Colorado 2022 Regular Session

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1	1		Second Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-third General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REVISED~~
	4	+	ENGROSSED
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7	7		LLS NO. R22-0521.01 Andrew Webster x2044
8	8		HJR22-1014
9	9		House Committees Senate Committees
10	10		HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1014
11	11		C
12	12		ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF A PORTION OF COLORADO STATE101
13	13		H
14	14		IGHWAY 21 FROM KETTLE CREEK TO WOODMEN ROAD IN EL102
15	15		P
16	16		ASO COUNTY AS THE "SFC WILL LINDSAY MEMORIAL103
17	17		H
18	18		IGHWAY".104
19	19		WHEREAS, Will Lindsay was born on August 26, 1985, in1
20	20		Cortez, Colorado to Grant and Tammy Lindsay, graduating from2
21	21		Montezuma Cortez High School in 2004; and3
22	22		WHEREAS, Will joined the United States Army immediately after4
23	23		graduating high school, enlisting on July 7, 2004, and married the love of5
24	24		his life Sarah Unger in 2010, and together they had four daughters who6
25	25		were the center of their world; and7
26	26		WHEREAS, After completing Basic Training and Airborne8
27		-	SENATE
28		-	Final Reading
29		-	February 7, 2022
30	27		HOUSE
31	28		Final Reading
32	29		February 4, 2022
33	30		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
34	31		Ortiz and Sandridge, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld,
35	32		Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Esgar, Exum, Froelich,
36	33		Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy,
37	34		Kipp, Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan,
38	35		Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sirota,
39	36		Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, Van Winkle,
40	37		Weissman, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young
41	38		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
42		-	Lee and Liston, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields,
43		-	Garcia, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker,
44		-	Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood,
45		-	Sonnenberg, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger
	39	+	Lee and Liston,
46	40		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
47	41		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
48	42		Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. School, Will volunteered for and completed the Special Forces Selection1
49	43		and Qualification Courses, earning his Green Beret in July 2006, and was2
50	44		assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Carson,3
51	45		Colorado as an Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant with Alpha4
52	46		Company, 2nd Battalion; and5
53	47		WHEREAS, On February 6, 2019, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Will6
54	48		Lindsay deployed to Kunduz Province in Afghanistan in support of7
55	49		Freedom Sentinel VIII and XI, Operation Warhammer; and8
56	50		WHEREAS, The deployment had a high operational tempo, as the9
57	51		goal of Operation Warhammer was to establish peace in the region by10
58	52		bringing Al Qaeda to the negotiation table; and11
59	53		WHEREAS, On March 21, 2019, during operations in Kunduz12
60	54		City, SFC Lindsay's element came under heavy volumes of effective13
61	55		machine-gun and small-arms fire from multiple directions and from14
62	56		enemy positions as close as 25 meters from friendly locations; and15
63	57		WHEREAS, Under heavy contact and exposed with little cover,16
64	58		SFC Lindsay immediately directed his element to lay down suppressive17
65	59		fire and employ hand grenades against nearby enemy fighters to suppress18
66	60		the enemy firing positions; and19
67	61		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay's element immediately sustained20
68	62		casualties from enemy machine-gun fire, and the detonation of an21
69	63		improvised explosive device (IED) rendered his machine gunners22
70	64		unconscious; and23
71	65		WHEREAS, Without hesitation and with full knowledge of the24
72	66		enemy threat, SFC Lindsay continually exposed himself to enemy fire to25
73	67		suppress enemy machine gunners with his individual weapon and hand26
74	68		grenades; and27
75	69		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay's action provided covering fire for28
76	70		wounded personnel and medics attempting to establish a hasty casualty29
77	71		collection point to provide critical treatment; and30
78	72		WHEREAS, Realizing that his element contained multiple31
79	73		wounded in action and was in imminent danger of being destroyed by32
80	74		enemy machine-gun fire, SFC Lindsay completely exposed himself in the33
81	75		open to place more effective fire on the enemy and was wounded by34
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83	77		-2- enemy machine-gun fire; and1
84	78		WHEREAS, Despite having been wounded, SFC Lindsay bravely2
85	79		and selflessly maintained his position, suppressed the enemy forces, and3
86	80		coordinated the approach of friendly forces coming to his element's aid;4
87	81		and5
88	82		WHEREAS, In a final attempt to defeat the enemy, SFC Lindsay6
89	83		sprinted across an open road in an effort to mark enemy positions and7
90	84		regain the initiative from the Taliban and during this attempt, SFC8
91	85		Lindsay was mortally wounded; and9
92	86		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay's conscious decision to continually10
93	87		expose himself to heavy volumes of fire from a determined, entrenched,11
94	88		and well-equipped enemy undoubtedly protected the lives of all within his12
95	89		element and directly contributed to the fatal wound he suffered; and13
96	90		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay was killed in action when he14
97	91		succumbed to his wounds on March 21, 2019, in Talawka Village,15
98	92		Kunduz Province, Afghanistan; and16
99	93		WHEREAS, During his 15 years of service, SFC Lindsay deployed17
100	94		seven times: Five deployments to Iraq, one to Tajikistan in support of a18
101	95		counter-narcotics mission, and one to Afghanistan; and19
102	96		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay's military decorations include the Silver20
103	97		Star Medal, four Bronze Star Medals, one Meritorious Service Medal, a21
104	98		Purple Heart, a Combat Infantryman's Badge, a Military Free Fall22
105	99		Jumpmaster Badge, and a Master Parachutist Badge; and23
106	100		WHEREAS, SFC Lindsay was a devoted husband, dedicated24
107	101		father, and true son of Colorado who held a deep love of hunting and25
108	102		fishing and working with his hands and would often shame his friends on26
109	103		the golf course with his mid-seventies game; now, therefore,27
110	104		Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third28
111	105		General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:29
112	106		(1) That a portion of Colorado State Highway 21 from Kettle30
113	107		Creek to Woodmen Road be named the "SFC Will Lindsay Memorial31
114	108		Highway" in honor of Sergeant First Class Will Lindsay's lifetime of32
115	109		honorable service and heroic sacrifice.33
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117	111		-3- (2) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept1
118	112		and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of the initial2
119	113		placement of signs to mark the designated section of Colorado State3
120	114		Highway 21 as the "SFC Will Lindsay Memorial Highway".4
121	115		(3) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore5
122	116		a cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for El6
123	117		Paso County for the maintenance of signs marking the "SFC Will Lindsay7
124	118		Memorial Highway".8
125	119		Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent9
126	120		to SFC Lindsay's wife, Sarah Unger, the Colorado Transportation10
127	121		Commission, the Department of Transportation, and the Special Forces11
128	122		Foundation (CO Branch).12
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