Colorado 2024 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SJM005 Compare Versions

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1	1	Second Regular Session
2	2	Seventy-fourth General Assembly
3	3	STATE OF COLORADO
4	4	INTRODUCED
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7	7	LLS NO. M24-0890.01 Rebecca Hausmann x2172
8	8	SJM24-005
9	9	Senate Committees House Committees
10	10	SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 24-005
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12	12	EMORIALIZING FORMER SENATOR MARYANNE TEBEDO.101
13	13	WHEREAS, MaryAnne Tebedo, the former Senator, departed this1
14	14	life on February 13, 2023, at the age of 86; and2
15	15	WHEREAS, MaryAnne Geivett Tebedo was born on October 30,3
16	16	1936, in Denver, Colorado, to Harvey and Alma Geivett; and4
17	17	WHEREAS, She married the love of her life, Donald E. Tebedo,5
18	18	in 1954, and together they had six children; and6
19	19	WHEREAS, MaryAnne and her husband moved to Pueblo,7
20	20	Colorado, in 1958 where she became active in politics as a founding8
21	21	member of the Belnor Republican Women's Club; and9
22	22	WHEREAS, She was then recruited by the Republican Party to10
23	23	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
24	24	Gardner,
25	25	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
26	26	Bradfield,
27	27	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
28	28	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
29	29	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. open an office for Colorado United States Senator Peter H. Dominic and1
30	30	served as his southern Colorado administrative assistant; and2
31	31	WHEREAS, MaryAnne and her husband later moved to Colorado3
32	32	Springs, and while raising their children, she was deeply involved in the4
33	33	community's political arena, serving on staffing campaigns to elect local5
34	34	people to public office, including county commissioners, legislators,6
35	35	congressmen, and governors; and7
36	36	WHEREAS, Her commitment and dedication to Ronald Reagan8
37	37	led her to accept the Co-chairmanship of his El Paso County Presidential9
38	38	Election Committee and took her to two national conventions as a10
39	39	member of his presidential election staff and Coordinator for Colorado's11
40	40	Youth for Reagan; and12
41	41	WHEREAS, The very same people whom Senator Tebedo helped13
42	42	elect to public office asked her to consider public office herself, which14
43	43	she did in 1982, after her youngest child graduated from high school; and15
44	44	WHEREAS, She was appointed to represent El Paso county as a16
45	45	Republican in the Colorado House of Representatives in 1982 and was17
46	46	reelected for three more terms through 1988; and18
47	47	WHEREAS, In 1988, Senator Tebedo was elected to serve in the19
48	48	Colorado Senate and served until the completion of her career on20
49	49	December 31, 2001; and21
50	50	WHEREAS, As a member of the Colorado House of22
51	51	Representatives, Senator Tebedo served as vice-chair of the Business23
52	52	Affairs and Labor committee and served on the Health, Environment,24
53	53	Welfare, and Institutions; Appropriations; and Finance committees; and25
54	54	WHEREAS, As a senator, Senator Tebedo served as chair of the26
55	55	Local Government and State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committees27
56	56	and vice-chair of the Transportation; Local Government; and State,28
57	57	Veterans, and Military Affairs committees, and she also served on the29
58	58	Business Affairs and Labor, Appropriations, and Education committees;30
59	59	and31
60	60	WHEREAS, Over 30 years ago, Senator Tebedo worked tirelessly,32
61	61	along with Costas Rombocos, the CEO of the Shrine of Remembrance33
62	62	Funeral Home, and a task force of industry leaders to rewrite and clarify34
63	63	SJM24-005
64	64	-2- the Colorado preneed funeral contracts law to optimally protect the state's1
65	65	residents and to provide a clear and concise law that could be uniformly2
66	66	observed by the state's death care providers; and3
67	67	WHEREAS, In addition to her tenure in the Colorado General4
68	68	Assembly, Senator Tebedo was a professional registered parliamentarian,5
69	69	beginning in 1979; and6
70	70	WHEREAS, Senator Tebedo was a member of the National7
71	71	Association of Parliamentarians, served as president of the Colorado8
72	72	Springs unit of the national association, and was a member of the board9
73	73	of directors of the Colorado Association of Parliamentarians; and10
74	74	WHEREAS, In 2000, Senator Tebedo completed studies at the11
75	75	University of Denver, University College, as a trained mediator and12
76	76	served as a guidelines member of the Colorado Council of Mediator13
77	77	Organizations, specializing in civic disputes; and14
78	78	WHEREAS, Senator Tebedo was the sole proprietor of Colorado15
79	79	Mediation, LLC, practicing mediation, facilitation, negotiation, and16
80	80	arbitration; now, therefore,17
81	81	Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General18
82	82	Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives19
83	83	concurring herein:20
84	84	That, in the death of MaryAnne Tebedo, the people of the State of21
85	85	Colorado have lost a devoted public servant and an outstanding citizen,22
86	86	and that we, the members of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly, pay23
87	87	tribute to MaryAnne Tebedo for years of dedicated public service and do24
88	88	hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of the25
89	89	family.26
90	90	Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Memorial be sent27
91	91	to Senator Tebedo's surviving children: Kevin, Ronald, and Thomas28
92	92	Tebedo and Christine Tebedo Ramirez.29
93	93	SJM24-005
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