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A Colorado non-profit organization advocating for animals in the political arena |
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A Colorado non-profit organization advocating for animals in the political arena |
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Bill or Resolution # |
Description |
Committee Vote(s) |
Floor Vote(s) |
PVA Position(s) |
Final outcome of legislation |
| HB02-1052 | This bill would create the Animal Cruelty Offender Treatment Task Force - a group of legislators who would learn the issues surrounding the treatment needs of animal cruelty offenders and make recommendations to the legislature for future legislation on this issue. | Yes1 | Yes | Killed by House State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee | |
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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. | Yes |
Very strong No (votes count double) |
This version was passed by the House and sent to the Senate. | |
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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/Yes | 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 | |
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HJR02-1015 (co-sponsor) |
This resolution would proclaim March 25 as "Greyhound Adoption Day". | Yes | Yes | Passed by House; never heard by Senate; "allowed" to die in Senate | |
| SB02-048 | This bill would strengthen the state's cruelty statute by adding a first-offense felony charge for aggravated cruelty to animals, among other things. | Yes1 | Yes | Killed by House State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee | |
| Scores | 100% | 57% | |||
| Legislator's Overall Score on Animal-Related Legislation ~ 67% | |||||
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Bill or Resolution # |
Description |
Committee Vote(s) |
Floor Vote(s) |
PVA Position(s) |
Final outcome of legislation |
| HCR02-1008 | This resolution would place on the ballot the issue of prohibiting the General Assembly from repealing, amending, or otherwise modifying an initiated statute for a period of five years from the effective date of the statute, unless roughly 2/3 of the legislature votes to repeal or amend the statute. | Yes1 | Yes | Killed by House State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee | |
| Scores | 100% | N/A | |||
| Legislator's Overall Score on Petition-Related Legislation ~ 100% | |||||
| Note: Representative Weddig was the House sponsor of House bill 1183 (HB02-1183), a PVA-supported bill, which would have eased some of the restrictions on inter-county relocation of prairie dogs. (The bill was killed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources.) | |||||
| Legislator's Overall Score on PVA's Top-Priority Legislation ~ 70% |
| 1. House Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs |
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