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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 |
| SB02-044 | This bill would allow hunting of black bears starting on July 16. 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. The main purpose of not allowing black bear hunting between March 1 and September 1 is to protect nursing cubs, who are dependent on their mothers. | Yes1 | No | Sent to Senate floor (for vote by full Senate); at the sponsor's request, removed from consideration and "deemed lost" (see replacement bill HB02-1221) | |
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SB02-048 (co-sponsor) |
This bill would strengthen the state's cruelty statute by adding a first-offense felony charge for aggravated cruelty to animals, among other things. | Yes2 | Yes | Yes | Passed by the Senate; killed by the House State, Veterans, and Military Committee |
| 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 | Yes | Passed by the Senate; killed by the House Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee |
| HB02-1221 | This bill originated in and was passed by the House with the purpose of allowing limited hunting of black bears starting on June 25, something PVA strongly opposed. The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources changed HB02-1221 completely. The 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 a voter-enacted ban on black bear hunting between those dates. PVA supported the Senate amendment because it made the bill less offensive, but we still opposed the bill itself. The committee vote entry reports the senator's votes on (1) the amendment that changed the bill and (2) whether to pass the bill as amended. The floor vote entry reports only the senator's vote on whether to pass the bill as amended. |
(1) Yes1 (2) Yes1 |
Yes |
(1) Yes (2) No (floor) No |
Passed by the Senate; sent to the House for concurrence on the Senate amendments; re-passed by the House; signed into law |
| HB02-1237 | This bill originated in and was passed by the House without any provisions regarding cruelty to animals. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary passed an amendment to this bill to make cruelty to animals a class 6 felony on a second or subsequent offense. The bill then went to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, where it was again amended, this time to make aggravated cruelty to animals a class 6 felony on the first offense and a class 5 felony on a second or subsequent offense. The committee vote entry reports the senator's votes on (1) whether to refer the first amended version to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and (2) whether to send the second amended version to the Senate floor. The floor vote entry reports only the senator's vote on whether to pass the bill as amended. | (2) Yes2 | Yes |
(1) Yes (2) Yes (floor) Yes |
Passed by the Senate; sent to the House for concurrence on the Senate amendments; re-passed by the House; signed into law |
| Scores | 67% | 75% | |||
| Legislator's Overall Score on PVA's Top-Priority Legislation ~ 70% | |||||
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1. Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources 2. Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| (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.) |
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