Senator Schwartz's record

Senator Gail Schwartz of Snowmass Village sponsored several bills this
session, including a controversial one about renewable energy.

Senator Gail Schwartz of Snowmass Village is looking back on a productive legislative session about a month after it wrapped up. The democrat introduced 35 bills. Most were successful in a democratically-controlled Statehouse.

Her bills ranged from water conservation to making hemp a viable commercial product. I sat down with her to discuss these efforts. We began with House Bill 252, one of the most hotly contested measures this session. The now-law requires 18 rural electric cooperatives from Montrose to Gunnison, increase the amount of renewable sources they use.

Listen to the interview at this link: aspenpublicradio.org

Article in Pueblo Chieftain on hemp in Colorado

An article by Anthony A. Mestas appeared today in The Pueblo Chieftain of Colorado which talks about the efforts in that state to make hemp legal:

The flat farmlands in Southeastern Colorado are covered with bountiful melons, corn, wheat and other market produce.And with the passing of Amendment 64 this fall, marijuana's far-less potent cousin — hemp — may soon be popping up as a cash crop in fields across the dusty plains.

A group called Hemp Cleans wants to bring the hemp-farming industry to Southeastern Colorado.
The group has scheduled a public discussion on the issue Jan. 26 in Walsh at 7 p.m. at the Gem Theater.
They have set up a discussion of the legal structure of the Colorado Industrial Hemp Remediation Pilot Program Act of 2012 as well as the 2013 version of the bill, sponsored by state Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village.