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A41BA63DEFBE38EC872586D900724E13 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB21-258

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date May 18, 2021      
Location SCR 352



SB21-258 - Referred to Senate Appropriations


02:48:44 PM  
Senators Rankin and Ginal introduced Senate Bill 21-258 concerning wildfire mitigation.
02:53:12 PM  
Director Dan Gibbs,
representing the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, testified in
support of the bill.
02:59:19 PM  
Director Mike  Morgan,
representing the Division of Fire Prevention and Control in the Colorado
Department of Public Safety, testified in support of the bill. He responded
to questions from the committee.
03:05:26 PM  
Director Gibbs responded to questions from the committee.
03:09:11 PM  
Mr. Dean  Williams,
representing the Colorado Department of Corrections, testified in support
of the bill.
03:15:59 PM  
Mr. Mike Lester, representing the Colorado State Forest Service, testified in a neutral position on the bill.
03:18:04 PM  
Mr. Scott Sergerstrom, representing the Colorado Youth Corps Association, testified in support of the bill.
03:22:44 PM  
Mr. Aaron Citron,
representing The Nature Conservancy, testified in support of the bill.
 He responded to questions from the committee.
03:26:06 PM  
Commissioner Matt Jones, representing Counties & Commissioners Acting Together (CCAT), testified in support of the bill.
03:36:30 PM  
Commissioner Ben
Tisdel, representing Colorado Counties, Inc. and CCAT, testified in support
of the bill.
03:37:20 PM  
Ms. Heather Stauffer, representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified in support of the bill.
03:40:16 PM  
Mr. Trent Jones, representing Mountain Pine Manufacturing, testified in support of the bill.
03:42:02 PM  
Ms. Bridget Garcia, representing the Colorado Association of Realtors, testified in support of the bill.
03:48:03 PM  
Mrs. Kelly Campbell, representing the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, testified in support of the bill.
03:48:04 PM  
Additional written
testimony may be found in Attachment B.
03:48:24 PM  
Senator Rankin responded to questions from the committee and made closing comments on the merits of the bill.
03:52:46 PM  
Members of the committee made comments on the merits of the bill.


03:56:22 PM
Motion Refer Senate Bill 21-258 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Kirkmeyer Yes
Kolker Yes
Liston Yes
Story Yes
Ginal Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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