A6CB58336D30EE3D8725899C00001CC0 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB23-111

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Apr 24, 2023
Location LSB A

SB23-111 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment H

Attachment H.pdf

06:01:17 PM

The committee recessed.

06:04:44 PM

The committee came
back to order.

06:05:52 PM

Representatives Titone
and Woodrow, bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 23-111, concerning public
employees' workplace protection from employer retaliation. The bill establishes
certain rights for public employees and associated enforcement procedures.
The bill defines public employee.

06:10:12 PM

A panel of witnesses
testified to the committee.

Richard Rosenblatt,
representing the Colorado AFL-CIO, testified in support of the bill.

Tim Hernandez,
representing the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of
the bill.

Kayleigh TenBarge,
representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Dr. Wendy Bolyard,
representing the United Campus Workers of Colorado, testified in support
of the bill.

Jacob Oldefest,
representing Denver Health Workers United, testified in support of the
bill.

The committee
aksed questions to the panel.

06:30:47 PM

A panel of witnesses
testified to the committee.

Dianne Criswell,
representing the Special District Association of Colorado, testified in
opposition to the bill.

Eric Bergman,
representing Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in opposition to the bill.
He provided a handout to the committee (Attachment H).

Jaclyn Terwey,
representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified in opposition to
the bill.

Mark Tisdale,
representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.

The committee
aksed questions to the panel.

06:43:50 PM

Jade Kelly, representing
the Communication Workers of America Local 7799, testified in support of
the bill.

Amie Baca-Oehlert,
representing the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of
the bill.

Brian Wood, representing
the UCHealth Workers Union, testified in support of the bill.

Collette Simpkins,
representing the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of
the bill.

06:52:55 PM

A panel of witnesses
testified to the committee.

Kevin Walek, representing
the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of the bill.

David Graf, representing
the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of the bill.

Ben Carter, representing
the Mountain View Professional Firefighters, testified in support of the
bill.

Travis Weiner,
representing the Defenders Union of Colorado, testified in support of the
bill.

07:04:15 PM

Naomi Perera, representing
Colorado Professional Firefighters, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony
for this bill can be found in Attachment I).

07:07:05 PM

Representative Woodrow
presented Amendment L.017 (Attachment J). The committee discussed the amendment.

07:08:29 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.017 (Attachment J)
	Moved	Woodrow
	Seconded	Willford

	Armagost
	Boesenecker	Excused
	Bottoms
	Brown
	DeGraaf
	Epps
	Ricks
	Sharbini
	Willford
	Ortiz
	Woodrow
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

07:08:31 PM

The bill sponsors
made closing comments. Committee members made closing comments.

07:16:57 PM	Motion	Refer Senate Bill 23-111, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
	Moved	Woodrow
	Seconded	Sharbini

	Armagost	No
	Boesenecker	Yes
	Bottoms	No
	Brown	Yes
	DeGraaf	No
	Epps	Yes
	Ricks	Yes
	Sharbini	Yes
	Willford	Yes
	Ortiz	Yes
	Woodrow	Yes
	Final	YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

SB23-111 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Colorado General Assembly