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House Business Affairs & Labor
The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee advanced two bills to the floor over dissent — a retooling of the state's Climber small-business loan program and a technical fix to last year's 'junk fees' law exempting ratio utility billing.
Key Actions
·Small Business Recovery ModificationsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“I asked very simple questions before about how this differed from the sba. And I was told, well, the SBA doesn't fund startups. That's not true. They do.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Javier Mabrey, Tisha Mauro, Kenny Nguyen, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks
No (3)Max Brooks, Bob Marshall, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Kenny Nguyen, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks
No (3)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla
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Hey, how are you? Good morning. Business committee will start. This is the House Committee on Business affairs and labor and we're going to come to order. Mr. Rara, please call the roll. Representatives Brooks Present. English Excused. Gonzalez Rosias Kelty. Here. Mabry Marshall Here Morrow Here. Wynn Happy Beer Richardson Excuse me. Ryden Here. Suka Here. Camacho Here. Madam Chair Present. Okay, we have two bills today. Our first bill will be House Bill 10003 and that is going to be the bill sponsors myself and Vice Chair Camacho and Rep. Mabry Woto to take the. Yes. All right. Whoever would like to begin may do so. Rep. Camacho thank you. Representative Mabry I'm sure we are all aware of the landscape for small business constantly shifts. We established the Colorado Small Business Recovery and Resiliency Loan Program, or climber, to provide assistance to small businesses when the landscape changes, whether that is due to rising interest rates or increasing operating costs. Since its inception, it has delivered measurable statewide results by providing affordable working capital to small businesses across Colorado by partnering with lenders, CDFIs, credit unions and nonprofit lenders. These groups then underwrite and deploy these loans…
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