Senate Journal-8th Day-January 15, 2014 Page 67 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Sixty-ninth General Assembly 2 STATE OF COLORADO 3 Second Regular Session 4 5 6 8th Legislative Day Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7 8 9 10 Prayer By the chaplain, Pastor Vern Rempel, First Mennonite Church, Denver. 11 12 Call to By the President at 9:00 a.m. 13 Order 14 15 Pledge By Senator Kerr. 16 17 Roll Call Present--32 18 Excused--3, Johnston, Todd, Ulibarri. 19 Present later--2, Johnston, Ulibarri. 20 21 Quorum The President announced a quorum present. 22 23 Reading of On motion of Senator Balmer, reading of the Journal of Tuesday, January 14, 2014, was 24 Journal dispensed with and the Journal was approved as corrected by the Secretary. 25 26 ___________ 27 28 29 COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORTS 30 31 Finance The Committee on Finance has had under consideration and has had a hearing on the 32 following appointments and recommends that the appointments be confirmed: 33 34 35 MEMBERS OF THE 36 STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 37 38 39 for terms expiring September 2, 2017: 40 41 Sandra M. Adams of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a representative with knowledge of 42 property taxation, reappointed; 43 44 Charles S. Brown of Littleton, Colorado, to serve as a representative with knowledge of 45 property taxation, reappointed. 46 47 48 Finance After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB14-019 be amended 49 as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable 50 recommendation. 51 52 53 Amend printed bill, page 8, line 18, strike "2013."and substitute "2013, 54 and any other income tax years that are open under section 39-21-107 or 55 39-21-108, Colorado Revised Statutes.". 56 57 ____________ 58 59 60 SENATE SERVICES REPORT 61 62 Correctly Printed: SB14-063, 064, 065, 066, 067, 068, 069, 070, 071, 072, 073, 074, 63 075, 076, 077, 078, 079, 080, 081, 082, 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 088 and 089. 64 65 66 Page 68 Senate Journal-8th Day-January 15, 2014 ___________ 1 2 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS -- FIRST READING 3 The following bills were read by title and referred to the committees indicated: 4 5 SB14-090 by Senator(s) Baumgardner; --Concerning eliminating the background check requirement 6 for a private transfer of a firearm between persons who are step-relatives. 7 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 8 SB14-091 by Senator(s) Renfroe, Baumgardner, Cadman, Grantham, Harvey, Lambert, Lundberg, 9 Marble, Scheffel; also Representative(s) Wright--Concerning the requirement that the 10 federal government transfer title to all agricultural public lands to the state. 11 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 12 SB14-092 by Senator(s) Rivera; also Representative(s) Williams--Concerning the creation of the 13 crime of insurance fraud. 14 Judiciary 15 SB14-093 by Senator(s) Jahn, Hodge, Tochtrop, Renfroe; also Representative(s) May and 16 Sonnenberg, Priola, Williams--Concerning equivalent authority for pipeline companies to 17 acquire right-of-way. 18 Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy 19 SB14-094 by Senator(s) Rivera, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy, Cadman, Crowder, Grantham, 20 Harvey, Herpin, Hill, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Renfroe, Roberts, Scheffel; also 21 Representative(s) Wright--Concerning criminal background checks performed pursuant to 22 transfers of firearms. 23 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 24 ____________ 25 26 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS 27 28 SJR14-002 by Senator(s) Kefalas, Aguilar, Newell; also Representative(s) Ginal and Fischer-- 29 Concerning civility and respect in the Colorado General Assembly. 30 31 Laid over until Thursday, May 8, retaining its place on the calendar. 32 ___________ 33 34 CHANGE IN SPONSORSHIP 35 36 Upon announcement of President Carroll, Representative Williams will be added as 37 House joint prime sponsor with Representative Saine and Senator Marble on SB14-063. 38 ____________ 39 40 TRIBUTES 41 Honoring: 42 William Powell, In recognition of excellence -- By Senator Gail Schwartz. 43 Marine Corporal David M. Sonka, In commemoration of a fallen soldier -- By Senator 44 Mark Scheffel. 45 Mr. & Mrs. Scott and Barisa Johnson, Celebrating their marriage -- By President of the 46 Senate John P. Morse. 47 Marilene Miller, In recognition of dedication and commitment -- By Senator Gail 48 Schwartz. 49 Reverend Dr. Jim Ryan, In recognition of exceptional stature and work -- By Senator 50 Linda Newell. 51 Becky Miller-Updike, In recognition of excellence -- By Senator Linda Newell. 52 Mick Ireland, Praising excellence as Mayor of Aspen, CO -- By Senator Gail Schwartz. 53 Harry Butler, Remembering the life of Mr. Butler and his positive impact -- By Senator 54 Steve King. 55 The Business Incubator Center, For receiving the Dinah Adkins Incubator of the Year 56 Award -- By Senator Steve King. 57 Drums Along the Rockies, Honoring one of Colorado's premier musical attractions -- 58 By Senator Linda Newell. 59 ____________ 60 61 On motion of Majority Leader Heath, the Senate adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Thursday, 62 January 16, 2014. 63 Approved: 64 65 Morgan Carroll 66 President of the Senate 67 68 Attest: 69 70 Cindi L. Markwell 71 Secretary of the Senate 72.