2004 Colorado State Legislature Voting Record
State Senate District 18 - Ron Tupa (D)
Legislator's Votes on High-Priority Animal-Related Legislation
Bill or Resolution #	Description	Committee Vote(s)	Floor Vote(s)	PVA Position(s)	Final outcome of legislation
SB04-207 Co-sponsor	This bill would authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to deny facility license renewal to people with unpaid civil penalties pursuant to the "Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act" and it would reestablish the Pet Overpopulation Fund voluntary contribution program.		Yes	Yes	Signed into law
HB04-1135 Sponsor	This bill would allow non-profit wildlife sanctuaries to operate in Colorado for the purpose of providing care for abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced wildlife for their lifetime.  The sanctuaries would not be allowed to use the animals for entertainment; to sell, trade, or barter the animals or an animal's body or body parts; or to breed the animals.		Yes	Yes	Signed into law
HB04-1279 Amendment	This bill dealt mainly with provisions for dealing with "vicious" dogs.  There were both negative and positive components in this bill.  Difficulty in determining the ultimate direct benefit or harm to animals of this bill led PVA to remain primarily neutral on it.  We did, however, support one component which disallowed breed-specific bans in municipalities and counties.  The Senate amended HB04-1279 to remove this prohibition on breed-specific bans; then, during the final Senate floor vote, a vote was taken to restore the prohibition on breed-specific bans.  This is the vote that we are scoring on.  A positive vote for animals in this case is a vote in favor of the amendment to restore the prohibition on breed-specific bans.		Yes	Yes	Signed into law with the prohibition on breed-specific bans included
	SCORES	N/A	100%
Note:  Senator Tupa was the Senate sponsor of House Concurrent Resolution 1007 (HCR04-1007), a PVA-supported resolution, which would have submitted to the voters of Colorado the question of whether to require a three-year waiting period, with specified exceptions, before the General Assembly could change or repeal a voter-enacted statute or refer to voters a proposed change to (or repeal of) a voter-enacted statute or constitutional amendment.  The exceptions are that the legislature would be permitted to repeal, amend, or otherwise modify an initiated statute or refer a measure to repeal, amend, or otherwise modify an initiated state statute within the three-year period if at least 38 representatives and 23 senators vote to do so.  HCR04-1007 was killed by the House State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee.
Legislator's Overall Score on PVA's Top-Priority Legislation ~ 100% ~ A++ (Numeric score is the legislator's score on actual votes.  Letter grade reflects overall evaluation.)
(PVA also tracks petition-related legislation; however, this legislator did not have the opportunity to vote on any of PVA's high-priority petition-related legislation during the 2004 session.)
Legislator's PVA History
Legislator's overall voting record score in previous years tracked:
	1999 ~ 75% | 2000 ~ 75% | 2001 ~ 100% | 2002 ~ 100% | 2003 ~ 83%
Legislator's scores on 2000 and 2002 candidate questionnaires:
	2000 ~ 92% | 2002 ~ Not up for re-election