The committee killed HB 1254, a legislative audit enforcement bill giving the Legislative Audit Committee authority to recommend up to 3% budget reductions for non-compliant agencies, on a vote of 8 to 3, while advancing four other bills including HB 1252 (homeland security updates), SB 084 (state auditor privilege clarification), and two technical statutory revision bills.
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Representative Brooks and Representative Suckla (Sukhla) argued the bill provides a measured enforcement tool, while Vice Chair Clifford said she could not vote yes because the reinstatement mechanism was unresolved and urged sponsors to 'put this together as a bigger picture item and bring this into the next administration with something that have all the mechanisms worked out.' Madam Chair stated she was 'not convinced that punitive action will lead to compliance.' Representative Froelich said 'this is the neighbor telling the friend what to do instead of the friend's parents... you're taking away their allowance and their car keys.' Representative Luck countered that without this bill, the legislature's only alternative is the JBC stripping a full budget cycle — 'a sledgehammer.'
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“I don't know that you can fix that between now and seconds. And I'm certainly, certainly not going to vote yes on seconds or thirds with this in its current manner. So right now I am going to move to a no on your bill. I don't want you to stop working on this. However, I would like for you to put this together as a bigger picture item and bring this into the next administration with something that have all the mechanisms worked out. And if you do that, I will support it.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe state house civic, military and veterans affairs committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives bottoms, bradley, carter. Present. Espinoza. Foray. Excused. Froelich. Here. Locke. Here. Wynn. Represent. Representative Wynn. Here. Valdez. Excuse. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair. Here. We have five bills on the agenda for today, and we'll start with House Bill 1252. Our sponsors are here and it looks like, Representative Morrow, you've been approved to join the bill. Yes, ma'. Am. So welcome. Who would like to begin? You both pointed at each other. Representative Morrow. Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members. This bill is brought to you today by us, but also the Colorado Department of Public Safety. This bill updates Colorado statutory framework for homeland security managing emergencies to better align with current operational needs. The bill designates the Office of Emergency Management as the primary state agency responsible for coordinating disaster recovery efforts, ensures that the personal identifiable information of disaster survivors is protected from public information requests, and makes changes to better represent current practices. And I'll hand it over to my co Prime Representative Bradfield. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee for allowing us…
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