Senate Judiciary

To order. Ms. Jensen, please call the roll. Senators Carson. President Doherty. Here. Henriksen. Here. Wallace. Here. Zamora Wilson. Present. Robert. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, everyone is present. Notwithstanding it's April Fool's Day, we really do only have one bill on the committee's agenda today, and that is 1101 by Senators Pelton and Linstead, who are before us and ready to present Senators whoever would like to start. Senator colton. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Today we bring you House Bill 1101, Protecting Critical Communication infrastructure against vandalism. At a time of exploding consumer demand for wireless service, the industry is investing billions of dollars to deploy and upgrade infrastructure for communities across the country. However, ongoing criminal theft and vandalism of telecommunication infrastructure puts this progress at risk. During one year period in 24 to 25, nearly 16,000 incidents of theft and vandalism were reported across the U.S. impacting all of wireless broadband or impacting all types of wireless and broadband infrastructure. Colorado HB 26, 1101 takes action to address telecommunication vandalism and theft by strengthening the state's metal dealing laws to include wireless and telecommunication equipment, which will help eliminate the market for stolen materials that are…