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Senate introduces artist company, payment-card fee and ballot-accessability bills amid procedural confusion
Summary
The Senate clerk read introductions for Senate Bill 133 (Colorado Artist Company Act), Senate Bill 134 (payment card network fees) and House Bill 1023 (political party liability relating to ballot accessibility). A procedural dispute followed about committee assignments and the correct reading sequence.
The Senate clerk read multiple introductions: Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sens. Bridges and Catlin and Reps. Martinez and Taggart, would authorize establishment of an artist company in Colorado and enact the Colorado Artist Company Act. The clerk also read Senate Bill 134, by Sens. Linstead and Judah and Reps. Duran and McCluskey, concerning imposition of fees by payment card networks and referred to Business, Labor and Technology. House Bill 1023, sponsored by Reps. Luck and Woodrow and Sens. Bazely and Rodriguez, concerns a political party's liability for accessibility requirements related to ballot access for persons with disabilities.
After the initial readings, several senators questioned whether the committee assignment for one of the bills had been announced correctly. One senator challenged whether "business, labor, and technology" had been stated for the bill and asked to restart the introductions; other members responded with back-and-forth clarifications. The exchange consisted of repeated procedural interruptions and requests to replay the paper or restart the reading to resolve the discrepancy.
The transcript records the bill introductions and the procedural dispute but does not record substantive debate on the policy merits of the bills within the provided segments.
