Senate Transportation & Energy
Senate Transportation & Energy advanced four bills, but the news was in the splits: a $5 opt-out wildlife-crossing fund drew emotional survivor testimony and dissents from Republicans Mark Baisley and Byron Pelton, and a fatal-crash toxicology reporting bill lost Baisley alone. A plug-in solar measure cleared unanimously after utilities negotiated to neutral — though HOA management interests remained in an amend position.
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Sign in to subscribeReady. The Senate Transportation Energy Committee will come to order. Ms. Forbes, please call the roll. Senators Basley. Present. Catlin. Here. Exum. Good afternoon. Linstedt. Excused. Mullica. Excused. Elton. Here. Sullivan. Here. Cutter. Excused. And Mr. Chair. Here. Thank you everybody. We are excited to get today underway. Our first bill today is House Bill 2610 51. Senators Roberts and Simpson, welcome to T and E and please tell us about your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee, good to see you all today. And pleasure to join Senator Roberts once again on a bill about rural Colorado. This is House Bill 1051 and I can just highlight for you. This came to us as a result of what was an existing grant program and trying to help a very small community in my district called rico. So RICO is in actually in Dolores county on Lizardhead Pass between Dolores, which is not in Dolores county, but actually in Montezuma county and Telluride. Small community. And I would encourage you if you ever had the chance to go to RICO and stay at the Mine Shaft Inn in Rico. It's worth the drive and opportunity to stay there. RICO is…
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