Amendments for SB24-003
Senate Journal, February 6
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-003 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with
favorable recommendation.
Amend printed bill, page 2, after line 1, insert:
"SECTION 1. Legislative intent - legislative findings. (1) It is the
intent of the general assembly that the Colorado bureau of investigation
investigate:
(a) Egregious attempts to purchase firearms by previously convicted
felons who are identified through the Instacheck unit denial process;
(b) Unlawful activity involving illegal firearm components and
accessories; and
(c) Tips and information relating to firearms violations as they are
received, specifically focusing on straw purchases and personally manufactured
firearms, commonly known as ghost guns.
(2) (a) The general assembly finds that the Colorado bureau of
investigation has operated in partnership with local law enforcement agencies
on criminal investigations and that the bureau maintains a robust operating
directive that outlines how investigators will, as soon as practicable after an
investigation begins, communicate with local law enforcement agencies to
determine the nature and extent of a firearm-related investigation.
(b) The general assembly intends that the Colorado bureau of
investigation communicate with local law enforcement and the local district
attorney in the jurisdiction where the bureau is conducting an investigation into
illegal activity involving firearms.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 2, strike lines 10 through 12 and substitute:
"(t) TO INVESTIGATE THROUGHOUT THE STATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
INVOLVING FIREARMS DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 12 OF TITLE 18, INCLUDING
INVESTIGATING ILLEGAL FIREARM TRANSFERS AND ATTEMPTS, AS DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 18-2-101, TO ILLEGALLY OBTAIN A FIREARM. WHEN CONDUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION, THE BUREAU SHALL REASONABLY COMMUNICATE WITH LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND COLLABORATE WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE BUREAU IS CONDUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE INVESTIGATION. THIS
SUBSECTION (1)(t) DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE BUREAU TO INVESTIGATE OTHER
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ENCOUNTERED DURING A FIREARMS-RELATED
INVESTIGATION WITHOUT CONSENT FROM, OR IN COLLABORATION WITH, THE
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS REQUIRED BY LAW.".
Judiciary
Senate Journal, March 8
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-003 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
recommendation.
Amend printed bill, page 2, strike lines 13 through 18 and substitute:
"SECTION 2. Appropriation. (1) For the 2024-25 state fiscal year,
$1,477,127 is appropriated to the department of public safety. This
appropriation is from the general fund. To implement this act, the department
may use this appropriation as follows:
(a) $1,079,356 for use by the Colorado bureau of investigation for
personal services related to laboratory and investigative services, which amount
is based on an assumption that the bureau will require an additional 10.1 FTE;
(b) $351,068 for use by the Colorado bureau of investigation for
operating costs related to laboratory and investigative services; and
(c) $46,703 for use by the executive director's office for leased space.".
Appro-
priations
Senate Journal, March 13
SB24-003 by Senator(s) Sullivan; also Representative(s) Froelich--Concerning the authority of the
Colorado bureau of investigation to investigate illegal activity involving firearms, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Amendment No. 1, Judiciary Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, February 6, page(s) 151 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 2, Appropriations Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, March 13, page(s) 444-445 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 3(L.004), by Senator Sullivan.
Amend the Judiciary Committee Report, dated February 5, 2024, page 2, line
4, strike "WHEN".
Page 2 of the report, strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute "THE BUREAU SHALL
COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND DECONFLICT INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS THROUGH COMMONLY ACCEPTED
PRACTICES PRIOR TO TAKING INVESTIGATIVE OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND
SHALL".
As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the calendar for third reading and final
passage.
(For further action, see amendments to the report of the Committee of the Whole.)
Senate Journal, March 13
SB24-003 by Senator(s) Sullivan; also Representative(s) Froelich--Concerning the authority of the
Colorado bureau of investigation to investigate illegal activity involving firearms, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Senator Kirkmeyer moved to amend the Report of the Committee of the Whole to show
that the following Kirkmeyer floor amendment, (L.008) to SB24-003, did pass.
Amend the Judiciary Committee Report, dated February 5, 2024, page 2,
lines 4 through 6, strike "When conducting an investigation, the bureau
shall reasonably communicate with" and substitute "Prior to beginning an
investigation, the bureau shall request and obtain conset from".
Page 2, line 7, strike "collaborate with".
Page 2, lines 8 and 9, strike "investigation in the beginning stages of the".
Less than a majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative,
the amendment to the report of the Committee of the Whole was lost on the following roll
call vote:
YES 12 NO 23 EXCUSED 0 ABSENT 0
Baisley Y Ginal N Marchman N Simpson Y
Bridges N Gonzales N Michaelson N Smallwood Y
Buckner N Hansen N Mullica N Sullivan N
Coleman N Hinrichsen N Pelton B. Y Van Winkle Y
Cutter N Jaquez N Pelton R. Y Will Y
Danielson N Kirkmeyer Y Priola N Winter F. N
Exum N Kolker N Rich Y Zenzinger N
Fields N Liston Y Roberts N President N
Gardner Y Lundeen Y Rodriguez N
House Journal, April 11
22 SB24-003 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
23 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
24 recommendation:
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26 Amend reengrossed bill, page 2, line 24, after "(1)(t)" insert "and (10)".
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28 Page 3, line 11, strike "AND" and substitute "TO".
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30 Page 3, line 12, strike "THROUGH COMMONLY ACCEPTED PRACTICES" and
31 substitute "AND DETERMINE INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES".
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33 Page 3, after line 20 insert:
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35 "(10) AN AGENT OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BUREAU WHO IS A
36 PEACE OFFICER SHALL WEAR AND ACTIVATE A BODY-WORN CAMERA OR
37 DASH CAMERA, IF THE AGENT'S OR EMPLOYEE'S VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH
38 A DASH CAMERA, WHEN CONDUCTING ANY PUBLIC-FACING PART OF AN
39 INVESTIGATION, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1)(t) OF THIS SECTION, OF
40 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING FIREARMS. THE PROVISIONS OF PART 9 OF
41 ARTICLE 31 OF THIS TITLE 24 APPLY TO THE USE OF A BODY-WORN CAMERA
42 OR DASH CAMERA PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (10).".
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House Journal, April 26
7 Amendment No. 1, Judiciary Report, dated April 10, 2024, and placed in
8 member's bill file; Report also printed in House Journal, April 11, 2024.
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10 Amendment No. 2, by Majority Leader Duran:
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12 Amend the Judiciary Committee Report, dated April 10, 2024, page 1,
13 line 7, strike "OR" and substitute "IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
14 24-31-902 WHEN CONDUCTING ANY PUBLIC-FACING PART OF AN
15 INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1)(t) OF THIS SECTION.".".
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17 Page 1, strike lines 8 through 13.
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19 Amendment No. 3, by Representative Bottoms:
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21 Amend reengrossed bill, page 4, strike lines 6 through 10 and substitute:
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23 "SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
24 takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
25 ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
26 that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
27 of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this
28 act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take
29 effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
30 November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
31 official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.".
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33 As amended, ordered revised and placed on the Calendar for Third
34 Reading and Final Passage.
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