Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #282
In a statutory review-and-comment hearing, nonpartisan staff pressed the backers of proposed Initiative #282 — a measure to retain and spend K-12 education revenue — on its aims, only to be told repeatedly that the measure is a 'carbon copy' of pending Senate Bill 135 and that its questions belonged to that bill's authors. The session drew no vote but produced a pointed exchange over why citizen initiatives face public single-subject scrutiny that lawmakers' pre-bill drafting does not.
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“This initiative is basically a carbon copy of Senate Bill 135, so whatever answers they would have for 135 would apply to this”
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Sign in to subscribeIt. Get started. This is the hearing for proposed initiative measure 2526, number 182 concerning retaining and spending K12 education revenue. It is 1pm you said 182 I think. 282 yes, 282. It is 1 o' clock on March 30, 2024 in room 109 here at State Capitol. We will go around and introduce ourselves. For the purposes of the record, my name is Anna Gerstel with Legislative Council staff. Nicole Myers, Legislative Legal Services John Caldera, Proponent Nash Herman Proponent Shane Madsen, Council for Proponents Great. So section 140105 subsection 1, Colorado Revised Statutes requires the Directors of Colorado Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. The purpose of this statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council in the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments intended to aid proponents in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of knowledge of the contents of the proposal. While this is a public meeting and members of the public are free to be here and listen in, the purpose is not to hear from members of…
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