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Bill:
HB22-1002
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Title: |
Fifth Year High School Concurrent Enrollment |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning expanding student access to enrollment in postsecondary courses while the student is enrolled in high school. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under current law, a qualified student who is selected to
participate in the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment (ASCENT) program by the department of education (department) may enroll in postsecondary courses and be included in the pupil enrollment of a school district, board of cooperative services, or charter school (local
education provider) for funding during the year following the student's fourth year of high school. The number of students who are selected to participate in the ASCENT program is limited each year through the budget process.
The bill removes the limit on the number of program participants
and allows each qualified student selected by the enrolling local education provider to participate in the program. The bill reduces the number of postsecondary credits a qualified student must have completed to be eligible to participate in the ASCENT program. The bill directs the department to distribute to each local education provider for each ASCENT program participant an amount equal to 3% of the per-pupil extended high school funding amount to pay for non-tuition expenses the qualified student incurs in participating in the postsecondary courses.
Under existing law, a qualified student who fails to complete a
concurrent enrollment course must repay the local education provider for the amount of tuition, and a local education provider may require a qualified student to repay the tuition amount if the qualified student earns a failing grade for a concurrent enrollment course. The bill repeals these provisions.
| House Sponsors | M. Weissman (D) J. Bacon (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Buckner (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed (05/12/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Buckner (D) House: M. Weissman (D) J. Bacon (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1005
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Title: |
Health-care Preceptors Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/31/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning modifications to the existing tax credit for rural and frontier health-care preceptors. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under current law, for tax years commencing on or after January
1, 2017, but prior to January 1, 2023, the credit for health-care preceptors working in rural and frontier areas offers an income tax credit in the amount of $1,000 to health-care professionals who provide a preceptorship, an uncompensated mentoring experience for eligible health professional students that includes a specified minimum amount of
personalized instruction, training, and supervision, during the applicable income tax year.
The bill modifies the tax credit by:
Extending the period for which the tax credit may be claimed to tax years commencing prior to January 1, 2033;
Allowing up to 300, rather than 200, preceptors to claim the credit in any tax year;
Expanding who may offer a preceptorship to include a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental medicine, registered nurse, registered dental hygienist, licensed clinical or counseling psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, psychiatric nurse specialist, licensed addiction counselor, or certified addiction counselor working in an outpatient clinical setting who has been licensed in his or her primary health-care field in the state by the applicable licensing authority;
Expanding who may participate in a preceptorship to include individuals matriculating at any accredited Colorado institution of higher education seeking a degree or certification in a primary health-care field;
Allowing nonconsecutive days to be counted when determining the eligibility of a preceptorship for the credit;
Modifying the definitions of rural areas, preceptorship, and primary health-care for purposes of the tax credit;
Modifying the certification requirements for taxpayers who claim the tax credit; and
Providing a tax preference performance statement for the tax credit.
| House Sponsors | J. McCluskie (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/01/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: J. McCluskie (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1010
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Title: |
Early Childhood Educator Income Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning an income tax credit for eligible early childhood educators, and in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative
Commission. For 5 income tax years, the bill creates a refundable income tax credit for an eligible early childhood educator who:
Has an adjusted gross income below specified thresholds; and
For at least 6 months of the taxable year, holds an early
childhood professional credential and is either the head of a family child care home or is employed with an eligible early childhood education program or a family child care home.
The bill specifies that an early childhood education program must
have achieved at least a level 2 quality rating under the Colorado shines quality rating and improvement system and either have fiscal agreements with the Colorado child care assistance program or meet the federal early head start or head start standards for a program. The amount of the credit is dependent on the eligible early childhood educator's credentialing level and is annually adjusted for inflation.
The department of human services, or a successor department, is
required to provide the department of revenue with an electronic report of each individual who held an early childhood professional credential during the previous calendar year for which the credit is allowed.
| House Sponsors | E. Sirota (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Buckner (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Buckner (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) House: E. Sirota (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1011
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Title: |
Wildfire Mitigation Incentives For Local Governments |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/04/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning the establishment of a state grant program that provides funding to local governments that dedicate resources for wildfire mitigation purposes. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Local Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The bill establishes the
wildfire mitigation incentives for local government grant program (grant program) in the Colorado state forest service (forest service). The grant program is established to provide state funding assistance in the form of grant awards to local governments to match revenue raised by such
governments from a dedicated revenue source that is intended to be used for forest management or wildfire mitigation efforts at the local level. Such wildfire mitigation efforts include, without limitation, projects that promote fuel breaks, forest thinning, a reduction in the amount or extent of fuels contributing to wildfires, outreach and education efforts directed at property owners and other members of the public, and any other means of forest management or wildfire mitigation as determined appropriate for funding by the forest service.
The grant program is administered by the forest service. On or before March 1, 2023, the forest service is required to adopt
polices, procedures, and guidelines for the grant program that include, without limitation:
Procedures and timelines by which an eligible recipient may apply for a grant;
Criteria for determining grant eligibility and grant amounts; and
Reporting requirements for grant recipients.
Any funding awarded under the grant program must match
revenues raised by the local government from a dedicated revenue source that is intended to be used for forest management or wildfire mitigation efforts at the local level in accordance with policies, procedures, and guidelines developed by the forest service.
In allocating funding under the grant program, preference will be
given to certain eligible recipients based on prioritization factors enumerated in the bill.
Eligible recipients may apply for funding from the grant program,
and the recipient's application for funding may be approved by the forest service, before the local government has created a dedicated revenue source that forms the basis for the match if the electors of the local government approve a ballot issue creating the revenue source at an election that takes place in the same calendar year in which the funding is awarded.
The bill creates the wildfire mitigation incentives local government
grant program fund in the state treasury.
On or before November 1, 2024, and on or before November 1 of
each year thereafter, the forest service is required to publish a report summarizing the use of all of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies additional required components of the report. The report must be posted on the website of the forest service. The bill requires the Colorado department of higher education to summarize the information contained in the report in its State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearings.
The bill requires the forest service to prepare educational materials
concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its official
website. In addition, the forest service is also required to undertake outreach activities to inform local governments located in priority areas for wildfire mitigation of the grant program.
| House Sponsors | M. Snyder (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: M. Snyder (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1012
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Title: |
Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/06/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning healthy forests, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education- Local Government- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Wildfire Matters Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill
creates the wildfire mitigation and recovery grant program (grant program) in the Colorado state forest service (forest service) to provide grants to help counties with forested areas prevent and recover from wildfire incidents and ensure that such efforts are undertaken in a manner
that reduces the amount of carbon that enters the atmosphere. In expending grant money, a county, to the extent practicable, shall ensure that biomass that is removed from forests is recycled or disposed of in a manner that reduces the amount of carbon that enters the atmosphere.
The forest service shall administer the grant program and, subject
to available appropriations, award grants out of money annually appropriated to the forest service for the grant program. The forest service shall review grant applications in consultation with the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety and with the Colorado forest health council in the department of natural resources.
The grant program is repealed, effective September 1, 2028.
Before the repeal, the grant program is scheduled for a sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies. Section 2 schedules this review.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1013
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Title: |
Microgrids For Community Resilience Grant Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a grant program to build community resilience regarding electric grid disruptions through the development of microgrids, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the microgrids for community resilience grant
program (grant program) to be administered by the division of local government (division) in the department of local affairs (department), in collaboration with the Colorado resiliency office (office) in the division. A cooperative electric association or a municipally owned utility (utility)
may apply to the division for a grant award to finance the purchase of microgrid resources in eligible rural communities within the utility's service territory that are at significant risk of severe weather or natural disaster events and in which there are one or more community anchor institutions. The microgrids, which can be connected to or be disconnected from, and work independent of, the utility's electric grid, can increase an eligible rural community's resilience regarding any interruptions to the electric grid, such as those caused by severe weather or natural disaster events. On an annual basis, the division is required to report on the progress of the grant program, submit copies of the report to the house of representatives energy and environment committee and the senate transportation and energy committee, or their successor committees, and publish the report on the department's website.
| House Sponsors | M. Snyder (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: M. Snyder (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1020
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Title: |
Customer Right To Use Energy |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/25/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning a guarantee of a customer's right to use energy. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill prohibits a state agency, local government, and common
interest community from limiting or prohibiting the use of natural gas, propane, solar photovoltaics, micro wind turbines, or small hydroelectric power for electricity generation, cooking, hot water, or space heating in residences, units, or businesses.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | B. Kirkmeyer (R) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely (02/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: B. Kirkmeyer (R) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1021
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Title: |
Reduce State Income Tax Rate |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/19/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning a reduction of the state income tax rate. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | For income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2022,
the bill reduces both the individual and the corporate state income tax rates from 4.55% to 4.4%. The bill also exempts the rate reductions from the existing statutory requirements that tax expenditure legislation include a tax preference performance statement in a statutory legislative declaration and a repeal after a specified period of tax years.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/14/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1026
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Title: |
Alternative Transportation Options Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/06/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description |
Concerning the replacement of the income tax deduction for amounts spent by an employer to provide alternative transportation options to employees with an income tax credit for amounts spent by an employer for that purpose, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- Transportation & Motor Vehicles | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy. The bill replaces an existing income tax deduction for expenses incurred by
employers when providing alternative transportation options to employees with a refundable income tax credit of 50% of such expenses for such employers. The credit is allowed for income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2033.
| House Sponsors | S. Bird (D) | Senate Sponsors | L. Liston (R) C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: L. Liston (R) C. Hansen (D) House: S. Bird (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1033
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Title: |
Constitutional Carry Of A Handgun |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/19/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning the authority to carry a handgun. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill grants a person who is at least 21 years old and permitted
to possess a handgun pursuant to federal and state law the same authority to carry a concealed handgun as a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed handgun (permit). A person who carries a concealed handgun without a permit has the same rights, limitations, and authority to carry as a person who holds a permit. A person may obtain a permit for the purpose of using the permit to carry a concealed handgun in another state that recognizes a Colorado permit.
