H_AWN_2023A 02/16/2023 12:29:01 PM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER & NATURAL RESOURCES

Date

02/16/2023

Attendance
Holtorf	*
Lindsay	X
Luck	X
Lukens	X
Martinez	X
McLachlan	X
Parenti	X
Story	X
Titone	*
Velasco	X
Winter T.	X
Catlin	E
McCormick	X

Time

12:29:01 PM to 12:44:22 PM

Place

HCR 0107

This Meeting was called to order by

McCormick

This Report was prepared by

Alexa Kelly

Hearing Items	Action Taken
hSB23-010	Referred to the Committee of the Whole

SB23-010 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole

12:29:12 PM

Representative McLachlan, bill sponsor, introduced Senate Bill 23-010. Under current law, the Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee is an interim committee that meets up to eight times per year and may take up to two field trips per year. The bill instead makes it a year-round committee that must meet at least four times per year. The bill also removes the limit on the number of field trips the committee may take each year.

12:31:47 PM

Mr. Jordan Beezley, representing Colorado Department of Agriculture, testified in support of the bill. Kelly Romero-Heaney, representing Colorado Department of Natural Resources, testified in support of the bill. Dianna Orf, representing Colorado Water Congress, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

12:38:38 PM

Representative McLachlan gave final comments on the bill.

12:44:12 PM	Motion	Refer Senate Bill 23-010 to the Committee of the Whole.
	Moved	McLachlan
	Seconded

	Holtorf	Yes
	Lindsay	Yes
	Luck	Yes
	Lukens	Yes
	Martinez	Yes
	McLachlan	Yes
	Parenti	Yes
	Story	Yes
	Titone	Yes
	Velasco	Yes
	Winter T.	Yes
	Catlin	Excused
	McCormick	Yes
	Final	YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:44:22 PM

The committee adjourned.

SB23-010 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Colorado General Assembly