Gov. Hickenlooper signs several bills

DENVER —Monday, June 4, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several bills today:

Number	Title	Sponsors	Summary
SB12-166	Synchronize Econ Dev Reports & Req Annual Report	Giron / Priola	Concerning the Coordination Of Various Economic Development Reports, And, In Connection Therewith, Requiring The Colorado Office Of Economic Development To Report Annually To The General Assembly Regarding The Programs It Administers.
HB12-1053	Victims' Rights Changes	Gardner B. / Giron	Concerning The Victims' Rights Act
HB12-1300	Sunset Continue Professional Review Committees	Gardner B. / Aguilar	Concerning Professional Review Committees, And, In Connection Therewith, Implementing The Sunset Review Recommendations Of The Department Of Regulatory Agencies And Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1281	Medicaid Payment Reform Pilot Program	Young & Gerou / Steadman & Roberts	Concerning A Pilot Program Establishing New Payment Methodologies In Medicaid, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1355	Transfer Geological Survey To School Of Mines	Gerou / Hodge	Concerning the Transfer Of The Geological Survey To The Colorado School Of Mines.
HB12-1317	Parks & Wildlife Commission Composition & Terms	Sonnenberg / Schwartz	Concerning The Creation Of The Parks And Wildlife Commission To Replace The Parks And Wildlife Board In The Department Of Natural Resources, And, In Connection Therewith, Describing The Composition And Terms Of The Commission, And Reducing Appropriations.
HB12-1002	The CLEAR Act & Application Permit Rules	Sonnenberg / Jahn	Concerning the Rules of State Agencies Applicable To Applications for Permits.
HB12-1314	Oil & Gas Filing Exception	Sonnenberg / Hodge	Concerning an Exception to The Requirement To File An Oil And Gas Severance Tax Return for A Person Who Has Less Than A Certain Amount Withheld, And, In Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation.
HB12-1330	Hunting Fishing License Suspension Hearing	Becker / Hodge	Concerning the Creation of a Hearing Process to End a Suspension Of Privileges to Attempt to Take Wildlife, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1037	Classify Certain Ag Products Wholesale Sales	Becker / Tochtrop	Concerning the Classification Of The Sales Of Certain Items Used In Agricultural Production As Wholesale Sales.
HB12-1294	CDPHE Authority Health Care Facilities	Liston /Tochtrop	Concerning Modifications To The System Of Regulation Of Health Facilities Currently Regulated By The Department Of Public Health And Environment And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1099	Phytoremediation Hemp Remediation Pilot Program	McKinley / Tochtrop & Williams	Concerning The Establishment Of An Industrial Hemp Remediation Pilot Program To Study Phytoremediation Through The Growth Of Hemp On Contaminated Soil, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1331	Name Change Western State College Of Colorado	Brown / Schwartz	Concerning Changing The Name Of Western State College Of Colorado To Western State Colorado University.
SB12-068	No Trans Fats In Public School Foods	Guzman / Massey	Concerning Prohibiting The Inclusion Of Industrially Produced Trans Fats In Foods Made Available To Students By Public Schools, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1155	Improvements In College Completion	Massey / Bacon	Concerning Measures To Increase The Timely Completion Of Postsecondary Degrees, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation.
HB12-1261	Effective Educators Low-performing Schools	Solano / Bacon	Concerning Effective Educators In Low-Performing, High-Needs schools, And, In Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation.
HB12-1240	Statutory Changes To K-12 Education	Kerr A. / Bacon & King K.	Concerning Statutory Changes to K-12 Education.

For a complete list of Hickenlooper’s 2012 legislation decisions, click here.