The Colorado House advanced four bills on second reading — covering automated vehicle identification systems, irrigation equipment standards, dental network leasing, and a public service pathways program — with all four passing the committee of the whole 41-20 over objections focused on government expansion, revenue motivation, and legislative redundancy.
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Sponsors Majority Leader Duran and Representative Morrow framed HB 1071 as a local control and safety measure that changes nothing else in law. Representative Suckla directly countered: 'I look at this bill as a revenue bill and not as a safety bill,' pointing to a flat $40 fee with no points assessed and arguing that real safety would require officers stopping speeders rather than automated ticketing.
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“I look at this bill as a revenue bill and not as a safety bill. The bill was stated that it was all about safety. So let's talk about safety. If you have somebody that is driving and they're drunk or they're on drugs or they're hauling drugs, it's just going to give them a speeding ticket. And in my opinion, if this was really about safety, what it would be, you would have stop them.”
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Sign in to subscribeToday the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Zokai. Oh, and I had all that time. The House will come to order. Representative Zokai. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under all indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Schieble, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Aml bacon. Excused. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell. Camacho. Representative camacho. Excused. Carter. Clifford. Representative clifford degraff is excused. Duran. English. Espinoza. Foray. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Representative garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsuk. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Representative kelty. Leader lindsey. Rep. Lindsey's excused. Luck. Representative luck. Excused. Lukens. Mabry. Hey. Representative mabry. Excused. Marshall. Rhett. Marshall. Excused. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick. Win. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson. Ricks. Rutinel. Ryden. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. Rep. Soper is excused. Stuart k. Stuart r. Story. Rep. Storey is excused. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone valdez. A. Velasco. Present. Weinberg. Wilford. Representative wilford is excused. Winter is excused. Woodrow woog. Zokai. And madam speaker. Thank you. Marshall. With 57 present, eight excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Zocai. Thank you Madam Speaker. And I made it for…
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