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PVA 2002 Voting Records and Scorecards

Colorado Governor

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General notes:

The governor can act only on legislation that has been passed by the legislature. Therefore, the governor's scorecard lists only PVA's high-priority legislation that was passed by both the state Senate and the state House of Representatives. Effective in 2001, PVA also tracks petition-related legislation. However, the governor did not have the opportunity to act on any of PVA's high-priority petition-related legislation during this session. We round scores to the nearest whole percentage point.

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Governor Bill Owens (R)

Bill or Resolution #	Description	Governor's Action	PVA Position
HB02-1221	Black Bear Hunting Management: To allow wildlife "agents" to kill black bears between March 1 and September 1.	Signed bill into law 05/29/2002	Oppose
HB02-1237	Substantive Criminal Changes: Among other things, to (1) make cruelty to animals a class 6 felony on a second or subsequent offense and (2) to make aggravated cruelty to animals a class 6 felony on the first offense and a class 5 felony on a second or subsequent offense.	Signed bill into law 06/07/2002	Support
	Score:	50% (1/2)

Display Governor Owens's actions, scores, and average and cumulative scores for his entire 1999-2002 term

Governor Owens's PVA History
Governor's overall score in previous years tracked:
	1999 ~ 0% | 2000 ~ 33% | 2001 ~ 100%
Governor's average score, 1999-2002 term: 46% Governor's cumulative score, 1999-2002 term: 36% (4/11)
Bill Owens's score on 2002 candidate questionnaire:
	2002 ~ No response yet