Under existing law, a permit is valid for 5 years. The bill makes a
permit valid for the life of the permit holder. Existing permits, other than temporary emergency permits, are converted to lifetime permits. Because permits are valid for the life of the holder, the bill repeals provisions relating to the renewal of permits. The bill repeals the temporary emergency permit to carry a concealed handgun.
The bill repeals local government authority to regulate open or
concealed carry of a handgun, including repealing the authority of special districts and the governing boards of institutions of higher education, as applicable.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely (02/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1045
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Title: |
Statutory Initiative Petition Signature Requirements |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/31/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning a requirement that any petition for a citizen-initiated statutory change be signed by at least two percent of the registered electors who reside in each state senate district for the change to be placed on the ballot. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The Colorado constitution currently requires any petition for a
citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to be signed by at least 2% of
the registered electors who reside in each state senate district for the change to be placed on the ballot. If a constitutional amendment that extends this requirement to a citizen-initiated statutory change is approved by the voters of the state at the 2022 general election, the bill makes a conforming statutory change to extend the requirement.
| House Sponsors | R. Holtorf (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (01/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: R. Holtorf (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1050
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Title: |
International Medical Graduate Integrate Health-care Workforce |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/06/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/13/2022 | Description |
Concerning facilitating the integration of international medical graduates into the Colorado health-care workforce.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education- Immigration- Labor & Employment- Professions & Occupations | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Section 1 of the bill makes legislative declarations and findings regarding the shortage of health-care providers in the state, the presence of qualified, internationally trained medical professionals in the state, the ability of those professionals to assist the state in addressing health-care workforce needs, the barriers to entry into the health-care workforce these
professionals face, and the need to reduce those barriers to facilitate the integration of these professionals into the state's health-care workforce. Section 2 establishes the following 2 programs in the department of labor and employment (CDLE) to assist international medical graduates (IMGs) seeking to integrate into the state's health-care workforce: • The IMG assistance program, the purpose of which is to provide direct services to IMGs, including a review of an IMG's education, training, and experience to recommend appropriate next steps for integrating IMGs into the state's health-care workforce; technical support through the credential evaluation process; and scholarships to assist in defraying the medical licensure process; and • The clinical readiness program, the purpose of which is to provide curriculum for and assessments of IMGs to help them build the skills necessary to enter a medical residency program. Section 2 also directs the executive director of CDLE to include in its annual report to the general assembly pursuant to the State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act information about the IMG assistance program, the clinical readiness program, and any progress made in addressing barriers IMGs face in securing positions in medical residency programs. Section 3 authorizes the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies (DORA), subject to available funding, to award funding to medical residency programs to provide additional residency positions dedicated to qualified IMGs and directs the executive director of DORA to report on any funding awarded for this purpose as part of DORA's annual report to the general assembly pursuant to the State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act. With regard to requirements for licensure under the Colorado Medical Practice Act (act): • Section 4 defines IMG for purposes of the act; • Section 5 reduces the length of postgraduate clinical training that an IMG must complete to qualify for a medical license from up to 3 years to one year; and • Section 6 allows an IMG to obtain a reentry license if the IMG has a current or expired international medical license and meets Colorado medical board-specified qualifications and requirements, including an assessment of the IMG's competency to practice.
| House Sponsors | N. Ricks (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Buckner (D) | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Buckner (D) House: N. Ricks (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1051
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Title: |
Mod Affordable Housing Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/04/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/13/2022 | Description | Concerning modification of the Colorado affordable housing tax credit, and, in connection therewith, extending the time during which the credit may be claimed and increasing the yearly amount of credits that can be allocated. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The Colorado housing and finance authority (CHFA), under the
Colorado affordable tax credit program, may allocate income tax credits
in an annual aggregate amount of up to $10 million for the years beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2024. The bill extends this period to December 31, 2034, and increases the annual aggregate cap for the years beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2034, to $15 million.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) S. Bird (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) House: H. McKean (R) S. Bird (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1056
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Title: |
Emergency Temporary Care For Children |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/08/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/13/2022 | Description |
Concerning emergency temporary care for children, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Children & Domestic Matters- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill permits county departments of human or social services (county departments) to enter into an agreement with one or more facilities to provide emergency temporary shelter to children who are neglected and dependent, who are taken into temporary custody, or who have had contact with law enforcement and are unable to return home. Emergency temporary shelter is described in the bill as the temporary
care of a child in a physically unrestricted setting for no more than 5 days, pending a return to the child's home or placement in an alternate setting. Receiving temporary care in emergency temporary shelter is voluntary, and a child may leave emergency temporary shelter at any time. A county department may contract with any of the following facilities to provide emergency temporary shelter in the county: Group care facilities and homes or a foster care home, homeless youth shelter, residential child care facility, respite child care center, specialized group facility, or any other licensed or certified 24-hour nonsecure care and treatment facility away from the child's parent or guardian. A county can enter into agreements with more than one facility, and 2 or more counties may jointly enter into an agreement with a facility. The bill requires the general assembly to appropriate money to the state department of human services (state department) for emergency temporary shelter services. The state department allocates the money to a county after approving the county's emergency temporary shelter plan.
| House Sponsors | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | Senate Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: D. Moreno (D) House: D. Michaelson Jenet (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1059
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Title: |
Two-thirds Voting Requirement For Bills With Fees |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description | Concerning a requirement that any bill that imposes, increases, or authorizes the imposition of a fee be approved by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly to become law. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates a requirement that any bill that imposes a new fee,
authorizes the imposition of a new fee, increases an existing fee, or authorizes the increase of an existing fee be approved by a two-thirds vote
of all members elected to each house of the general assembly to become law. The two-thirds vote requirement applies only to the vote on final passage of such a bill in each house of the general assembly.
The bill defines a fee as a charge that is levied to defray the cost
of the particular government service provided to those charged and not levied for the purpose of raising any revenue for a general public purpose.
| House Sponsors | M. Soper (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/21/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: M. Soper (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1060
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Title: |
Contribution Limits School Dist Dir Candidate |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/27/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description | Concerning the establishment of contribution limits under the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" for candidates for school district director, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Current law regulating campaign finance does not set limits on
contributions to candidates for school district director.
Section 2 of the bill:
Sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for school district director from persons other than small donor
committees for any regular biennial or special school election in the amount of $2,500; and
Sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for school district director from small donor committees for any regular biennial or special school election in the amount of $25,000.
The bill requires that these aggregate contribution limits be
periodically adjusted for inflation consistent with other contribution limits.
Section 3 subjects the new contribution limits to existing statutory
provisions governing the disclosure of campaign contributions.
Section 4 contains requirements governing when a candidate for
school district director is required to disclose information concerning campaign contributions and clarifies that such candidates are required to file their disclosure with the secretary of state.
| House Sponsors | E. Sirota (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (04/13/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: E. Sirota (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1062
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Title: |
Expand Sales And Use Tax Exemption For Food |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description | Concerning the expansion of the sales and use tax exemption for food to include food that is not prepared for domestic home consumption. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill expands the state sales and use tax exemption for food,
which currently exempts most food for domestic home consumption, by also exempting from state sales and use tax most food that is not for domestic home consumption and is instead prepared for on-site consumption at a restaurant, grocery store, or other establishment or to be
carried out and consumed without additional cooking or preparation.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (05/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: H. McKean (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1063
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Title: |
Jail Standards Commission |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/28/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description |
Concerning creation of a jail standards commission to standardize the operation of Colorado jails, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill creates the Colorado jail standards commission (commission) in the department of public safety. The commission creates standards for the operation of Colorado's county jails (jails) and updates the standards as necessary. The commission consists of the following 20 members: • 5 sheriffs or senior jail administrators;
• 2 county commissioners; • 3 people with lived experience of being incarcerated or having a family member who is or was incarcerated in a jail; • One mental health professional with experience working in a jail; • One health professional with experience working in a jail; • One person representing a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer advocacy organization; • One person representing an organization advocating for the rights of people with disabilities; • One person representing an organization advocating for the rights of communities of color; • One person representing an organization advocating for the rights of persons with mental or physical disabilities; • One non-law-enforcement person with experience working in a jail, appointed by the executive director of the department of public safety; • The state public defender or the state public defender's designee; • One district attorney, appointed by the Colorado district attorneys' council; and • One person representing the department of public safety with expertise in jail operations. The commission shall develop standards for all aspects of jail operations as follows: • Reception and release; • Classification of inmates; • Security; • Housing; • Sanitation and environmental conditions; • Communication; • Visitation; • Health care, mental and behavioral health care, and dental care; • Food service; • Recreation and programming; • Inmate disciplinary processes; • Restrictive housing; • Inmate grievances; • Staffing; and • Inmates' prerogatives. The commission shall establish standards regarding oversight of the standards; compliance with the standards, including a requirement for a biennial compliance inspection of each jail; a complaint process and investigation process; and possible sanctions for noncompliance with or violations of the standards. The department of public safety shall promulgate rules adopting the standards and possible sanctions. The department of public safety shall provide oversight of the implementation of the standards. The commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of the standards after implementation and make any needed changes to the standards. The bill sunsets the commission on September 1, 2029.
| House Sponsors | J. Amabile (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Coleman (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Coleman (D) House: J. Amabile (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1067
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Title: |
Clarifiying Changes To Ensure Prompt Bond Hearings |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/20/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description | Concerning clarifying changes to measures that ensure defendants have a prompt bond hearing, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Courts & Judicial | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under current law, when a defendant is detained in jail on a
municipal hold, the defendant must receive a hearing before the municipal court within 2 calendar days, excluding Sundays and federal holidays. The bill requires the hearing to be held within 48 hours after the defendant arrives at the jail.
