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House Judiciary Committee advances Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act to appropriations
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send Senate Bill 126, a Uniform Law Commission proposal to give Colorado's attorney general simultaneous access to Hart-Scott-Rodino merger filings and add confidentiality protections, to the Appropriations Committee after testimony for and against the measure.
Representative Espinosa urged the committee to approve Senate Bill 126, a Uniform Law Commission draft that would require companies subject to federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filing thresholds to provide the same filing materials to the Colorado attorney general at the same time they file with federal agencies. "This is a good consumer protection bill," Representative Espinosa said, arguing simultaneous access gives the attorney general time to decide whether to…
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