On behalf of the PPIAC and the Licensing Committee, I am pleased to inform you that:
HB 11-1195 Colorado Volunteer Private Investigator License Signed Into Law
From Robert Orozco, PPIAC President:
In the afternoon of Friday, June 10, 2011, the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado received an email from Colorado Senator and bill sponsor Linda Newell. June 10th was the last day for Governor John Hickenlooper to make a decision on several bills. HB11-1195 was in the mix with those bills. The Governor could either sign the bill, veto it, or not sign it. If it was not signed, it would still become law. In the final tense hours of the business day, HB1195 was FINALLY signed into law!!!! PPIAC, and all Colorado investigators for that matter who have long desired to obtain a license can breathe a big sigh of relief.
The Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado has been involved in over 30 years of efforts to restore licensing, only to face defeat after defeat. HB 11-1195 specifically has been at least a 1 1/2 year long effort. Decades of efforts, plannings, meetings, phone calls, sunrise studies, drafting of bills, fund raising, lobbying, contacting legislators, testifying, etc. have all culminated in today's signing. I want to thank all Colorado PI licensing proponents for their support. Today's historic achievement could not have happened without the strength in numbers of Colorado investigators, as well as the support of our fellow professional colleagues across the country! Private investigators interested in obtaining their Colorado licenses will now anxiously await for the licensing program to be implemented in 2012.
The PPIAC licensing committee deserves a very special thanks:
Chris Bray, Committee Chair and past PPIAC president
Robert Orozco, PPIAC President
Denny Moses, PPIAC immediate past president
Joe Dickerson, PPIAC immediate past chairman
Tanya Smythe, PPIAC VP of Membership
Andrew Schmidt, PPIAC VP of Legislative Affairs
Stacy Smallwood, PPIAC VP of Training
Cate Dolan, PPIAC Treasurer
Bob Wall, PPIAC Senior Member at Large
Ellis Armistead, PPIAC past chairman
Gene Ferraro, NCISS Chairman and immediate past president
Frank Russell, PPIAC past VP of Training
Dave Pettinari, PPIAC past Senior Member at Large
Steve Glenn
Ryan Johnston
and many, many others - from PPIAC members to non-members, and many from outside of Colorado - that gave of their time, expertise and donations! This effort was renewed by a vote of PPIAC members at the general meeting November 2009, and the committee forming in early 2010. About 18 months for these committee members and 34 years for the PPIAC. This year the PPIAC again retained Nolbert Chavez , Capitol Success Group, as our lobbyist.
On behalf of the board and members of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC), our thanks to the efforts of our licensing committee, PPIAC membership and other professional investigators in Colorado and nationwide. This includes the support of the National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS) the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI), World Association of Detectives (WAD) and Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), and many others - including multiple state associations and privacy advocates. Of course we also wish to thank the bill sponsors:
- House Sponsors - Bob Gardner and Su Ryden (added were Mark Barker, Rhonda Fields, Marsha Looper, Nancy Todd, and Mark Waller)
- Senate Sponsor - Linda Newell
Thank You for your commitment to our profession and our licensing efforts. Without the work of many, many professionals, this would not be the success it now is!
