appointed Representatives Lontine, Chairman, 40 Jacquez Lewis, and Williams. 41 42 On motion of Representative Garnett, a Committee of Three was 43 appointed to notify the Governor that the House was organized and ready 44 for business. The Speaker appointed Representatives Melton, Chairman, 45 Froelich, and Buck. 46 _______________ 47 48 House in recess. House reconvened. 49 _______________ 50 51 Page 4 House Journal--1st Day--January 8, 2020 1 Representative Lontine, Chairman of the Committee to Notify the Senate, 2 reported that the Senate had been notified that the House was organized 3 and ready for business. 4 5 Representative Melton, Chairman of the Committee to Notify the 6 Governor, reported that the Governor had been notified that the House 7 was organized and ready for business. 8 _______________ 9 10 House in recess. 11 _______________ 12 13 The Speaker recognized a committee from the Senate. Senators 14 Zenzinger, Bridges, and Rankin reported that the Senate was organized 15 and ready for business. 16 _______________ 17 18 House reconvened. 19 _______________ 20 21 22 INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 23 24 On motion of Representative Garnett, the rules were suspended and the 25 following resolution was given immediate consideration. 26 27 HJR20-1001 by Representative(s) Becker, Garnett, Neville; also 28 Senator(s) Garcia, Fenberg, Holbert--Concerning a 29 Joint Session of the House of Representatives and 30 the Senate for the purpose of hearing a message 31 from His Excellency, Governor Jared Polis, and 32 appointing a committee to escort the Governor. 33 34 (Printed and placed in members' files). 35 36 On motion of Representative Garnett, the resolution was adopted by viva 37 voce vote. 38 39 The Speaker appointed Representatives Hooton, Arndt, and Sandridge 40 pursuant to the resolution. 41 42 _______________ 43 44 The following appointments were read: 45 46 APPROPRIATIONS 47 11 members: Representatives Chris Hansen, Chair, Daneya Esgar, Vice-Chair; 48 Shannon Bird, Rod Bockenfeld, James Coleman, Chris Kennedy, Tracy Kraft-Tharp, 49 Julie McCluskie, Rod Pelton, Kim Ransom, Janice Rich 50 51 BUSINESS AFFAIRS & LABOR 52 11 members: Representatives Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Chair, James Coleman, Vice-Chair; 53 Jeni Arndt, Shannon Bird, Monica Duran, Hugh McKean, Shane Sandridge, Marc 54 Snyder, Tom Sullivan, Kevin Van Winkle, Dave Williams 55 56 House Journal--1st Day--January 8, 2020 Page 5 1 EDUCATION 2 13 members: Representatives Barbara McLachlan, Chair, Bri Buentello, Vice-Chair; 3 Mark Baisley, Perry Buck, Janet Buckner, James Coleman, Lisa Cutter, Tony Exum, 4 Sr., Tim Geitner, Colin Larson, Julie McCluskie, Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Jim Wilson 5 6 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT 7 11 members: Representatives Dominique Jackson, Chair, Edie Hooton, Vice-Chair; 8 Meg Froelich, Tim Geitner, Cathy Kipp, Lois Landgraf, Larry Liston, Lori Saine, 9 Emily Sirota, Alex Valdez, Mike Weissman 10 11 FINANCE 12 11 members: Representatives Leslie Herod, Chair, Shannon Bird, Vice-Chair; Susan 13 Beckman, Adrienne Benavidez, Rod Bockenfeld, Matt Gray, Tracy Kraft-Tharp, 14 Janice Rich, Shane Sandridge, Marc Snyder, Tom Sullivan 15 16 HEALTH & INSURANCE 17 11 members: Representatives Susan Lontine, Chair, Yadira Caraveo, Vice-Chair; Mark 18 Baisley, Susan Beckman, Janet Buckner, Dominique Jackson, Kyle Mullica, Matt 19 Soper, Kerry Tipper, Brianna Titone, Perry Will 20 21 JUDICIARY 22 9 members: Representatives Mike Weissman, Chair, Leslie Herod, Vice-Chair; 23 Adrienne Benavidez, Rod Bockenfeld, Terri Carver, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Dylan 24 Roberts, Matt Soper, Kerry Tipper 25 26 PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES 27 13 members: Representatives Jonathan Singer, Chair, Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Vice- 28 Chair; Yadira Caraveo, Lisa Cutter, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Richard Holtorf, 29 Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Lois Landgraf, Colin Larson, Larry Liston, Kyle Mullica, Rod 30 Pelton, Mary Young 31 32 RURAL AFFAIRS & AGRICULTURE 33 11 members: Representatives Dylan Roberts, Chair, Donald Valdez, Vice-Chair; Jeni 34 Arndt, Bri Buentello, Marc Catlin, Richard Holtorf, Julie McCluskie, Rod Pelton, 35 Brianna Titone, Perry Will, Mary Young 36 37 STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS 38 9 members: Representatives Chris Kennedy, Chair, Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Vice-Chair; 39 Monica Duran, Steve Humphrey, Cathy Kipp, Susan Lontine, Janice Rich, Emily 40 Sirota, Dave Williams 41 42 TRANSPORTATION & LOCAL GOVERNMENT 43 11 members: Representatives Matt Gray, Chair, Tony Exum, Sr., Vice-Chair; Terri 44 Carver, Marc Catlin, Meg Froelich, Edie Hooton, Stephen Humphrey, Jovan Melton, 45 Alex Valdez, Donald Valdez, Jim Wilson 46 47 HOUSE SERVICES 48 4 members: Representatives Kyle Mullica, Chair, Shannon Bird, Hugh McKean, 49 Kevin Van Winkle.