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Senate Transportation & Energy
The Senate Transportation & Energy Committee advanced a bill to expand Colorado's ignition interlock program after wrenching testimony from a grieving mother, then narrowly cleared a renewable-energy siting measure over Republican objections that it strips public process from project permitting.
Key Actions
·Interlock Device for Impaired DriversPassed
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Notable Quotes
“My son was not a statistic. He was loved. He was needed, and he should still be here.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Marc Catlin, Tony Exum, William Lindstedt, Kyle Mullica, Byron Pelton, Tom Sullivan, Matt Ball, Lisa Cutter
No (1)Mark Baisley
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (6)Tony Exum, William Lindstedt, Kyle Mullica, Tom Sullivan, Matt Ball, Lisa Cutter
No (3)Mark Baisley, Marc Catlin, Byron Pelton
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And Energy Committee will now come to order. Ms. Forbes, can you please call the roll? Senators Basley. Excused. Catlin. Here. Exum. Good afternoon. Linstedt. Present. Malica. Excused. Helton. Present. Sullivan. Here. Ball. Here. And Madam Chair? Present. Okay. Good afternoon. Senator Roberts here to present House Bill 1242. Please begin when you are ready. Welcome. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you committee for having me back again. Good to be here to present House Bill 1242. This bill is about increasing the use of interlock devices in the state of Colorado. Interlock devices, for those that don't know, are devices that are installed in somebody's car that are kind of like a mini breathalyzer that somebody performs in order to start their vehicle. And when you have one installed, you cannot start your vehicle unless you blow a breath test that doesn't contain any level of alcohol over a certain limit. These have been proven to be very effective across the country and in Colorado at reducing the amount of impaired driving that happens in our state, which is becoming and continues to be a problem here. Colorado just last year lost 236 people to suspected impaired driving. That's…
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