H_FIN_2021A 05/27/2021 11:48:56 AM Committee Summary

Representatives A. Valdez and Larson presented Senate Bill 21-270 to the committee. The bill increases production limits for vintner’s restaurants and distillery pubs.

Representatives Gray and Caraveo presented Senate Bill 21-251 to the committee. The bill creates a one-time state transfer of $1.5 million from the General Fund to the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred by the Division of Family and Medical Leave Insurance in the Department of Labor and Employment before the division receives premium revenue or revenue bond proceeds.

Representatives Amabile and Will presented Senate Bill 21-229 to the committee. The bill creates the Rural Jump-Start Zone Grant Program to issue grants to new businesses that establish inside a rural jump-start zone and tier one transition communities, and to institutions of higher education or economic development organizations.

Andrea Blankenship, representing Colorado Office of Economic Development, testified in support of the bill.

Richard Orf, representing Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Representatives Benavidez and Van Winkle presented Senate Bill 21-257 to the committee. The bill exempts certain owners of special mobile machinery from registration.

Ed Noonan, representing United Rentals, testified in support of the bill.

The committee recessed.

The committee reconvened.

Representative Gonzales-Gutierrez presented Senate Bill 21-131 to the committee, along with amendment L.014 (Attachment A). This bill creates protections for personal identifying information collected and maintained by state agencies.

Benjamin Mitchell, representing Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles, was available to answer committee questions.