The bill makes clarifying changes to the district attorney assistance
for bond hearings grant program and repeals the district attorney assistance for bond hearings cash fund.
| House Sponsors | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) S. Woodrow (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Rodriguez (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (05/27/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Rodriguez (D) House: S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) S. Woodrow (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1069
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Title: |
Parent Authority To Request Public School Reforms |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/31/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/18/2022 | Description | Concerning parents' authority to request reforms for low-performing schools. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill authorizes the parents of children enrolled in a
low-performing school, or the parents of children enrolled in schools that matriculate to a low-performing school, (petitioner) to petition the school district board of education for the low-performing school, or the state charter school institute board if the low-performing school is an institute charter school, (oversight board) to implement specified reforms. A
school is considered low-performing if it is required to adopt a priority improvement or turnaround plan for 2 consecutive school years. The bill specifies the types of reforms that a petitioner may request and the requirements for petitions. A petition must be signed by at least 50% of the parents of students enrolled in the low-performing school or in schools that matriculate to the low-performing school.
If an oversight board receives a valid petition, the oversight board
must hold a meeting at which the petitioner may present the requested reforms. The oversight board may propose alternative reforms, and the petitioner may amend the requested reforms or withdraw the petition. At the conclusion of the meeting, if the petitioner has not withdrawn the petition, the oversight board must vote whether to implement the reforms, as originally presented or as amended, and, if applicable, adopt a plan to implement the reforms by the following school year.
If the oversight board chooses not to approve and adopt a plan to
implement the reforms, the petitioner may submit the petition to the state board of education (state board) and may consider recall procedures against the oversight board if it is a school district board of education.
If the state board receives a petition, it must hold a public hearing
at which it takes testimony from the petitioners, other eligible parents, and the oversight board concerning the requested reforms. At the conclusion of the hearing, the state board must decide whether to require the school district or state charter school institute, whichever is applicable, to implement the reforms or to require other specified actions. If the state board requires the school district or the institute to take actions, the low-performing school is subject to the same oversight and requirements that apply to public schools that have been on priority improvement or turnaround plans for 5 school years.
| House Sponsors | R. Bockenfeld (R) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (03/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) House: R. Bockenfeld (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1078
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Title: |
Voting Systems Standards Adoption |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/11/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning the adoption of voting systems standards, and, in connection therewith, requiring the adoption of voting systems standards promulgated by the federal election assistance commission and allowing the secretary of state to promulgate voting systems standards. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill requires that all voting systems
and voting equipment satisfy the latest voting systems standards promulgated by the federal election assistance commission. The bill also allows the secretary of state to promulgate rules requiring that voting systems and voting equipment satisfy additional requirements, so long as such requirements meet or exceed the latest voting systems standards promulgated by the federal election assistance commission.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/14/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1082
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Title: |
Establish Fair Housing Unit Department Of Law |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/08/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning the enforcement of state housing laws by the department of law, and, in connection therewith, establishing a fair housing unit within the department of law. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill:
Expands the statutory list of state laws for which the attorney general may bring civil and criminal enforcement
actions to include various statutory provisions relating to housing; and
Creates the fair housing unit within the department of law.
| House Sponsors | J. Bacon (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: J. Bacon (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1083
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Title: |
Colorado Homeless Contribution Income Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/21/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of the Colorado homeless contribution income tax credit, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill repeals an existing income tax credit available to
taxpayers who make contributions to enterprise zone administrators to promote temporary, emergency, or transitional housing programs for people experiencing homelessness and replaces that income tax credit with one that is available in the entire state. Instead of having the enterprise zone administrators and the office of economic development
manage the credit, the bill places that responsibility on the division of housing in the department of local affairs.
The bill also expands the scope so that a taxpayer may claim the
tax credit when permissible contributions are made not only to an approved project, but also to approved nonprofit organizations providing certain qualifying activities.
The amount of the income tax credit remains the same for each
contribution; except that, for contributions made in an underserved, rural county, the amount is 30% rather than 25%, and the new credit is capped at $750,000 in contributions for the nonprofit organization, and if the nonprofit organization also administers one or more approved projects, the new credit is capped at an additional $750,000 per project. The new credit's availability is limited to 8 years, and, in the same manner as the enterprise zone tax credit that is being repealed, any credit in excess of a taxpayer's liability for the income tax year for which the credit is claimed may be carried forward for up to 5 years.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) C. Simpson (R) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) C. Simpson (R) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1084
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Title: |
Ineligible Jurors Voter Registration |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning cancellation of the voter registration of certain ineligible jurors, and, in connection therewith, requiring the state court administrator to provide the secretary of state with a report of all persons who report as ineligible to serve as a trial or grand juror because they are either not a citizen or do not reside in the county in which they are summoned for juror service and requiring the cancellation of the voter registration of those jurors. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the state court administrator to provide the
secretary of state with a report of all persons who report as ineligible to serve as a trial or grand juror because they are either not a citizen or do not reside in the county in which they are summoned for juror service. The bill also requires the secretary of state to forward this report to each county clerk and recorder.
The bill then requires county clerk and recorders to cancel the
voter registration of any elector who is either not a citizen or does not reside in the county and who the county clerk and recorders have received notice of from the state court administrator's report. The secretary of state may cancel the voter registration of any elector who is not a citizen and who the secretary of state has received notice of from the state court administrator's report.
Nothing in the bill allows a county clerk and recorder or the
secretary of state to cancel the registration of a uniformed-service voter who is absent from the county in which he or she is registered to vote by reason of active duty.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/14/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1086
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Title: |
The Vote Without Fear Act |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/15/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning prohibiting openly carrying firearms at a voting location. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement- Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill prohibits a person from openly carrying a firearm within
any polling location or central count facility, or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box or any building in which a polling location or central count facility is located, while an election or any related ongoing election administration activity is in progress. Exceptions are made for persons who own private property within the 100-foot buffer zone to carry a
firearm on the private property and for peace officers acting within the scope and authority of their duties to carry a firearm.
Openly carrying a firearm inside or within 100 feet of a polling
location, central count facility, or drop box is a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum $1,000 fine, up to 364 days imprisonment in the county jail, or both.
| House Sponsors | J. Bacon (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (03/30/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: J. Bacon (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1094
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Title: |
Medicaid Assistance For Survivors Of Torture |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/24/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning eligibility for medical assistance for survivors of torture. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill grants a survivor of torture
who is receiving care and rehabilitation services from a rehabilitative service provider eligibility for medical assistance without federal financial participation.
| House Sponsors | N. Ricks (D) B. Titone (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed (05/12/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) House: N. Ricks (D) B. Titone (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1096
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Title: |
Bill Drafting Transparency |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning an increase in the transparency of bill requests made by members of the general assembly. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Amend | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the office of legislative legal services (office) to
publish drafts on the general assembly's website (website) of any bills that may be introduced as one of a legislator's 5 bills by right (covered bills). Specifically, the bill establishes the following requirements for the office:
40 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the current draft of a
returning member's covered bill;
30 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the subject of a new member's request for a covered bill;
10 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the current draft of a new member's covered bill;
If there is no draft as of the deadline, the office is required to publish the subject of the request for the covered bill and then publish the draft as soon as it has been completed;
A redraft of the covered bill is required to be published; and
The office is required to publish a notice of any covered bill that is withdrawn after the bill subject or draft has been published on the website.
To accommodate the deadlines for publishing the bill drafts and
subjects on the website, the bill establishes the following bill request deadlines for covered bills:
70 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session for a returning member; and
33 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session for a new member.
| House Sponsors | S. Luck (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/10/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: S. Luck (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1102
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Title: |
Veterans And Military Status In Fair Housing |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning protected classes in fair housing practices, and, in connection therewith, including a veteran or military status as a protected class. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill forbids anyone selling or renting a dwelling from
discriminating against an individual based on their veteran or military status. The bill forbids anyone from refusing to negotiate for housing with an individual on the basis of their veteran or military status or otherwise denying or withholding housing on the basis of an individual's veteran or
military status. For purposes of the bill, an individual who was dishonorably discharged from military service does not have veteran or military status.
| House Sponsors | D. Ortiz (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Gardner (R) N. Hinrichsen (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Gardner (R) N. Hinrichsen (D) House: D. Ortiz (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1105
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Title: |
Deadly Force Against Intruder At A Business |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/25/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning the use of deadly physical force against a person who has made an illegal entry into a place of business. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill extends the right to use deadly physical force against an
intruder under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of a business.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/28/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1106
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Title: |
Concealed Handguns On School Grounds |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning allowing concealed handgun permit holders to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | With certain exceptions, current law prohibits a concealed carry
permit holder from carrying a concealed handgun on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds. The bill removes this limitation. The bill prohibits a local government from prohibiting carrying a concealed handgun on school grounds by a person who has a valid concealed carry permit.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/28/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1107
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Title: |
Inclusive Higher Education Opportunities |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/09/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning measures related to creating higher education opportunities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates in the department of higher education (department)
the inclusive higher education grant program to provide grants to state institutions of higher education for the purpose of establishing, or expanding existing, inclusive higher education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The bill requires the department to contract with an organization
that has demonstrated success in assisting students with intellectual and developmental disabilities attend institutions of higher education to administer the grant program, perform annual evaluations of the grant recipients, and produce an annual report that is submitted to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate.
| House Sponsors | M. Young (D) M. Bradfield (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Bridges (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Bridges (D) House: M. Young (D) M. Bradfield (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1121
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Title: |
Supporting Local Media |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/21/2022 | Description | Concerning supporting local media. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires all state departments to spend at least 50% of the
money they spend on advertising to Colorado residents in a fiscal year on advertising through local newspapers. The bill further requires all departments to report on their advertising spending during their annual State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act presentations.
