The Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Committee killed a uniform creditor assignment bill at its own sponsor's request, then advanced a contentious non-emergency medical transportation bill over department opposition and new-provider objections, with the sponsor committing to further amendments on second reading.
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Senator Henrickson framed the three-year, zero-fraud requirement as ensuring a proven track record for providers who seek to operate independently of the statewide broker. Mickey Mesfin countered that the bill asks only one question—how many years a business has been in operation—and does not address driver qualifications, vehicle safety, or insurance currency, characterizing it as market preservation for established companies. Mesfin further stated that a lobbyist for the bill confirmed in writing that the three-year requirement is a deliberate structural feature intended to limit participation and that amendments are not welcome. Nebiu Asfa added that a company can exist for three years with bad records while a new company can meet every safety requirement on day one.
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“Because the bar association, the business section, and the real estate section both expressed some grave concerns with that and the fact that I really don't like being one of the first out of the gate on some of these bills, let some other states do the heavy lifting, I'm going to respectfully ask that the committee postpone indefinitely Senate Bill 79.”
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Sign in to subscribeTechnology Committee. Miss Chapman, we don't really need a gavel. Okay, when you're ready, please call the roll. We're convened. Welcome, folks. Senator Catlin? Here. Judah. Here. Liston. Here. Henriksen. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Okay, folks, in case you missed the announcement from the floor, we are laying over, or I guess postponing Senate Bill 2691 till another date, working with the sponsors to pin that down. So we're going to have Senate Bill 79 and then Senate Bill 63 today. Welcome, Senator Snyder. Please tell us about your bill. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee. As you may know, I serve honored to serve as a uniform law commissioner for the state of Colorado. And the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors act was approved by the national conference just this past July. And I introduced the bill. There are seven other states that have introduced this bill. We don't know how they're going to turn out. We did a lot of stakeholding, the bankers, the consumer protection agency organizations, the creditors bar, and we worked with them and nobody had any problems with the bill. Unfortunately, even though we sent it to the Colorado Bar association,…
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