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413296163C2C3C058725852200671058 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB20-1180

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Mar 5, 2020      
Location HCR 0107



HB20-1180 - Committee Discussion Only
11:45:48 AM  
Representatives Kipp and Jaquez Lewis,
co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 20-1180, Protect Pollinators
through Pesticide Regulation, to the committee.  The bill requires
the Commissioner of Agriculture to adopt rules by March 1, 2021, to classify
certain neonicotinoid and sulfoximine pesticides as restricted-use pesticides.
12:03:13 PM  
First Gentleman Marlon Reis, representing
himself, testified in support of the bill.  Hannah Callazo, representing
Environment Colorado, testified in support of the bill.  Gaythia Weis,
representing the Colorado League of Women Voters, testified in support
of the bill.  Beth Conrey, representing Bee Squared Apiaries, testified
in support of the bill.  Rebecca Dickson, representing the Sierra
Club, testified in support of the bill.
12:24:58 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the
committee.
12:31:57 PM  
Thia Walker, representing Colorado State
University, testified against the bill and provided a packet of handouts
(Attachment B).  Ryan Pessah, representing the Western Wood Preservers
Institute, testified against the bill.  Al Summers, representing the
Colorado Beekeeping Association, testified against the bill.  Kelly
Sloan, representing the Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association, testified
against the bill.  
12:42:06 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the
committee.
12:59:30 PM  
Kelly Gouge, representing Commercial Applicators,
testified on the bill.  Ryan Riley, representing the Colorado Pesticide
Control Association, testified on the bill.  Erik Frank, representing
Colorado Sugarbeet Growers, testified on the bill.  Scott Armbrust,
representing the Colorado Pest Control Association, testified on the bill.
01:10:46 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the
committee.
01:19:20 PM  
Fred Raish, representing RMAA, testified
on the bill.  Tim Davis, representing the Rocky Mountain Golf Course
Association, testified on the bill.  Rella Abernathy, representing
the city of Boulder, testified in support of the bill.  Emily Ibach,
representing the Colorado Farm Bureau, testified on the bill.  
01:27:45 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the
committee.
01:35:26 PM  
Stan Gelb, representing himself, testified
in support of the bill.  Beth Utton, representing herself, testified
in support of the bill.  Sue Anderson, representing People and Pollinators
Action Network, testified in support of the bill.  J. Andrea Montoya,
representing the Pollinator Corridor of Boulder, testified in support of
the bill.  Dylan Insalaco, representing himself, testified in support
of the bill.

Written testimony submitted for House
Bill 20-1180 can be found in Attachment C.
01:46:50 PM  
The witness panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:54:19 PM  
The committee laid the bill over for action
only at a later meeting.






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