The bill also creates an income tax credit for supporting local
newspapers. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023,
but before January 1, 2033:
A taxpayer is allowed a credit against their income taxes in an amount equal to 50%, not to exceed $250, of the total amount paid by the taxpayer for local newspaper subscriptions or memberships for the personal use of the taxpayer and of the contributions made by the taxpayer to nonprofit local newspapers; and
A small business is allowed a credit against their income taxes, not to exceed $2,500, in an amount equal to the amount paid by the eligible small business for local newspaper advertising.
If the amount of the credit allowed exceeds the amount of income
taxes otherwise due in the income tax year for which the credit is being claimed, the bill permits the amount of the credit not used in the income tax year to be carried forward as a credit against subsequent years' income tax liability for a period not to exceed 10 years. Any amount of the credit that is not used after such period is not refunded to the taxpayer.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Business Affairs and Labor | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed (05/12/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1123
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Title: |
Standard Deduction Adjustment |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/15/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/21/2022 | Description | Concerning an inflationary adjustment to the federal standard deduction for purposes of providing state income tax relief. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | For the purposes of determining state taxable income and
calculating state income tax for taxpayers who claim the standard deduction allowed under section 63 (c) of the internal revenue code, the bill subtracts an amount from the taxpayer's federal taxable income equal to the standard deduction claimed by the taxpayer not adjusted pursuant
to section 63 (c)(4) or (c)(7)(B)(ii) of the internal revenue code multiplied by the combination of:
The percentage change in the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items paid by all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index, (CPI) in the most recent year compared to 2017; and
Twenty thousandths of a percent for every percent that the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics motor fuel index, or its applicable predecessor or successor index, exceeds the increase in CPI since 2017.
The subtraction is only allowed for income tax years commencing
on or after January 1, 2023.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (04/25/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1125
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Title: |
Income Tax Rate Reduction |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/21/2022 | Description | Concerning a requirement that any state income tax rate reduction implemented temporarily in order to refund excess state revenues remain in effect permanently. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | One of the mechanisms for refunding state revenues in excess of
the state fiscal year spending limit imposed by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) is a temporary income tax rate reduction. For any state fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2022, the bill makes this income tax rate reduction permanent and establishes the reduction as
always equaling a .05% reduction of the current income tax rate.
Thus, under the bill, every year when the executive director of the
department of revenue determines it is necessary to reduce the state income tax, both the individual state income tax rate and the corporate tax rate are permanently reduced by .05%.
The bill exempts the state income tax rate and corporate tax rate
reduction in the bill from the otherwise required tax preference performance statement and repeal date.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/14/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1127
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Title: |
Income Tax Deduction For Rent |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/22/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/21/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of an income tax deduction for rent paid. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates an income tax deduction of up to $17,500 for
tenants with taxable income under $40,000 for an individual or under $80,000 for a head-of-household or a married couple for rent paid on a rental residence in Colorado.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (03/24/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1134
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Title: |
Measures To Reduce Use Single-use Meal Accessories |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/25/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/28/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to reduce the use of single-use meal accessories. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment- Public Health | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill specifies that, commencing January 1, 2023, a retail food
establishment or third-party food delivery service (service) may provide a customer with single-use food serviceware or a single-use condiment that accompanies food ordered for delivery or carryout only if the customer requests single-use food serviceware or a single-use condiment or confirms that the customer wants single-use food serviceware or a
single-use condiment when offered, with limited exceptions.
| House Sponsors | B. Titone (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) | House Committee | Business Affairs and Labor | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely (02/16/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) House: B. Titone (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1138
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Title: |
Reduce Employee Single-occupancy Vehicle Trips |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/13/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of programs to reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicle commuter trips by improving access to alternative transportation options. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Government- Transportation & Motor Vehicles | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but
before January 1, 2030, the bill creates an income tax credit (tax credit) for any employer that:
Creates a clean commuting plan to implement strategies to increase the use of alternative transportation options and reduce the number of measurable vehicle miles driven by its employees in single-occupancy vehicles when commuting to and from their work site (clean commuting plan) for the purpose of reducing automobile-related air pollution, traffic congestion, and transportation costs, particularly for essential workers and workers earning under $40,000 per year;
Conducts an employer commuter survey to determine how its employees commute to and from their work site; and
Offers 2 or more alternative transportation options to some or all of its employees in furtherance of the employer's clean commuting plan.
The amount of the tax credit is 50% of the amount spent by the
employer to provide alternative transportation options to some or all of its employees.
In addition, the bill requires the executive director of the
department of transportation (director), in coordination with the Colorado energy office and metropolitan planning organizations, to create an annual commuter survey for employers to use to determine how their employees commute to and from their work site. The director and the Colorado energy office are required to determine the content of the commuter survey and the form and manner in which the commuter survey will be completed and returned to the department of transportation.
Beginning in specified calendar years, in an effort to reduce the
number of employees who commute to and from their work site in a single-occupancy vehicle, employers with over 100 employees are required to:
Annually conduct a commuter survey of its employees and submit the completed commuter surveys to the department of transportation by April 30 of the year in which the survey was conducted;
Offer its employees qualified transportation fringe benefits allowed pursuant to federal law;
Offer its employees commuter choice information in electronic or hard copy format and update the information every 6 months; and
Offer a cash allowance in lieu of a parking space under certain circumstances.
The bill requires that any private sector employer that wishes to
claim the tax credit participate in the employer commuter survey and submit the results of the survey to the department by April 30 of the year in which the survey is conducted, even if the employer's participation in the commuter survey is not otherwise required.
For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, and for each state fiscal year
thereafter through the 2029-30 state fiscal year, of the money allocated to the transportation commission for state multimodal projects from the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund, the transportation commission is required to allocate $250,000 to each of the transportation management associations and transportation management organizations operating in a nonattainment area for the purposes of assisting employers in creating a clean commuting plan and complying with the requirements of the bill.
| House Sponsors | L. Herod (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (02/28/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) C. Hansen (D) House: L. Herod (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1143
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Title: |
State Auxiliary Services Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description | Concerning the continuation of the state auxiliary services program to provide auxiliary services to state agencies. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Human Services | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | There is a state auxiliary services pilot program that arranges for
the provision of auxiliary services for state departments and agencies that employ or serve individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind. The bill requires the Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind (commission) to continue the operations of the state
auxiliary services program (program) indefinitely.
The commission is required to perform the following functions:
Coordinate on a statewide basis the day-to-day scheduling for auxiliary services;
Create and manage efficient and consistent processes through which an auxiliary services provider may submit required documentation and receive payment for auxiliary services provided;
Create and manage a process for the intake and fulfillment of requests by state departments and agencies for auxiliary services;
Resolve any issues that may arise with regard to auxiliary services;
Communicate with auxiliary services users, auxiliary services providers, and appointing authorities; and
Establish, monitor, and publish a list of CART providers and qualified interpreters.
The bill requires the commission to convene an advisory council
to make recommendations concerning the provision of auxiliary services.
The bill requires the commission to include data on the functions
of the program in its annual report to the governor and the general assembly.
| House Sponsors | M. Bradfield (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed (05/12/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) House: M. Bradfield (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1145
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Title: |
Possess Large Ammunition Magazine For Competitions |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description | Concerning permitting possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines for participation in a shooting competition. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to sell, transfer, or
possess large-capacity ammunition magazines (LCMs), with some exceptions. The bill allows a person to possess an LCM for the purpose of participating in a firearm shooting competition that is sanctioned by, under the auspices of, or in coordination with a state agency.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/28/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1151
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Title: |
Turf Replacement Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/05/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description |
Concerning measures to incentivize water-wise landscapes, and, in connection therewith, creating a state program to finance the voluntary replacement of irrigated turf and making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Water | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill requires the Colorado water conservation board (board) to develop a statewide program to provide financial incentives for the voluntary replacement of irrigated turf with water-wise landscaping (turf
replacement program). The bill defines water-wise landscaping as a water- and plant-management practice that emphasizes using plants with lower water needs. Local governments, certain districts, Native American tribes, and nonprofit organizations with their own turf replacement programs may apply to the board for money to help finance their turf replacement programs. The board will contract with one or more third parties to administer one or more turf replacement programs in areas where local turf replacement programs do not exist.
| House Sponsors | M. Catlin (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Bridges (D) C. Simpson (R) | House Committee | Agriculture, Livestock, and Water | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Bridges (D) C. Simpson (R) House: M. Catlin (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1159
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Title: |
Waste Diversion And Circular Economy Development Center |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/16/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description | Concerning waste diversion, and, in connection therewith, creating the circular economy development center in the department of public health and environment, establishing the costs of operating the center as a permissible use of money from the front range waste diversion cash fund and the recycling resources economic opportunity fund, and extending and removing certain repeal dates associated with existing statutory waste diversion efforts. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Public Health | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill makes legislative findings and declarations.
