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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-1019.01 Shannon Wheeler x4340 |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR25-016 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Senate Committees House Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-016 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING STRENGTHENING THE SISTER -STATE RELATIONS101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | BETWEEN THE STATE OF COLORADO AND TAIWAN, AND, IN102 |
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| 14 | 14 | | CONNECTION THEREWITH , REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR103 |
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| 16 | 16 | | AIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION .104 |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The state of Colorado and Taiwan have enjoyed a1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | mutually beneficial sister-state relationship since 1983; and2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Taiwan and Colorado share the same values of3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | freedom, democracy, rule of law, free markets, and respect for individual4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | human rights; and5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Colorado and Taiwan have maintained a mutually6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | beneficial trade relationship, so that Taiwan has consistently ranked7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | among Colorado's top ten trading partners both as an export destination8 |
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| 28 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 29 | 26 | | Final Reading |
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| 30 | 27 | | April 1, 2025 |
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| 31 | 28 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 32 | 29 | | Liston and Hinrichsen, Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Coleman, |
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| 33 | 30 | | Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Frizell, Gonzales J., Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, |
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| 34 | 31 | | Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Rich, Roberts, |
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| 35 | 32 | | Rodriguez, Simpson, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 36 | 33 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 37 | | - | Bird and Hartsook, Boesenecker, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Clifford, DeGraaf, |
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| 38 | | - | Espenoza, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Jackson, Keltie, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, |
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| 39 | | - | Martinez, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Pugliese, Rydin, Sirota, Smith, Soper, |
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| 40 | | - | Stewart K., Stewart R., Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Woodrow |
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| 34 | + | Bird and Hartsook, |
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| 41 | 35 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 42 | 36 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 43 | 37 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. and as an import source; and1 |
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| 44 | 38 | | WHEREAS, On behalf of the state of Colorado, Lieutenant2 |
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| 45 | 39 | | Governor Dianne Primavera led a trade and investment promotion3 |
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| 46 | 40 | | delegation to Taiwan in November 2024, along with officials of the4 |
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| 47 | 41 | | Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the5 |
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| 48 | 42 | | Colorado Department of Agriculture, and a Colorado delegation of6 |
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| 49 | 43 | | economic development professionals and industry leaders from the state,7 |
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| 50 | 44 | | who explored opportunities with Taiwan in high-tech industries including8 |
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| 51 | 45 | | aerospace, agriculture, and semiconductors; and9 |
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| 52 | 46 | | WHEREAS, Negotiations for a fair and reciprocal bilateral trade10 |
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| 53 | 47 | | agreement between Taiwan and the United States are an important step11 |
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| 54 | 48 | | toward further strengthening of bilateral trade and mutual investment12 |
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| 55 | 49 | | between Colorado and Taiwan; and13 |
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| 56 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Pressure from the People's Republic of China has14 |
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| 57 | 51 | | excluded Taiwan from full and effective membership in several15 |
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| 58 | 52 | | international organizations; and16 |
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| 59 | 53 | | WHEREAS, The People's Republic of China continues to threaten17 |
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| 60 | 54 | | the sovereignty of Taiwan on a daily basis; and18 |
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| 61 | 55 | | WHEREAS, Taiwan, as a responsible stakeholder in the19 |
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| 62 | 56 | | international community, is seeking to meaningfully participate in the20 |
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| 63 | 57 | | United Nations, the World Health Organization, the United Nations21 |
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| 64 | 58 | | Framework Convention on Climate Change, the International Criminal22 |
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| 65 | 59 | | Police Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and23 |
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| 66 | 60 | | the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launched by the24 |
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| 67 | 61 | | United States; now, therefore,25 |
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| 68 | 62 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly26 |
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| 69 | 63 | | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:27 |
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| 70 | 64 | | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly:28 |
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| 71 | 65 | | (1) Strongly support Taiwan's sovereignty and vibrant democracy29 |
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| 72 | 66 | | and celebrate the 42nd anniversary of sister-state relations with Taiwan; 30 |
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| 73 | 67 | | (2) Strongly support further strengthening of Colorado-Taiwan31 |
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| 74 | 68 | | trade relations and academic exchanges;32 |
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| 75 | 69 | | 016 |
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| 76 | 70 | | -2- (3) Strongly support the signing of the Agreement on Avoidance1 |
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| 77 | 71 | | of Double Taxation between the United States and Taiwan to further2 |
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| 78 | 72 | | bilateral investment activities; and3 |
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| 79 | 73 | | (4) Strongly support Taiwan's inclusion in international4 |
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| 80 | 74 | | organizations, which are significant to the health, safety, and well-being5 |
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| 81 | 75 | | of its people and the world.6 |
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| 82 | 76 | | Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Resolution be7 |
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| 83 | 77 | | sent to Director General Bill Huang of the Taipei Economic and Cultural8 |
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| 84 | 78 | | Office in Denver.9 |
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| 85 | 79 | | 016 |
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| 86 | 80 | | -3- |
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