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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government
A House panel killed a bill to give local governments another year to adopt Colorado's Wildfire Resiliency Code, with the sponsors' own party splitting on the vote, then spent an afternoon-into-evening marathon on a contentious noise-control bill before shelving it while a compromise is negotiated.
Key Actions
·Modify Standards of Wildfire Resiliency Code BoardKilled
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Notable Quotes
“Changing the homework assignment once some of the students have already completed it is both unfair and harmful to the entire class.”
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Votes
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (7)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (6)Max Brooks, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
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Welcome to the Transportation, Housing and Local Government committee. As mentioned before, we'll hear two bills today. House Bill 1334 and then Senate Bill 98. Mr. Gravy, please call the roll. Representatives Basenecker. Excused. Brooks. Excuse. Jackson. Lindsay. Excuse. No walking in. Daisy Necker. And Lindsey. Here. When happily. Here. Present. Pascal. Here. Phillips. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Velasco. Weinberg. Good afternoon. Vice chair stewart. Here. Madam chair. Present. We have one of our bill sponsors. But we will wait for our other bill sponsor. We are here for 1334 modify standards of Wildfire Resiliency Code. Board Representative Pascal. Representative flinell. Thank you, Ms. Chair. And I apologize for making you guys wait on me. I had a check in on in judiciary and I actually have to leave right after this to vote on another bill. But I appreciate everybody being here today. A few years ago, this body took an important step to address wildfire risk by creating the Wildfire Resiliency Code Board and directing it to develop a statewide minimum building code that was a meaningful and necessary step to better protect Colorado communities. But as we've moved into implementation, it becomes clear that the timeline was…
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