Section 2 creates the circular economy development center (center) in the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the center is to grow existing markets; create new markets; and provide necessary infrastructure, logistics, and marketing to create a sustainable circular economy for recycled commodities in Colorado. On or before July 1, 2023, subject to available appropriations, the department must contract with a third-party administrator to operate the center.
The center must conduct a statewide, end-market gap analysis and
opportunity assessment and submit a final report of the analysis and assessment to the department by August 1, 2024. Beginning September 1, 2023, and on or before each September 1 thereafter, the center must also submit a report to the department describing the progress of the center. The department must include the report in its annual presentation to the general assembly pursuant to the State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act.
Section 2 also repeals the center, effective September 1, 2030. Section 3 requires the front range waste diversion enterprise
(enterprise), in coordination with the department, to pay for direct and indirect costs associated with the operation of the center through the front range waste diversion cash fund (fund). Section 3 also makes changes to the front range waste diversion enterprise grant program as follows:
Current law imposes limitations for grant applications that are received from a waste hauler or a landfill owner or operator. Specifically, as to the portions of such an application that relate to infrastructure or equipment, only 50% of infrastructure or equipment can be funded through the grant program and, if the board awards a grant to a waste hauler or landfill owner or operator for infrastructure or equipment, the grantee is ineligible to receive a grant for the following 5 years. The bill removes these limitations.
Current law prohibits the board of directors of the enterprise from allocating more than 20% of the annual fund revenue in any single grant award. The bill raises this maximum to 50%.
Section 3 also extends the repeal date of the enterprise from
September 1, 2029, to September 1, 2030.
Sections 4 and 5 extend the repeal dates of the recycling resources
economic opportunity program and the associated recycling resources economic opportunity fund from July 1, 2026, to September 1, 2030. Section 4 also requires the department to use money appropriated from the recycling resources economic opportunity fund to pay for direct and
indirect costs associated with the operation of the center.
Under current law, the solid waste user fee is repealed, effective
July 1, 2026. Section 6 extends this repeal date to September 1, 2030. Section 6 also extends, from September 1, 2029, to September 1, 2030, the repeal date of a specific user fee that is associated with the solid waste user fee.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1168
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Title: |
Public School Hunter Education Seventh Grade Course |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/17/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/04/2022 | Description | Concerning permitting public schools to provide a hunter education course to seventh grade students. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill allows local education providers, upon entering into an
agreement with an individual or entity that offers hunter education courses certified by the division of parks and wildlife (division), to provide a hunter education course (course) to all seventh graders. The course must satisfy the requirements of a hunter education course certified by the division; except that hands-on activities are not required.
The course must be taught by a division-certified instructor. A parent or legal guardian must provide permission for a student to participate in any hands-on activities that are offered as part of the course. The bill defines local education providers to mean school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services that enroll students in seventh grade. The parks and wildlife commission may accept completion of a course toward meeting the requirements of a hunter education certificate.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) | House Committee | Agriculture, Livestock, and Water | Senate Committee | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Status | Governor Signed (04/21/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) House: H. McKean (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1202
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Title: |
At-risk Student Measure For School Finance |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/14/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/07/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a new measure in the public school funding formula for identifying at-risk students, and, in connection therewith, creating a working group in the department of education to implement the new measure in a future budget year and making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance. The bill
identifies a new at-risk measure to identify students who are at risk of
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
below-average academic outcomes because of socioeconomic disadvantage or poverty in order to allocate resources through the state's public school funding formula to serve those students. The new at-risk measure will include:
The percentage of students certified as eligible for the school lunch program based on documentation of benefit receipt or categorical eligibility, supplemented by the expansion of direct certification to participants in the medical assistance program and the children's basic health plan; and
A neighborhood socioeconomic-status index that weights student needs based on socioeconomic-status index neighborhood factors linked to each student's census block group.
The commissioner of education (commissioner) shall convene a
working group to prepare for the implementation of the new at-risk measure in the 2023-24 budget year. The bill specifies the membership of the working group.
The bill includes issues that the working group may consider in
constructing and implementing the new at-risk measure, including collecting necessary data, constructing a neighborhood socioeconomic-status index linked to students' addresses, and testing the at-risk measure with actual student data, if available.
The commissioner shall report findings and recommendations for
the construction and implementation of the new at-risk measure to the legislative interim committee on school finance, the joint budget committee, and the education committees of the general assembly.
The bill requires the department of education to apply to the
United States department of agriculture to obtain authorization for direct certification of students participating in the medical assistance program and the children's basic health plan.
| House Sponsors | L. Herod (D) J. McCluskie (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) J. Coleman (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (05/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) J. Coleman (D) House: L. Herod (D) J. McCluskie (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1203
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Title: |
Income Tax Credits For Nonpublic Education |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/07/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of income tax credits for nonpublic education. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill establishes a private school tuition income tax credit for
income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, but prior to January 1, 2028, that allows any taxpayer to claim a credit when the taxpayer enrolls a qualified child in a private school or the taxpayer provides a scholarship to a qualified child for enrollment in a private school. The private school issues the taxpayer a credit certificate and the
amount of the credit is:
For full-time attendance, an amount equal to either the tuition paid or the scholarship provided to a qualified child, as applicable, or 50% of the previous year's state average per pupil revenues, whichever is less; and
For half-time attendance, an amount equal to either the tuition paid or the scholarship provided to a qualified child, as applicable, or 25% of the previous year's state average per pupil revenues, whichever is less.
The bill also establishes an income tax credit for income tax years
commencing on or after January 1, 2023, but prior to January 1, 2028, that allows any taxpayer who uses home-based education for a qualified child to claim an income tax credit in an amount equal to:
$1,500 for a taxpayer who uses home-based education for a qualified child who was enrolled on a full-time basis in a public school in the state prior to being taught at home; and
$750 for a taxpayer who uses home-based education for a qualified child who was enrolled on a half-time basis in a public school in the state prior to being taught at home.
Both credits may be carried forward for 3 years but may not be
refunded. In addition, the credits may be transferred, subject to certain limitations.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/24/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1204
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Title: |
Election Systems |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/09/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/07/2022 | Description | Concerning election systems, and, in connection therewith, requiring votes to be cast in person on election day, limiting the use of electronic voting systems, establishing requirements for precinct polling places, requiring the secretary of state to withdraw the state from the electronic registration information center, and establishing additional requirements for the conduct of elections. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill makes changes to the laws governing elections. The
secretary of state is required, within 30 days after the effective date of the bill, to withdraw the state from participation in the electronic registration information system.
Voters are required to cast their ballots in person at the voters'
precinct polling place on election day, unless the voter has completed a valid request for an absentee ballot. A voter may request an absentee ballot if the voter will be out of the state on election day, is hospitalized or in a nursing home, has a visual impairment, or is a uniformed overseas voter. All ballots are required to be counted by hand. Counting and canvassing must be completed within 24 hours after polls close. County clerk and recorders are required to mail ballots to electors prior to election day, with written instructions advising that the voter must appear in person at a precinct polling place to cast the ballot. A person is required to show a valid state-issued identification to vote.
County clerk and recorders are required to divide the county into
precincts and to designate adequate and reasonable polling places in each precinct. County clerk and recorders are required to use schools and government buildings as polling places when possible and are prohibited from changing a polling place in a precinct unless the electors of the precinct are given 2 years notice, or in the event of an emergency rendering the original polling place unusable.
The bill establishes new requirements for the certification and use
of electronic voting systems. The secretary of state (secretary) is required to create a committee consisting of a member of the faculty in the engineering department at a state institution of higher education, a member of the state bar of Colorado, and one person familiar with voting processes in the state. The committee must test voting systems and make recommendations to the secretary, who is then required to make final adoption of the systems to be certified for use in the state. Use of electronic voting systems is limited to complying with accessibility requirements for voters who are blind or visually impaired established in the bill.
The bill makes additional changes to the election laws, including:
Requiring county clerk and recorders to send sample ballot proofs of primary ballots to party committee chairs, and to send a proof of the general election ballot to any candidate who was not on the primary ballot;
Establishing a 100-foot limit around polling places, requiring voters to promptly leave the 100-foot area after voting, and allowing electioneering activity outside the 100-foot limit except in specific circumstances;
Requiring ballots to be printed on anti-fraud paper;
Allowing a court to order a recount when presented with facts that require one; and
Establishing new election offenses related to unlawful acts by voters and other persons.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/14/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1206
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Title: |
Prohibit Discriminatory Practices In Schools |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/09/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/08/2022 | Description | Concerning prohibiting discriminatory practices in public schools. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill prohibits teaching or using instructional materials at
public schools that promote discrimination.
The bill prohibits public schools from certain discriminatory
practices based on a student's, student's family, or teacher's race or ethnicity.
The bill creates a $25,000 fine to be paid by the school district of
the public school, or by the state charter school institute in the case of an institute charter school, to the state education fund if the commissioner of education finds that a public school knowingly violates a prohibition.
The bill waives sovereign immunity and creates a civil action
against a public school and the school district or board of cooperative services or the state charter school institute that violates a prohibition.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (03/22/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
HB22-1223
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Title: |
Mobile Home Property Tax Sale Notice And Exemption |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/17/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/10/2022 | Description | Concerning property taxation of mobile homes, and, in connection therewith, creating an exemption for low-value mobile homes and modifying the notice requirements for mobile homes to be sold due to delinquent taxes and making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- Local Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill creates a property tax exemption for mobile
homes that have an assessed value of $2,000 or less.
