Legislative update for the week of Feb. 27
Craig — Proposed House bills
HB15-1008
Bill description: Concerning taxing agricultural land destroyed by natural causes
Committee: House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources, House Finance
Status: House third reading passed with no amendments on Feb. 25
House sponsor(s): Rep. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon
Senate sponsor(s): Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango
HB15-1038
Bill description: Concerning amending irrigation water use change process
Committee: House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources
Status: Introduced in Senate and assigned to Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy committee Feb. 17
House sponsor(s): Rep. Jennifer Ardnt, D-Fort Collins
Senate sponsor(s): None
HB15-1079
Bill description: Concerning extending the repeal date of the program
Committee: House Finance
Status: Introduced in Senate and assigned to Senate Finance and Senate Appropriations committees on Feb. 25
House sponsor(s): Rep. Dan Coram, R-Montrose, Rep. Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge
Senate sponsor(s): Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango
HB15-1072
Bill description: Concerning harassment through an interactive electronic medium.
Committee: Senate Judiciary, Senate Business, Labor and Technology
Status: Introduced in Senate and assigned to Senate Judiciary and Senate Business, Labor and Technology
House sponsor(s): Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora
Senate sponsor(s): Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton
HB15-1014
Bill description: Concerning setting a twenty-four-month registration interval for seasonal farm motor vehicles.
Committee: House Transportation and Energy, House Finance
Status: House Committee on Transportation and Energy refer unamended to Finance commitee Feb. 4
House sponsor(s): Rep. Tim Dore, R-Elizabeth
Senate sponsor(s): None
Proposed Senate bills
SB15-003
Bill description: The bill eliminates the requirement that 50 percent of a teacher’s or principal’s performance evaluation is based on academic student growth of the teachers’ students or principals’ school.
Committee: Senate Education
Status: Introduced in Senate
House sponsor(s): Sen. Michael Merrifield, D-Colorado Springs
Senate sponsor(s): None
SB 15-004
Bill description: Concerning trained volunteer court-appointed special advocates for youth brought before a court in a truancy proceeding.
Committee: House Judiciary
Status: Introduced in House and assigned to House Judiciary committee Feb. 4
House sponsor(s): Rep. Dianne Primavera, D-Broomfield
Senate sponsor(s): Sen. Cheri Jahn, D-Sweet Ridge
Contact Janelle O’Dea at 970-875-1795 or jodea@CraigDailyPress.com or follow her on Twitter @jayohday.
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