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Bill: HB21-1108
Title: Gender Identity Expression Anti-discrimination
VotesVotes all Legislators
Hearing Date
Hearing Time
Hearing Room
Intro Date02/16/2021
DescriptionConcerning updates to prohibitions against gender-based discrimination to clarify the individuals who are included in a protected class.
HistoryBill History
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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 DocsBill Documents
Sponsors (House and Senate)Senate:
D. Moreno (D)
House:
D. Esgar (D)
Fiscal NotesFiscal Notes (06/15/2021)
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LobbyistsLobbyists
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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 SponsorsD. Esgar (D)
Senate SponsorsD. Moreno (D)
House CommitteeJudiciary
Senate CommitteeJudiciary
StatusGovernor Signed (05/20/2021)
Amendments

Bill: HB21-1251
Title: Appropriate Use Of Chemical Restraints On A Person
VotesVotes all Legislators
Hearing Date
Hearing Time
Hearing Room
Intro Date03/30/2021
DescriptionConcerning the appropriate use of ketamine upon a person in a prehospital setting, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HistoryBill History
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Bill Subject- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Bill DocsBill Documents
Sponsors (House and Senate)Senate:
R. Fields (D)
J. Gonzales (D)
House:
L. Herod (D)
Y. Caraveo (D)
Fiscal NotesFiscal Notes (09/14/2021)
Full TextFull Text of Bill
LobbyistsLobbyists
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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

Custom 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.  ...

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 SponsorsL. Herod (D)
Y. Caraveo (D)
Senate SponsorsR. Fields (D)
J. Gonzales (D)
House CommitteeJudiciary
Senate CommitteeJudiciary
StatusGovernor Signed (07/06/2021)
Amendments

Bill: SB21-174
Title: Policies For Peace Officer Credibility Disclosures
VotesVotes all Legislators
Hearing Date
Hearing Time
Hearing Room
Intro Date03/05/2021
DescriptionConcerning adoption of written policies by law enforcement agencies for constitutionally required peace officer credibility disclosure notifications.
HistoryBill History
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Bill Subject- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Bill DocsBill Documents
Sponsors (House and Senate)Senate:
J. Ginal (D)
J. Cooke (R)
House:
T. Carver (R)
S. Bird (D)
Fiscal NotesFiscal Notes (09/08/2021)
Full TextFull Text of Bill
LobbyistsLobbyists
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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 SponsorsT. Carver (R)
S. Bird (D)
Senate SponsorsJ. Ginal (D)
J. Cooke (R)
House CommitteeJudiciary
Senate CommitteeJudiciary
StatusGovernor Signed (07/02/2021)
Amendments

Bill: SB21-176
Title: Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act
VotesVotes all Legislators
Hearing Date
Hearing Time
Hearing Room
Intro Date03/08/2021
DescriptionConcerning protections for Colorado workers against discriminatory employment practices, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HistoryBill History
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Bill Subject- Labor & Employment
Bill DocsBill Documents
Sponsors (House and Senate)Senate:
B. Pettersen (D)
F. Winter (D)
House:
S. Lontine (D)
M. Gray (D)
Fiscal NotesFiscal Notes (09/08/2021)
Full TextFull Text of Bill
LobbyistsLobbyists
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Category
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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 SponsorsS. Lontine (D)
M. Gray (D)
Senate SponsorsB. Pettersen (D)
F. Winter (D)
House CommitteeJudiciary
Senate CommitteeJudiciary
StatusHouse Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (06/07/2021)
Amendments
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