Key Votes
HB 1130 - Removing Wiretap Restrictions - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Stages
- March 5, 2008 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 3, 2008 Passage With Amendment
- Feb. 6, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 15, 2008 Introduced
Family
- HB 1130 - Removing Wiretap Restrictions
- SB 371 - Requires an Ultrasound Prior to the Prescription of an Abortion-Inducing Drug
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (54-9) - March 5, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Removing Wiretap Restrictions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that allows judges to authorize up to three extensions (previously capped at one) to an ex parte order authorizing law enforcement to conduct wiretapping operations.
Highlights:
- Appoints the assistant district attorney or chief deputy district attorney as the official designee of the district attorney for the purposes of applying for a wiretap authorization when the district attorney is absent [sec. 1 (1) (c) (I)].
- Appoints the Chief Deputy Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General as the official designee of the Attorney General for the purposes of applying for a wiretap authorizaion when the Attorney General is absent [sec. 1 (1) (c) (II)].
- Requires judges to include a provision in each extension mandating that the interception be performed in a timely manner, be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception, and be terminated after thirty days or after attaining the authorized objective [sec. 1 (6)].
-Amendment No. 1 was sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee which established a limit of three extensions.
-Amendment No. 2 was sponsored by Senator Tapia which supplemented the provision listing the official designee's of the District Attorney and Attorney General.
Legislation - Passage With Amendment (Senate) (34-0) - March 3, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (43-20) - Feb. 6, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Removing Wiretap Restrictions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows judges to authorize more than one extension to an ex parte order authorizing law enforcement to conduct wiretapping operations.
Highlights:
- Requires judges to include a provision in each extension mandating that the interception be performed in a timely manner, be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception, and be terminated after thirty days or after attaining the authorized objective [sec. 1 (6)].
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 15, 2008
Title: Removing Wiretap Restrictions
Sponsors
- David G. Balmer (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Gardner (CO - R)
- Cory Gardner (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stella Garza-Hicks (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Kerr (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steven A. 'Steve' King (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kent D. Lambert (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marsha A. Looper (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' May (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank McNulty (CO - R)
- John P. Morse (CO - D)
- Raymond J. 'Ray' Rose (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Amy Stephens (CO - R)
- Kenneth Guy 'Ken' Summers (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer Swalm (CO - R)
- Abel J. Tapia (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Cheri E. Jahn (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Larry G. Liston (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas W. 'Tom' Massey Jr. (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Victor Mitchell (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Stafford (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