Section 2 eliminates the requirement that a county treasurer
publish a notice in a newspaper of a sale of a mobile home due to property taxes owed if:
A distraint warrant has been delivered to the owner of the mobile home or to his or her agent; and
The county treasurer publishes a notice of the sale on the treasurer's website.
| House Sponsors | C. Kipp (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) House: C. Kipp (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1242
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Title: |
Regulate Tiny Homes Manufacture Sale And Install |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/24/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/16/2022 | Description |
Concerning the regulation of structures that are manufactured at a location that is not at the site where the structure is occupied, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Business & Economic Development- Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Current law regulates the manufacturers, sellers, and installers of manufactured homes. This regulation includes requirements for the installation of manufactured homes, contract and disclosure requirements, and the registration, escrow, reimbursement, bonding, and inspections of the manufacturers, installers, and sellers. In addition, the state housing
board (board) sets standards for the proper manufacture and installation of manufactured homes. The board consults with an advisory committee when promulgating rules. The bill adds tiny homes, which are typically manufactured, to this regulation on substantially similar terms. This includes adding 2 representatives of the tiny home industry to the advisory committee. The board is given the duty to regulate foundations for manufactured homes and factory-built structures where no construction standards otherwise exist. In addition to adding tiny homes to these provisions, the bill addresses tiny home regulation in the following manner: • The board shall promulgate rules establishing specific standards for tiny homes. When the national or international standard is created, the board may use that standard. The board may modify these standards as necessary. • The board shall establish standards for connecting a tiny home to utilities, including water, sewer, natural gas, and electricity; • A local government may require the inspection of a tiny home manufactured before July 1, 2023, if the tiny home is not manufactured in accordance with the board's standards; • A state electrical inspector or a local government may approve the connection of a tiny home for electric utility service if the tiny home is in compliance with applicable codes and standards for connection for electric utility service; and • A state plumbing inspector or a local government may approve the connection of a tiny home for water, gas, or sewer utility service if the tiny home is in compliance with applicable codes and standards for connection for water, gas, or sewer utility service. If a tiny home is approved for connection to utilities through the process described above, the tiny home may be connected to the appropriate utilities. Current law governing the connection to each utility is amended to avoid conflicts with the process established in the bill. Selling or installing a tiny home without complying with the bill is declared a deceptive trade practice, which subjects a violator to damages in a lawsuit, a class 1 misdemeanor, and civil penalties of: • Up to $20,000 per violation; • Up to $10,000 for violating a court order or injunction; and • Up to $50,000 per violation if the victim is an elderly person. Current law regulates mobile home parks, including notice requirements, lease termination limits and requirements, security deposit regulations, entry fee prohibitions, antitrust prohibitions, selling fee prohibitions, kickback prohibitions, retaliation prohibitions, regulation of how and if park rules are established, a right of first refusal when the owner wants to sell the mobile home park, a peaceful enjoyment right, and remedy provisions. The bill includes tiny homes under these provisions. Current law exempts manufactured homes from sales and use tax. The bill adds tiny homes to this exemption.
| House Sponsors | C. Kipp (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Ginal (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Business, Labor and Technology | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Ginal (D) House: C. Kipp (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1244
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Title: |
Public Protections From Toxic Air Contaminants |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/16/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to increase public protection from toxic air contaminants, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates a new program to regulate a subset of air
pollutants, referred to as toxic air contaminants, which are defined as hazardous air pollutants, covered air toxics, and all other air pollutants that the air quality control commission (commission) designates by rule as a toxic air contaminant based on its adverse health effects. In implementing the program, the commission has the authority to adopt
rules that are more stringent than the corresponding requirements of the federal Clean Air Act.
Beginning no later than January 1, 2024, and every 5 years
thereafter, the commission will review the list of existing toxic air contaminants and determine whether to add any additional toxic air contaminants to the list.
On or before April 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2024,
owners and operators of major and synthetic minor sources of pollution will submit to the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment (department) an annual emissions inventory report that reports the levels of criteria air pollutants and toxic air contaminants that were emitted by the source in the preceding calendar year, beginning with January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023.
Beginning no later than January 1, 2024, the division will develop
a monitoring program to determine the concentration of toxic air contaminants in the ambient air of the state. The monitoring program will establish at least 6 long-term monitoring sites throughout urban and rural areas of the state. The division must provide public notice of and an opportunity to comment on the locations of the monitoring sites.
On or before November 1, 2025, and at least every 5 years
thereafter, the division will prepare a report summarizing the findings of the monitoring program, provide public notice of and an opportunity to comment on the report, and submit the report to the general assembly.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2027, the commission will identify
by rule toxic air contaminants that may pose a risk of harm to public health in the state (high-risk toxic air contaminants) and adopt health-based standards and emissions limitations (airborne toxic control measures) for high-risk toxic air contaminants.
On or before July 1, 2032, and at least every 5 years thereafter, the
commission will review the health-based standards and airborne toxic control measures to determine if the commission should:
Identify any additional high-risk toxic air contaminants; and
Adjust the existing health-based standards and airborne toxic control measures.
Beginning on July 1, 2027, when applying for a new or modified
air pollution permit that is subject to the new source review requirements of the federal Clean Air Act, the owner or operator of a stationary source of pollution must submit an analysis of the impacts of the stationary source's emissions of toxic air contaminants on concentrations of toxic air contaminants in the ambient air. The division may only approve the application if the division determines, based on the analysis, that the source's emissions will not contribute to an increase in concentrations in the ambient air at or in excess of a health-based standard.
Beginning on July 1, 2027, to protect public health and the
environment, the division may reopen any existing air pollution permits and require the owner or operator of a stationary source of pollution to submit to the division an analysis of the impacts of the stationary source's emissions of toxic air contaminants on concentrations of toxic air contaminants in the ambient air. If the division determines, based on the analysis, that the source's emissions contribute to concentrations in the ambient air at or in excess of a health-based standard, the division may require a decrease or cessation in the applicable emissions over the shortest practicable time until the emissions no longer contribute to concentrations in the ambient air at or in excess of a health-based standard.
The bill also creates the toxic air contaminant scientific advisory
board (advisory board) in the department. The advisory board consists of 3 voting members appointed by the executive director of the department and a nonvoting member representing the department. Each member of the advisory board shall:
Be professionally active or engaged in scientific research;
Be highly qualified to evaluate health effects from exposure to toxic substances; and
Have expertise in pathology, oncology, epidemiology, or toxicology.
The advisory board will advise the commission on identifying
toxic air contaminants and high-risk toxic air contaminants, establishing and revising health-based standards for high-risk toxic air contaminants, and reviewing and revising the list of covered air toxics.
| House Sponsors | C. Kennedy (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: C. Kennedy (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1249
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Title: |
Electric Grid Resilience And Reliability Roadmap |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/11/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a microgrid roadmap for improving electric grids in the state, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the Colorado energy office (office), in
collaboration with the department of local affairs (department) and the Colorado resiliency office (resiliency office), to develop a grid resilience and reliability roadmap (roadmap) for improving the resilience and reliability of electric grids in the state (grid), which roadmap must include guidance on how microgrids may be used to harden the grid, improve grid
resilience and reliability, and help serve communities' electricity needs independent of the grid. In developing the roadmap, the office, department, and resiliency office are required to engage interested persons throughout the state in stakeholder meetings and consider stakeholder input. The roadmap may identify:
The potential benefits of developing microgrids, including whether and how developing microgrids improves grid resilience and reliability;
The critical facilities and infrastructure and the high-risk communities that should be prioritized for microgrid projects (projects);
Existing and potential threats to grid resilience and reliability and how microgrids may help to overcome the threats; and
Recommendations regarding potential legislative or administrative changes needed to help facilitate projects, including needed statutory or rule changes, metrics for evaluating the costs and benefits of microgrids, financial and technical support for microgrid deployment, and education and outreach programs.
The office and department are required to post the roadmap on
their websites. The office is also required to submit a copy of the roadmap to the public utilities commission (commission), and, on or before March 1, 2025, in collaboration with the department, present the roadmap to the legislative committees of reference with jurisdiction over energy matters. On a periodic basis at least every 5 years, the office, department, and resiliency office are required to review the roadmap and, if necessary, update it. If the roadmap is updated, it must be posted on the office's and department's websites and submitted to the commission and the legislative committees of reference with jurisdiction over energy matters.
| House Sponsors | T. Bernett (D) | Senate Sponsors | C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: C. Hansen (D) House: T. Bernett (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1255
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Title: |
Improve Higher Education For Students With A Disability |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/09/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/22/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to improve postsecondary education outcomes for students with a disability. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the department of higher education (department)
to submit, as a part of its annual State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearing, data related to postsecondary outcomes for students with a disability. The department shall gather the data in collaboration with institutions of higher education (institutions).
The bill creates the postsecondary services advisory committee
(committee) in the department for the purpose of making recommendations to institutions and the general assembly concerning necessary services and best practices to improve successful outcomes for students with disabilities at institutions. The committee is required to complete and submit a report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate by June 15, 2023, and June 14, 2024. The committee is repealed on June 30, 2024.
| House Sponsors | M. Bradfield (R) D. Ortiz (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (04/21/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) House: M. Bradfield (R) D. Ortiz (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1259
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Title: |
Modifications To Colorado Works Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/23/2022 | Description | Concerning modifications to the Colorado works program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Human Services | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill allows the state board of human services (state board) to
utilize eligibility processes from other public assistance or entitlement programs when promulgating rules for redetermining and verifying eligibility for the Colorado works program (works program).
