Senate Business, Labor, & Technology
Colorado's Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee took up two competing agricultural overtime bills in a single, emotional joint hearing — advancing Robert Rodriguez and Cleave Simpson's SB26-121 to raise the overtime threshold to 60 hours while killing Chair Jessie Danielson's SB26-081, which sought to hold the line at 40 hours. Both votes split the Democratic majority, with Danielson and Iman Jodeh landing on the losing side of each.
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Notable Quotes
“A hailstorm doesn't check the overtime clock before destroying a field. A cold snap doesn't pause because a Rancher has hit 40 hours that week. Farm work happens when the work needs to happen.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenate Business, labor and Technology Committee will come to order. We're hearing Senate Bill 121 and Senate Bill 81 today. Going to be a little bit different process than normal, and a couple of housekeeping orders or housekeeping items are in order. So first, could we have. We have a interpreter here who I will let explain how the interpretation will work and our new fancy devices will work. If you want to maybe just go ahead and just. That microphone will work just fine. There it is. Hi, good afternoon, everyone. My name is Gennaro Barron. I'm here with my co worker, Natalia. We're here with the clc. We're offering simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish, Spanish to English. If you need or would like interpretation. We do have devices in the back. If you have any troubles with devices, please let us know. They're very simple, straightforward. You just pop them in your ear. Plus sign is to raise the volume, minus is to turn the volume down. We do have some people online as well, so we're offering interpretation. Again, the purpose of us being here, so everyone can speak and be heard in the language of…
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