E31F8E2DA40C5A018725893D00636364 Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For APPROVAL OF CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANS

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
Date Jan 20, 2023
Location HCR 0112

Approval of Continuity of Operations Plans - Committee Discussion Only

11:05:37 AM

President Fenberg, chair of the committee, made welcoming remarks and indicated that House members would be joining the committee at a later date. He talked about the process for updating plans, and indicated that more formal updates would be made at a later date.

11:06:19 AM

General Assembly
agencies updated the committees on their continuity of operations plans.
Robin Jones, Chief Clerk representing the House, indicated that updates
were made to reflect current staff.

11:06:58 AM

Jenny Page, representing
the State Auditor, said that policies and procedures were consolidated
into a plan.

11:07:27 AM

Cindi Markwell, Secretary
representing the Senate, said that updates were made to the Senate's plan.
She mentioned that she will forward any questions to Manish Jani,
Legislative Council Staff.

11:07:55 AM

Carolyn Kampman,
Staff Director representing the Joint Budget Committee, said that their
plan was updated. She mentioned that future rewrites should include
a different format.

11:09:26 AM

Other agencies outlined
their updates, including Legislative Council Staff. There was a discussion
about future planning, perhaps including an exercise, how to connect with
technology, and impacts on technology. There was also discussion
about a test of the plan.

11:12:51 AM	Motion	Approve all General Assembly Agency Continuation of Operations Plans.
	Moved	Robin Jones
	Seconded

	Baisley	Excused
	Cathy Eslinger	Yes
	Manish Jani	Yes
	Robin Jones	Yes
	Carolyn Kampman	Yes
	Cindi Markwell	Yes
	Nicole Myers	Yes
	Jenny Page	Yes
	Fenberg	Yes
		YES: 8 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

Approval of Continuity of Operations Plans - Committee Discussion Only

Colorado General Assembly