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House permits conference committee to go beyond scope on wireless permitting bill
Summary
The Colorado House voted to allow the conference committee on House Bill 10‑56 (local government permitting of wireless telecommunication facilities) to go beyond the differences between chambers so members could add a tolling timeline amendment; the motion passed 52–7 with six members excused.
The Colorado House on April 7 approved a motion to permit the conference committee on House Bill 10‑56, concerning local government permitting of wireless telecommunication facilities, to go beyond the scope of the differences between the House and Senate.
Representative Lukens moved the motion, saying the conference committee needed latitude to add a timeline to the tolling amendment included in the bill. The House agreed and adopted the motion by recorded vote: “With 52 I, 7 no, and 6 excused, the motion to go beyond the scope is adopted,” the clerk announced.
Allowing a conference committee to go beyond scope is procedural but significant: it permits conferees to negotiate or insert provisions not strictly limited to reconciling identical text between the chambers. Here, sponsors said the additional scope was needed to add a timeline to a tolling provision related to permitting reviews. The transcript records no final conference report text on the floor during the excerpt; the conference committee action authorizes further negotiation between House and Senate conferees.