When determining income requirements for the works program,
the bill requires the department of human services (state department) to use an income conversion ratio for converting weekly and biweekly income to a monthly amount using the lowest ratio or methodology that
results in the lowest monthly income amount allowable under federal law.
Current law prohibits a person convicted of a drug-related felony
offense from being eligible for assistance under the works program unless the person is determined by a county department of human or social services to have taken action toward rehabilitation. The bill removes the ban on eligibility.
The bill requires the state board to promulgate rules establishing
statewide standards and procedures that require counties to offer an extension:
Beyond the 60-month lifetime maximum for all households that demonstrate good cause, which includes an applicant or participant who is a child-only case, the head of a single parent household and has a child under one year of age, experiencing hardship, or addressing family or medical needs; and
From work requirements to all households that demonstrate good cause, which includes for an applicant or participant who is the head of a single-parent household and has a child under one year of age, experiencing hardship, or addressing family or medical needs.
The bill requires the state department to annually review and
promulgate rules as necessary to update the standard of need to ensure the standard of need is equitable, promotes economic mobility and self-sufficiency, and reflects the current economic status of the state.
The bill requires the state department to disregard any earned
income for at least the first 6 months an applicant or participant is employed while enrolled in the works program. The bill requires that the state department determine the amount of earned income that must be disregarded after the first 6 months and ensure a gradual step down of the amount of earned income disregarded and that the appropriate work supports are made available to the applicant or participant.
Current law requires the state department to ensure the amount of
a basic cash assistance grant that an applicant or participant receives is equal to or exceeds 102% of the need standard for a participant in a similarly sized household on January 1, 2008. By the 2027-28 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the bill requires the amount of the basic cash assistance grant to equal or exceed 50% of the federal poverty guidelines established by the federal department of health and human services for a similarly sized household for that fiscal year.
No later than January 1, 2023, the bill requires the state department
to begin phasing in the increase in basic cash assistance that is equal to or exceeds 50% of the federal poverty guidelines.
The bill requires a county department to attempt to contact each
participant using each method of communication provided by the participant in order to conduct exit and follow-up interviews upon case
closure. The bill expands the purpose of the exit and follow-up interviews to include evaluating the participant's experience with the works program, how well the program met the participant's needs and assisted the participant in meeting the participant's goals, and informing the state department of any changes to rules that are needed to improve the participant's experience.
The bill requires the state department to monitor impacts to
counties' workload in the works program and consult with counties regarding additional need for money to administer the works program.
Beginning January 2023, and each January thereafter, the state
department is required to submit a report to the general assembly on the effectiveness of the works program.
Current law requires the state board to promulgate rules that
require a percentage reduction in the basic cash assistance grant upon the imposition of a sanction affecting the grant, with the percentage to be specified in the rules but not to be less than 25%. The bill requires the percentage not to exceed one dollar.
No later than September 30, 2022, the bill requires the state
department to develop an outreach and engagement plan to promote access to the works program for eligible persons.
| House Sponsors | M. Duran (D) I. Jodeh (D) | Senate Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: D. Moreno (D) House: M. Duran (D) I. Jodeh (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1273
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Title: |
Protections For Elections Officials |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/15/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/25/2022 | Description | Concerning protections for election officials. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill makes it unlawful for a person to threaten, coerce, or
intimidate, or attempt to threaten, coerce, or intimidate, an election official with the intent to interfere with the performance of the official's duties or with the intent to retaliate against the official for the performance of the official's duties. The prohibition does not apply to an enforcement action taken by the secretary of state to enforce state election laws.
The bill also prohibits a person from making the personal
information of an election official or an election official's immediate family publicly available on the internet if the person knows or reasonably should know that doing so will pose an imminent and serious threat to the election official or the election official's immediate family. There is a presumption that dissemination of the personal information of an election official or the election official's immediate family poses an imminent and serious threat if a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency has issued a safety warning or advisory that applies to the election official. For the purposes of this restriction, election official is defined to include a county clerk and recorder, a municipal clerk, an election judge, a member of a canvassing board, a member of a board of county commissioners, a member or secretary of a board of directors authorized to conduct public elections, a representative of a governing body, or any other person contracted for or engaged in the performance of election duties.
An election worker may file a request with a state or local official
to remove personal information from records that the official makes available on the internet. The request must include an affirmation under penalty of perjury that the election worker has reason to believe that the dissemination of the election worker's personal information on the internet poses an imminent and serious threat to the safety of the election worker. After receiving a request from an election worker, the state or local official is also required to deny access to the personal information in response to a request for records under the Colorado Open Records Act; except that certain individuals may access records maintained by a county recorder, county assessor, or county treasurer if such access is related to a real estate matter. For purposes of this protection, election worker is defined to include a county clerk and recorder, county election staff, a municipal clerk, municipal election staff, the secretary of state, and the secretary of state's election staff but does not include an election judge or a temporary employee.
| House Sponsors | M. Duran (D) E. Sirota (D) | Senate Sponsors | S. Fenberg (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Fenberg (D) House: M. Duran (D) E. Sirota (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1279
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Title: |
Reproductive Health Equity Act |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/23/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/03/2022 | Description | Concerning the codification of a person's fundamental right to make reproductive health-care decisions free from government interference. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill declares that every individual has a fundamental right to
use or refuse contraception; every pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.
The bill prohibits state and local public entities from:
Denying, restricting, interfering with, or discriminating against an individual's fundamental right to use or refuse contraception or to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion in the regulation or provision of benefits, services, information, or facilities; and
Depriving, through prosecution, punishment, or other means, an individual of the individual's right to act or refrain from acting during the individual's own pregnancy based on the potential, actual, or perceived impact on the pregnancy, the pregnancy's outcomes, or on the pregnant individual's health.
| House Sponsors | M. Froelich (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: M. Froelich (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1282
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Title: |
The Innovative Housing Incentive Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/20/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/07/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of the innovative housing incentive program. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the innovative housing incentive program
(program) within the office of economic development (office). A business located in Colorado that manufactures certain types of housing may apply for funding through the program. Funding may be awarded through grants for capital operating expenses and for incentives for units manufactured based on criteria established by the office, such as affordability, location
where the unit is installed in the state, or meeting energy efficiency standards. Or, funding may be awarded through loans for the purpose of funding a manufacturing factory. The bill creates the innovative housing incentive program fund, requires a $40 million transfer to the fund, and continuously appropriates all money in the fund to the office to fund the program.
| House Sponsors | M. Lynch (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Bridges (D) | House Committee | Business Affairs and Labor | Senate Committee | Business, Labor and Technology | Status | Governor Signed (05/20/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Bridges (D) House: M. Lynch (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1287
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Title: |
Protections For Mobile Home Park Residents |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/08/2022 | Description | Concerning protections for mobile home park residents, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill amends the Mobile Home Park Act and the Mobile
Home Park Act Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Program to:
Prohibit a landlord from increasing rent on a mobile home lot by an amount that exceeds the greater of inflation or 3 percentage points in any 12-month period;
Require the landlord or the landlord's representative to attend up to 2 public meetings for residents of the park each year at the request of the residents;
Clarify that a landlord is responsible for the cost of repairing any damage to a mobile home or lot that results from the landlord's failure to maintain the premises of the park;
Clarify the triggering events that demonstrate a park owner's intent to sell a park for purposes of providing notice to home owners and the method for giving notice;
Change the period in which a group or association of mobile home owners may make an offer to purchase the park from 90 to 180 days, and provide for tolling of that time period in certain circumstances;
Provide a right of first refusal for a public entity that accepts an assignment of a group or association of mobile home owners' opportunity to purchase;
Clarify the obligations of a landlord to provide notice to home owners concerning the terms and conditions of an offer to purchase the park that the landlord would accept and to negotiate in good faith with the home owners;
Require a landlord who changes the use of the land comprising the park to compensate a mobile home owner who has not given notice to terminate the lease or rental agreement and who is displaced by the change in use for the reasonable costs of relocating the mobile home to a location within 100 miles of the park, the fair market value of the mobile home before the change in use, or in the amount of $7,500 for a single-section mobile home or $10,000 for a multi-section mobile home;
Allow the department to enforce statutory provisions concerning the required notice of intent to sell or change the use of the land and the mobile home owners' opportunity to purchase by imposing a fine for a violation or filing for injunctive relief in district court;
Allow the attorney general to investigate and enforce statutory provisions providing protections for mobile home owners;
Allow a resident, local government, or a nonprofit to file a complaint with the division under the dispute resolution program;
Clarify the procedures and penalties that apply when a party does not respond to a subpoena from the division;
Allow the division to take immediate action in response to complaints or violations that will cause immediate harm to mobile home owners;
Prohibit landlords from harassing or coercing mobile home owners in an effort to require a mobile owner to sign an
agreement or to influence a decision by the home owner about an opportunity to purchase;
Establish criteria for when a mobile home park rule or regulation that limits a home owner's right to control the use, appearance, and structure of a mobile home is enforceable;
Prohibit a landlord from interfering with the mobile home owner's right to sell a mobile home to the buyer of his or her choice, except in limited circumstances;
Establish record retention requirements for landlords; and
Consolidate provisions concerning private rights of action for landlords, home owners, and residents, and establish penalties and remedies available in private actions.
