H_ALW_2022A 04/18/2022 01:33:40 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, & WATER Date 04/18/2022 Attendance Exum X Holtorf X Lindsay X Lynch X McLachlan X Roberts X Titone X Valdez D. X Will X Catlin X McCormick X Time 01:33:40 PM to 03:53:26 PM Place HCR 0107 This Meeting was called to order by McCormick This Report was prepared by Alexa Kelly Hearing Items Action Taken hSB22-167 Referred to the Committee of the Whole hHB22-1364 Referred to House Appropriations hSB22-166 Referred to House Finance 01:33:46 PM Representative McLachlan introduced two visiting guests. SB22-167 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf/0/D424B5E57554...$File/Attachment A - Support for SB 22-167 from Best Friends Animal Society.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A - Support for SB 22-167 from Best Friends Animal Society.pdf 01:34:13 PM Representative Duran, bill sponsor, introduced SB22-167. Under current law, breeders of racing greyhounds not intended to be companion pets are exempt from the requirements of the Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act. The bill repeals this exemption. The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee. 01:40:43 PM Mr. Roland Halpern, representing Colorado Voters For Animals, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Ali Mickelson, representing Dumb Friends League, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Judy Calhoun, representing Animal Welfare Association of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Halpern responded to questions from the committee. 01:46:04 PM Fran Maes, representing self, testified in support of the bill. 01:53:06 PM Mr. Nick Fisher, representing the Colorado Department of Agriculture, answered committee questions. Submitted written testimony can be found in Attachment A. 01:53:26 PM Representative Duran gave final comments on the bill. 01:56:12 PM Committee members made final comments on the bill. 01:59:36 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-167 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved McCormick Seconded McLachlan Exum Yes Holtorf Yes Lindsay Yes Lynch Yes McLachlan Yes Roberts Yes Titone Yes Valdez D. Yes Will No Catlin Yes McCormick Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB22-1364 - Referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf/0/95F4294D1DE7...$File/Attachment B - Hunger Free Colorado Handout HB22-1364.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B - Hunger Free Colorado Handout HB22-1364.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf/0/43FAFC0D9D74...$File/Attachment C Merged.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C Merged.pdf 01:59:49 PM Representative Cutter, bill co-prime sponsor, introduced HB22-1364. Under current law, the food pantry assistance grant program in the Department of Human Services is set to repeal on June 30, 2023. The bill extends the grant program through July 1, 2028. The bill expands the scope of the grant program in three ways. First, it makes hunger-relief charitable organizations eligible to receive grants. Second, it allows $100,000 to be awarded annually to a nonprofit entity to provide technical assistance to a grant recipient for training food pantries and assisting in locating and purchasing Colorado agricultural products. Finally, it broadens the kinds of agricultural products that may be purchased with grant money, to include: products sold by indigenous people in Colorado and neighboring states; products that hold cultural significance for indigenous people; and locally or regionally produced products grown, raised, or processed less than 400 miles away from where the grant recipient is located. 02:02:31 PM Representative Soper, bill co-prime sponsor, gave opening comments on the bill. 02:02:46 PM The bill sponsors responded to questions from committee members. 02:15:39 PM Questions about the bill continued. A handout was distributed to the committee from Hunger Free Colorado (Attachment B). 02:22:27 PM Ms. Ashley Wheeland, representing Hunger Free Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Veronica Perez, representing Growing Home, testified in support of the bill. Maya McDowell, representing Growing Home, testified in support of the bill. Justina Potter, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Wheeland responded to questions from the committee. 02:39:55 PM Mr. Alexander Hernandez-Ball, representing Sister Carmen Community Center, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Roberto Meza, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Meighen Lovelace, representing Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Trudie Biggers, representing Life Inter-Faith Team on Unemployment and Poverty, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 03:08:42 PM Questions for the previous panel continued. 03:09:00 PM Mr. James Gillespie, representing Servicios de La Raza, testified in support of the bill. Larry Martinez, representing Denver Inner City Parish, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Gillespie answered questions from the committee. Submitted written testimony can be found in Attachment C. 03:19:16 PM Representative Soper and Representative Cutter gave closing comments on the bill. 03:26:24 PM Committee members made final comments on the bill. 03:31:05 PM Motion Refer House Bill 22-1364 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved McCormick Seconded Valdez D. Exum Yes Holtorf No Lindsay Yes Lynch No McLachlan Yes Roberts Yes Titone Yes Valdez D. Yes Will Yes Catlin Yes McCormick Yes Final YES: 9 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB22-166 - Referred to House Finance 03:31:15 PM The committee took a recess. 03:33:19 PM The committee reconvened. 03:36:11 PM Representative Will, bill co-prime sponsor, introduced SB22-166. This bill reauthorizes the voluntary contribution designation (income tax checkoff) benefitting the Colorado Nongame Conservation and Wildlife Restoration Fund and extends the voluntary contribution indefinitely. Money in the fund is used to support wildlife rehabilitation and preservation of threatened and endangered species in the state through Colorado Parks and Wildlife programs. Under current law, the income tax checkoff will be available through tax year 2021. 03:37:04 PM Representative McCormick, bill co-prime sponsor, gave opening comments on the bill. 03:52:57 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-166 to the Committee on Finance. Moved McCormick Seconded Will Exum Yes Holtorf Yes Lindsay Yes Lynch Yes McLachlan Yes Roberts Yes Titone Excused Valdez D. Yes Will Yes Catlin Yes McCormick Yes Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 03:53:26 PM The committee adjourned.
