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Lower North Fork Fire Amendment Passes on Bipartisan Vote

Today, Senate Republican Leader Bill Cadman (R-Colorado Springs) and President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) offered an amendment to the proposed 2013-2014 state budget that would start compensating victims of the Lower North Fork Fire. The amendment passed on a bipartisan vote.

Cadman Bill Repeals Anti-Booze, Anti-Jobs Law

Today, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to pass Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman’s (R-Colorado Springs) bill to repeal an antiquated law that barred peace officers from acquiring a liquor license.

“This prohibition-era law prohibited police officers and others from opening and operating a restaurant, bar or neighborhood liquor store,” Senator Cadman said. “Peace officers are certainly honorable public servants. We trust them with law enforcement, with public safety, many times with our very lives.

Lower North Fork Bill Remarks from Senator Cadman HB12-1352 HB12-1361

Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman speaks at the press conference for the victims of the Lower North Fork Wildfire. Watch the video to hear his remarks.

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Cadman’s Measure To Cut Compliance Costs Clears Senate

Denver-Today Senate Bill 12S-001, a pro-business measure by Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, passed the Colorado Senate. “This legislation will provide vital reform for a significant industry, streamlining a complicated, burdensome registration system," said Cadman.

With tens of thousands of these pieces of large machinery being used in Colorado, companies who own ten or more of them will now be able to register their equipment together in fleets, instead of individually.

Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman | HB12-1352 HB12-1361

House Bill 1352 creates the Lower North Fork Wildfire Commission (LNFWC). The LNFWC is composed of two members of the Senate, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed by the minority leader; two members of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by the minority leader; and the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS).

Bill To Tackle Job Killing Regulations Moves Forward

A proposal to measure and discover the burden that state government regulations impose on Colorado’s job creators unanimously passed the Senate Finance Committee this week.

Senate Bill 86, sponsored by Senate Republican Leader, Bill Cadman of Colorado Springs, would create a task force to study the cost of the nearly 15,000 new pages of state regulations that are written and imposed on businesses every year.
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