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s_ed_2016a_2016-03-24t13:31:22z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/24/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1259



SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 16-1259 to the Committee of the W PASS







01:45 PM -- HB16-1259



The committee came back to order. Senators Cooke and Donovan, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 16-1259 which concerns changing the term local district junior college to local district college. A handout was distributed to the committee (Attachment B).



16SenateEd0324AttachB.pdf16SenateEd0324AttachB.pdf



The following people testified on the bill:



01:50 PM --
Dr. Carrie Hauser, representing Colorado Mountain College, testified in support of the bill.



01:54 PM --
Sandra Owens, representing Aims Community College, testified in support of the bill.





01:57 PM



There were no more witnesses and Senator Hill closed public testimony. The co-sponsors gave closing comments to the bill.

BILL: HB16-1259
TIME: 01:58:02 PM
MOVED: Marble
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1259 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Yes
Johnston
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Neville T.
Yes
Todd
Yes
Woods
Yes
Marble
Yes
Hill
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS










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