561D61046CC4C8DF87258AD200738EFE Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB24-1121

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS & LABOR
Date Feb 29, 2024
Location HCR 0112

HB24-1121 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment C

Attachment D

Attachment E

Attachment F

Attachment G

02:02:13 PM

Representatives Titone
and Woodrow, co-prime bill sponsors, opened on House Bill 24-1121 regarding
consumer rights to repair digital electrical equipment. Members of the
committee asked questions.

Handouts were
distributed to the committee (Attachment C).

02:15:33 PM

Danny Katz, representing
CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group), testified in support
of the bill. Mr. Steven Nichol, representing Google, testified in support
of the bill. Mr. Paul Roberts, representing Secure Repairs, testified in
support of the bill. Mr. Nathan Seidle, representing SparkFun Electronics
Inc, testified in support of the bill.

02:25:16 PM

Mr. Wayne Seltzer,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Mr. Chad MacDonald,
representing Genius IT Solutions, testified in support of the bill.
Ms. Mikayla
Branz, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Dr. Liz Chamberlain,
representing iFixit, testified in support of the bill.

Members of the panel answered questions from members of the committee.

02:38:43 PM

Ms. Ruthie Barko,
representing TechNet, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Dustin Brighton,
representing Repair Done Right Coalition, testified in opposition to the
bill. Mr. John Prendergast, representing Alarm Industry Communications
Committee, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Tony Gagliardi, representing
National Federation of Independent Business, testified in support of the
bill.

The panel answered
questions from the committee.

02:59:59 PM

Henry Stiles, representing
Environment Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mr. David Suding,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Christine
Todaro, representing Federal Trade Commission, testified in support of
the bill. Mr. Ryan Call, representing Eco-Cycle, testified in support of
the bill. Ms. Gay Gordon-Byrne, representing Digital Right to Repair Coalition,
testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony
was submitted to the committee (Attachment D).

03:12:18 PM

Representative Titone
explained Amendment L.001 (Attachment E).

03:15:19 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.001
	Moved	Ricks
	Seconded	Lieder

	Armagost
	Clifford
	English
	Frizell
	Lieder
	Lindstedt
	Lynch
	Mabrey
	Mauro
	Ricks
	Amabile
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

03:15:20 PM

Representative Titone
explained amendment L.002 (Attachment F).

03:17:04 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.002
	Moved	Ricks
	Seconded	Clifford

	Armagost
	Clifford
	English
	Frizell
	Lieder
	Lindstedt
	Lynch
	Mabrey
	Mauro
	Ricks
	Amabile
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

03:17:04 PM

Representative Titone
explained amendment L.004 (Attachment G).

03:19:21 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.004
	Moved	Ricks
	Seconded	Clifford

	Armagost
	Clifford
	English
	Frizell
	Lieder
	Lindstedt
	Lynch
	Mabrey
	Mauro
	Ricks
	Amabile
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

03:19:22 PM

Representatives Titone
and Woodrow gave closing remarks on House Bill 24-1121. Members of the
committee gave closing remarks.

03:28:06 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 24-1121, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
	Moved	Ricks
	Seconded	Lieder

	Armagost	No
	Clifford	Yes
	English	Yes
	Frizell	No
	Lieder	Yes
	Lindstedt	Yes
	Lynch	No
	Mabrey	Yes
	Mauro	Yes
	Ricks	Yes
	Amabile	Yes
	Final	YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB24-1121 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole

Colorado General Assembly