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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
Bill Summary for Bill Number SB16-154 Date: 03/24/2016
Location: SCR 356
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB16-154

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F). The motion f
Refer Senate Bill 16-154 to the Committee on Finan		 FAIL
PASS



03:30 PM -- SB16-154

The committee took a brief recess.


03:40 PM

The committee came back to order. Senator Lundberg, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 16-154 which concerns the creation of income tax credits for nonpublic education. Senator Lundberg answered questions from the committee and distributed a handout (Attachment C).

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The following people testified on the bill:

03:45 PM -- Cindra Barnard, representing Taxpayers for Public Education, testified in opposition to the bill. She distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment D).

16SenateEd0324AttachD.pdf16SenateEd0324AttachD.pdf

03:49 PM -- Bob Kaser, representing himself, testified in opposition to the bill. He distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment E).

16SenateEd0324AttachE.pdf16SenateEd0324AttachE.pdf

03:52 PM -- Caroline Wolfrum, representing herself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Wolfrum answered questions from the committee.

04:00 PM -- Ilana Spiegel, representing herself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Spiegel answered questions from the committee.

04:13 PM -- Sally Augden, representing the League of Women Voters of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Augden responded to questions from the committee.

04:16 PM -- Jonna Levine, representing the Colorado Parent Teacher Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Levine responded to questions from the committee.


04:21 PM

There were no more witnesses and Senator Hill closed public testimony. Senator Lundberg gave closing comments to the bill. Senator Kerr distributed amendments L.001 and L.002 (Attachments F and G).

16SenateEd0324AttachF.pdf16SenateEd0324AttachF.pdf 16SenateEd0324AttachG.pdf16SenateEd0324AttachG.pdf

04:38 PM

The committee continued to discuss the merits of the bill.
BILL: SB16-154
TIME: 04:44:07 PM
MOVED: Kerr
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F). The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
No
Johnston
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Neville T.
No
Todd
Yes
Woods
No
Marble
No
Hill
No
YES: 4 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

BILL: SB16-154
TIME: 04:49:03 PM
MOVED: Holbert
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-154 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 5-4.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Yes
Johnston
No
Kerr
No
Merrifield
No
Neville T.
Yes
Todd
No
Woods
Yes
Marble
Yes
Hill
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS