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Bill:
HB21-1108
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Title: |
Gender Identity Expression Anti-discrimination |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/16/2021 | Description | Concerning updates to prohibitions against gender-based discrimination to clarify the individuals who are included in a protected class. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)- Fiscal Policy & Taxes- Health Care & Health Insurance- Higher Education- Housing- Human Services- Labor & Employment- Local Government- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: D. Moreno (D) House: D. Esgar (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/15/2021) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | | Category | | Comment |
The League of Women Voters supports same gender equality.
| Custom Summary |
This bill modifies the definition of sexual orientation and adds gender expression and gender identity to statutes prohibiting discrimination against members of a protected class.
| Summary | The bill amends the definition of sexual orientation and adds
definitions of the terms gender expression and gender identity. The bill also adds the terms gender expression and gender identity to statutes prohibiting discrimination against members of a protected class, including statutes prohibiting discriminatory practices in the following
areas:
Membership of the Colorado civil rights commission;
Employment practices;
Housing practices;
Places of public accommodation;
Publications that advertise places of public accommodation;
Consumer credit transactions;
Selection of patients by direct primary health care providers;
Sales of cemetery plots;
Membership in labor organizations;
Colorado labor for public works projects;
Issuance or renewal of automobile insurance policies;
The provision of funeral services and crematory services;
Eligibility for jury service;
Issuance of licenses to practice law;
The juvenile diversion program;
Access to services for youth in foster care;
Enrollment in a charter school, institute charter school, public school, or pilot school;
Local school boards' written policies regarding employment, promotion, and dismissal;
The assignment or transfer of a public school teacher;
Leasing portions of the grounds of or improvements on the grounds of the Colorado state university - Pueblo and the Colorado school of mines;
Enrollment or classification of students at private occupational schools;
Training provided to peace officers concerning the prohibition against profiling;
Criminal justice data collection;
Employment in the state personnel system;
The availability of services for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections;
Membership of the health equity commission;
The availability of family planning services;
Requirements for managed care programs participating in the state medicaid program and the children's basic health plan;
The treatment of and access to services by individuals in facilities providing substance use disorder treatment programs;
Employment practices of county departments of human or social services involving the selection, retention, and
promotion of employees;
Practices of the Colorado housing and finance authority in making or committing to make a housing facility loan;
The imposition of occupancy requirements on charitable property for which the owner is claiming an exemption from property taxes based on the charitable use of the property;
The determination of whether expenses paid at or to a club that has a policy to restrict membership are tax deductible; and
Practices of transportation network companies in providing services to the public.
| House Sponsors | D. Esgar (D) | Senate Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (05/20/2021) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB21-1251
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Title: |
Appropriate Use Of Chemical Restraints On A Person |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/30/2021 | Description | Concerning the appropriate use of ketamine upon a person in a prehospital setting, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) J. Gonzales (D) House: L. Herod (D) Y. Caraveo (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/14/2021) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment |
Violence Prevention The League of Women Voters of the United States supports violence prevention programs in all communities and action to support: • _public and private development and coordination of programs that emphasize the primary prevention of violence; • _the active role of government and social institutions in preventing violent behavior; • _the allocation of public monies in government programs to prevent violence.
p. 87, LWVUS 2018-2020 Impact on Issues. A Guide to Public Policy Positions
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The bill requires an agency that uses a chemical restraint to ensure that a person administering ketamine, haloperidol, or any other medication that is severely dependent on the weight of an individual or may result in a severe or adverse reaction with improper dosage in a nonhospital setting does so when staff trained in the administration of such medication can monitor the vital signs of the individual and weigh the individual to ensure accurate dosage. ...
| Summary | The bill requires an agency that uses a chemical restraint to ensure
that a person administering ketamine, haloperidol, or any other medication that is severely dependent on the weight of an individual or may result in a severe or adverse reaction with improper dosage in a nonhospital setting does so when staff trained in the administration of such medication can monitor the vital signs of the individual and weigh
the individual to ensure accurate dosage.
Absent a justifiable emergency, a person shall not administer a
chemical restraint in a nonhospital setting to subdue, sedate, or chemically incapacitate an individual for alleged or suspected criminal, delinquent, or suspicious conduct.
The bill prohibits a peace officer from using, requesting, causing,
directing, or influencing the use of a chemical restraint upon another person.
The bill prohibits a peace officer from compelling, requesting,
causing, directing, or influencing an emergency medical service provider (EMS provider) to administer a chemical restraint. An EMS provider shall confidentially report a peace officer's violation to the P.O.S.T. board within 10 days of the occurrence, and a peace officer shall not retaliate in any way against an EMS provider for reporting the incident. A peace officer shall not influence an EMS provider's medical decision or diagnosis, and an EMS provider shall not base its medical decision exclusively on information provided by a peace officer.
When a peace officer directs a person to assist the peace officer,
the person is prohibited from administering a chemical restraint.
The bill requires a peace officer who witnesses another peace
officer use a chemical restraint in pursuance of the peace officer's duties to report such use to the P.O.S.T. board. The report must be in writing and made within 10 days of the occurrence of the use of a chemical restraint. Any peace officer who fails to report use of a chemical restraint commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
The bill requires a peace officer to intervene, without regard for
chain of command, to prevent or stop another peace officer from using a chemical restraint in pursuance of the other peace officer's duties. A peace officer who intervenes shall report the intervention to the peace officer's immediate supervisor. A member of a law enforcement agency shall not discipline or retaliate in any way against a peace officer for intervening. Any peace officer who fails to intervene commits a class 1 misdemeanor, and the officer's certification is subject to revocation.
The bill changes the structure of the emergency medical practice
advisory council (advisory council) by adding an EMS provider certified or licensed at an advanced life support level, an anesthesiologist, a registered nurse or physician's assistant certified or licensed at a basic life support level, a clinical pharmacist, and a clinical psychiatrist. Members of the advisory council shall not have any conflicts of interest, and no more than 5 members of the advisory council may be members of, or have a direct affiliation with, the National Association of EMS Physicians.
The bill requires the advisory council to submit a report to the
general assembly any time the advisory council advises or recommends authorizing the administration of any chemical restraints.
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| House Sponsors | L. Herod (D) Y. Caraveo (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (07/06/2021) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
SB21-174
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Title: |
Policies For Peace Officer Credibility Disclosures |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/05/2021 | Description | Concerning adoption of written policies by law enforcement agencies for constitutionally required peace officer credibility disclosure notifications. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) J. Cooke (R) House: T. Carver (R) S. Bird (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/08/2021) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires a law enforcement agency to provide a credibility
disclosure notification to a district attorney's office if a peace officer's credibility is called into question by an internal investigation, an allegation, or a sustained finding. The bill outlines conduct that a law enforcement agency shall report to a district attorney's office. The law
enforcement agency shall also provide the credibility disclosure notification to the involved peace officer at least 7 calendar days prior to sending the credibility disclosure notification to the district attorney's office, except under specific circumstances.
The bill requires a district attorney's office to adopt written policies
and procedures for receiving and maintaining credibility disclosure notification records (records) concerning peace officers. A district attorney's office shall determine whether a record must be created based on a law enforcement agency's credibility disclosure notification. The policies and procedures must include a process to notify defense attorneys or defendants of a record pursuant to rule 16 of the Colorado rules of criminal procedure, as well as a process to remove a record found to be inaccurate or false by the court or the relevant law enforcement agency.
| House Sponsors | T. Carver (R) S. Bird (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) J. Cooke (R) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (07/02/2021) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
SB21-176
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Title: |
Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/08/2021 | Description | Concerning protections for Colorado workers against discriminatory employment practices, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Labor & Employment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: B. Pettersen (D) F. Winter (D) House: S. Lontine (D) M. Gray (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/08/2021) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment
practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the bill:
Allows an employment discrimination claim to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county or district where the alleged discriminatory or unfair employment practice occurred and allows an individual to
file a civil action, without otherwise exhausting administrative proceedings and remedies, as long as the individual either files a charge with the Colorado civil rights commission (commission) or serves a written demand for the relief on the individual's employer and allows the employer 14 days to respond;
Expands the definition of employee to include individuals in domestic service; individuals who perform a service for a price, including independent contractors, subcontractors, and their employees; and individuals who offer services or labor without pay;
Adds new definitions of caregiver, care recipient, child, minor child, harassment, hostile work environment, and independent contractor;
Adds protections from discriminatory or unfair employment practices for individuals based on their marital status or caregiver status;
Specifies that it is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice for an employer to fail to initiate an investigation of a complaint or fail to take prompt remedial action if appropriate;
Prohibits certain preemployment medical examinations, imposes limitations on inquiries and examinations about an employee's disability during employment, and specifies that violations of these prohibitions and limitations constitute discriminatory or unfair employment practices;
Expands the time limit to file a charge with the commission from 6 months to 300 days after the alleged discriminatory or unfair employment practice occurred;
Repeals the limits on remedies in cases involving age discrimination; and
Limits the ability of an employer to require confidentiality of claims once a charge is filed with the commission.
| House Sponsors | S. Lontine (D) M. Gray (D) | Senate Sponsors | B. Pettersen (D) F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (06/07/2021) | Amendments | |
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