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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1289

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date Mar 20, 2025       Location HCR 0112

HB25-1289 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole
12:05:30 PM  
Representatives Richardson and Zokaie, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 25-1289. The bill requires metropolitan districts to file additional statements and disclosures when claiming a property tax exemption, which may necessitate referral to a governing body for approval. The bill states that privately owned interests that are leased to a public entity, and then leased back to private persons for private purposes, are taxable. They distributed a fact sheet (Attachment C) and amendment L.001 (Attachment D).
12:08:42 PM  
The bill sponsors responded to committee questions.
12:14:13 PM  
Mr. Keith Erffmeyer, representing the Colorado Assessors Association, testified in support of the bill. Brenda Dones, representing the Colorado Assessors Association, testified in support of the bill. Elizabeth Haskell, representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified to amend the bill. Kristi Pollard, representing the Metro District Education Coalition, testified to amend the bill.

12:20:10 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D).
Moved Zokaie
Seconded Weinberg
Brooks
Camacho
Garcia
Gonzalez R.
Hartsook
Joseph
Marshall
Soper
Stewart R.
Weinberg
Zokaie
Titone
Lindstedt
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
12:20:13 PM  
The bill sponsors made closing remarks.

12:22:10 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 25-1289, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Zokaie
Seconded Weinberg
Brooks Yes
Camacho Yes
Garcia Yes
Gonzalez R. Yes
Hartsook Yes
Joseph Yes
Marshall Yes
Soper Yes
Stewart R. Yes
Weinberg Yes
Zokaie Yes
Titone Yes
Lindstedt Yes
Final YES: 13   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS