The Colorado House advanced a resolution supporting farmers markets unanimously while passing five bills on third reading and advancing two contested bills — HB 1102 (DMV DRIVES fund stabilization) and HB 1299 (education regulatory relief) — through the committee of the whole on a 40-18 vote, with HB 1102 drawing sustained opposition over HUTF fund diversion and no-show fees targeting working and rural families.
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Representative Mac Brooks argued the no-show fee is 'a convenience fee basically and hitting working families' who may miss appointments because of jobs or child care and does not create 'any true reform.' Representative Mabry Lindsay countered that 'sometimes that financial incentive is the only thing that will make you show up' and stated the bill includes protections for acts of God, weather, tech failures, office closures, and medical hardships, and that she would encourage a no vote on Amendment L037A because 'I think that we are really trying to instill in people that you have to take this appointment seriously.' Representative Mabry Don Suckla separately argued the fee would unfairly penalize rural Coloradans driving 90 miles from Duff Creek or 49 miles from Cortez who may miss for legitimate rural reasons such as having to cut hay when the sun is shining.
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“This fund will be fully exhausted in about two years. And this would create a $12 million gap between revenue and expenses leading to a breakdown of essential driver and vehicle services.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe House will come to order. Representative Slaw will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. McShieble, would you please call the roll? Representatives Bacon, Barone, Bassinecker, Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Representative Bradley. Excused. Brooks, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Carter. Clifford is here. DeGraff is. Excused. Duran, English. Espinoza. Ferreira. Flannel. Froelich, Garcia. Garcia. Sander, Gilchrist. Goldstein. Rep. Gonzalez is excused. Hamrick, Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson, Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Luck. Lukens. Mabry. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. McCormick, Wynn. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson, Ricks. Representative Ricks. Excused. Rootnell, Ryden. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. Representative Smith. Excused. Soper. Representative soper is. Oh, he's here. Stuart k. Stuart r. Story. Sukla. Taggart. Excused. Tatone valdez. A. Rep. Valdez. Excused. Velasco, weinberg. Here. Wilford. Representative wilford. Excused. Winter, woodrow. Woog. Zokai. And madam speaker here. With 57 present, eight excused. We do have a quorum, Representative Slaw. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Top of the morning to you. Top of the morning to you. Thank you. Madam Speaker, I want…
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