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2002 Colorado State Legislature Voting Record

State House District 34 - Lois Tochtrop (D)

Legislator's Votes on High-Priority Animal-Related Legislation
Bill or
Resolution #
Description Committee
Vote(s)
Floor
Vote(s)
PVA
Position(s)
Final outcome of
legislation
HB02-1183 This bill would ease some of the restrictions on inter-county relocation of prairie dogs. Yes1   Yes Killed by the House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee
HB02-1221
(House version)
This bill would allow limited hunting (at the discretion of the Division of Wildlife) of black bears starting on June 25. Allowing hunting of black bears between March 1 and September 1 would contravene Amendment 10 of 1992, a statute initiated and passed by Colorado voters. This entry shows the representative's vote(s) on the original version of the bill. This original version of the bill was so offensive that in computing voting scores PVA counted all votes on it double. No1 No Very strong No
(votes count double)
This version was passed by the House and sent to the Senate.
HB02-1221
(Senate version)
The Senate changed HB02-1221 completely. The Senate's amended version would allow wildlife "agents" to kill black bears between March 1 and September 1. Currently only employees of the state Division of Wildlife and the USDA, in the line of duty, are exempt from the voter-enacted ban on black bear hunting between those dates. After the Senate passed the amended bill, the House voted on whether to re-pass the bill as amended by the Senate in place of the original House version. This entry reports the representative's votes on (1) whether to concur with (accept) the Senate amendments and (2) whether to pass the bill as amended. If the bill doesn't pass on both votes, it dies.   Yes/No Yes/No Signed into law
HB02-1237 The Senate passed a last-minute amendment to this bill to make aggravated cruelty to animals a first-offense felony. This entry reports the representative's votes on (1) whether to concur with (accept) the Senate amendments and (2) whether to pass the bill as amended. If the bill doesn't pass on both votes, it dies.   Yes/Yes Yes/Yes The House concurred with the Senate amendments; signed into law
HJR02-1015 This resolution would proclaim March 25 as "Greyhound Adoption Day".   Yes Yes Passed by House; never heard by Senate; "allowed" to die in Senate
SB02-117 Current statute requires the "eradication" of "destructive rodent pests" in areas where they "infest" the land. This bill would change the mandate for eradication to an option. Yes1   Yes Killed by the House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee
  Scores 100% 100%    
Legislator's Overall Score on PVA's Top-Priority Legislation ~ 100%
1. House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources
 
(PVA also tracks petition-related legislation; however, this legislator did not have the opportunity to vote on any of PVA's high-priority petition-related legislation during the 2002 session.)


Legislator's PVA History
Legislator's overall voting record score in previous years tracked:
  1999 ~ 50% | 2000 ~ 50% | 2001 ~ 56%
 
Legislator's scores on 2000 and 2002 candidate questionnaires:
  2000 ~ 72% | 2002 ~ No response yet