| House Sponsors | A. Boesenecker (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: A. Boesenecker (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1289
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Title: |
Health Benefits For Colorado Children And Pregnant Persons |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/09/2022 | Description |
Concerning improving access to health benefits for economically insecure Colorado families by enhancing public health programs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill makes the following changes to health insurance coverage for low-income pregnant people and children in low-income families: • Provides full health insurance coverage for Colorado pregnant people who would be eligible for medicaid and the children's basic health plan (CHIP) if not for their
immigration status and continues that coverage for 12 months postpartum at the CHIP federal matching rate; • Provides comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Colorado children who would be eligible for medicaid and CHIP if not for their immigration status; • Requires the state department of health care policy and financing to create an outreach and enrollment strategy for enrolling eligible groups into new coverage options; • Makes comprehensive lactation supports and supplies, including breast pumps, a covered benefit for perinatal people on medicaid and CHIP; • Draws down federal funds to improve perinatal and postpartum support and requires that priorities for the funds be determined through a stakeholder process; • Permanently authorizes an existing survey of birthing parents, run by the state department of public health and environment and increases the ability of the survey to collect and report on the experiences of birthing people of color in Colorado; • Creates a special enrollment period for health insurance coverage due to pregnancy so that an eligible person can sign up for insurance as soon as the person becomes pregnant; and • Improves the quality of health insurance coverage available through the health insurance affordability enterprise.
| House Sponsors | J. McCluskie (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) D. Moreno (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) D. Moreno (D) House: J. McCluskie (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1302
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Title: |
Health-care Practice Transformation |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/06/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/16/2022 | Description | Concerning health-care practice transformation to support whole-person health through integrated care models, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the primary care and behavioral health statewide
integration grant program in the department of health care policy and financing to provide grants to primary care clinics for implementation of evidence-based clinical integration care models.
The bill requires the department of health care policy and
financing, in collaboration with the behavioral health administration and other agencies, to develop a universal contract for behavioral health services.
The bill makes an appropriation.
| House Sponsors | C. Kennedy (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (05/18/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: C. Kennedy (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1303
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Title: |
Increase Residential Behavioral Health Beds |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/26/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/16/2022 | Description |
Concerning an increase in the number of residential behavioral health beds, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill requires the department of human services (department) to renovate a building at the mental health institute at Fort Logan to create at least 16 additional civil beds for persons in need of residential behavioral health treatment. The bill authorizes the new beds to be used for persons needing competency restoration services until the backlog of
such persons is eliminated. The bill also directs the department and the department of health care policy and financing to create, develop, or contract to add at least 125 additional beds at mental health residential treatment facilities (treatment facilities) throughout the state for adults in need of ongoing supportive services. The bill requires treatment facilities to be licensed by the department of public health and environment as an assisted living facility or by the department as a behavioral health entity during the 2022-23 state fiscal year. Starting in the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the treatment facilities must be licensed by the behavioral health administration. The bill appropriates $65 million for the renovation of the building and the creation, development, or contracting for the new beds at treatment facilities.
| House Sponsors | J. Amabile (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) J. Smallwood (R) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (05/18/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) J. Smallwood (R) House: J. Amabile (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1304
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Title: |
State Grants Investments Local Affordable Housing |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/16/2022 | Description | Concerning state grants for investments in affordable housing at the local level, and, in connection therewith, creating the local investments in transformational affordable housing grant program and the infrastructure and strong communities grant program to invest in infill infrastructure projects that support affordable housing, and making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing- Local Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill creates 2 state grant programs:
The local investments in transformational affordable housing grant program (affordable housing grant program), administered by the division of housing (DOH) in the department of local affairs (department); and
The infrastructure and strong communities grant program (strong communities grant program), administered by the division of local government (DLG) in the department.
The affordable housing grant program provides grants to local
governments and nonprofit organizations to enable such entities to make investments in their communities or regions of the state in transformational affordable housing and housing related matters. The strong communities grant program provides grants to eligible local governments to enable local governments to invest in infill infrastructure projects that support affordable housing.
The strong communities grant program portion of the bill requires
a multi-agency group, comprised of DLG, the state energy office, and the department of transportation, with the assistance of stakeholders, to develop a list of sustainable land use best practices that will accomplish the goals of the grant program and improve a local government's viability in being considered for a grant award.
The bill requires both DOH and DLG to develop policies,
procedures, and guidelines governing the administration of the respective grant programs. The bill specifies how grant funding is to be prioritized and eligible uses of grant money awarded under the grant programs.
The bill creates 2 funds in the state treasury: The local investments
in transformational affordable housing fund and the infrastructure and strong communities grant program fund. The bill specifies requirements pertaining to the administration of these funds.
Both funds are initially supported with a transfer of a specified
amount of money from different funds.
Both grant programs are subject to reporting requirements
specified in the bill, and both grant programs are repealed by a date specified in the bill.
| House Sponsors | M. Bradfield (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Coleman (D) J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Governor Signed (06/01/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Coleman (D) J. Gonzales (D) House: M. Bradfield (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1314
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Title: |
Towing Carrier Nonconsensual Tows |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/21/2022 | Description |
Concerning the rights of a person with ownership interest in a vehicle that has been towed from private property without the person's consent, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Business & Economic Development- Transportation & Motor Vehicles | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Current law requires a towing carrier (carrier) to notify law enforcement, within 30 minutes after towing an abandoned vehicle, of the carrier's name and the storage location and description of the vehicle. The bill clarifies that the carrier is deemed to have complied if: • The carrier gave the location of the storage facility to law
enforcement when obtaining authorization for the tow; or • The carrier made 2 or more attempts within the 30 minutes after the tow to notify a law enforcement agency but was unsuccessful for reasons beyond the control of the carrier. When a carrier tows a vehicle without the owner's or lienholder's consent, current law requires the carrier to notify the department of revenue, the owner, and the lienholder of the tow between 2 and 10 days after the tow, thus imposing a 2-day waiting period before notification. The bill repeals this waiting period and instead requires notice within 10 days after the tow. The carrier is authorized to use a telephone to notify the owner or lienholder. Current law also denies the carrier daily storage fees if the carrier fails to reasonably notify the owner and lienholder. The bill forbids daily storage fees until the carrier has sent the required notice to the owner and lienholder. The bill requires that carriers that are towing a vehicle from private property without the owner's, operator's, or lienholder's consent: • Charge the same fees for tows made without the owner's consent as the carrier charges for tows made with the owner's consent. These fees must be filed with the public utilities commission (PUC) and posted at the carrier's storage location. • Accept cash and major credit cards, as defined by rule of the PUC, and, upon request, disclose the accepted forms of payment; • Not charge storage fees for a day on which the carrier did not store the vehicle; • Before connecting to a vehicle, photographically document the vehicle's condition and the reason for the tow. Failure to produce documentation of the vehicle's condition or the reason for the tow creates a rebuttable presumption that any damages to the vehicle were caused by the carrier or that the tow was not authorized. • Maintain an area at each storage facility with lighting adequate to inspect a vehicle for damage; • Upon demand of the owner, retrieve the vehicle or the contents of the towed vehicle or allow the owner to retrieve the vehicle or the contents; • Obtain authorization from the property owner, leaseholder, or common interest community within 24 hours before towing a vehicle from private property; • Give 24 hours' written notice before removing a vehicle from a parking spot or the common areas of a condominium, cooperative, apartment, or mobile home park; • Upon request, provide evidence of the carrier's insurance coverages; • Have a sign at storage facilities that states the name, telephone number, and hours of operation of the carrier's business; • Upon request, provide an itemized bill showing each charge and the rate for each fee that the person has incurred; • Give a written notice of the ability to make a complaint to the PUC; • To perform a nonconsensual tow, other than for an abandoned motor vehicle, from private property normally used for parking, the property owner must have provided adequate signs communicating the parking regulations that subject a vehicle to being towed; and • Unless ordered by a peace officer, not tow a vehicle from private property because the rear license plate shows the vehicle registration is expired. A carrier's mechanic's lien is abolished if the carrier tows a vehicle from private property without the owner's, operator's, or lienholder's consent. If a carrier fails to comply with the provisions of the bill, the carrier may not charge or retain any fees or charges for the services performed with respect to the vehicle and must return any fees it collected with respect to the vehicle. It is an affirmative defense in any action to collect towing fees that the carrier failed to comply with these provisions. If a carrier damages a vehicle or violates these provisions in a manner that causes damages and refuses to reimburse the owner, operator, or lienholder, the owner or lienholder may recover attorney fees. The carrier and an owner or lienholder may use mediation to resolve disputes involving nonconsensual tows. Any mediated agreement may be submitted to the office of tow hearings (office), which is created in the bill, and a court, both of which are authorized to enforce the agreement. The office is created within the PUC to adjudicate disputes between carriers and owners or lienholders when a vehicle is towed from private property without the owner's or lienholder's consent. The office will employ hearing officers or use administrative law judges to govern proceedings and to hold hearings to determine whether a carrier violated the law or caused damages. The office may order carriers to reimburse owners or lienholders, and this reimbursement may include attorney fees. The final actions of the office are subject to judicial review in accordance with the State Administrative Procedure Act. Carriers are required to record certain information about each nonconsensual tow, retain the information in their records for 3 years, and produce the records within 48 hours upon request. A carrier is prohibited from paying money or other valuable consideration to a landowner or business for the privilege of nonconsensually towing vehicles. It is a deceptive trade practice to violate the provisions of the bill, and the attorney general is responsible for enforcement.
| House Sponsors | N. Ricks (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Business Affairs and Labor | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: N. Ricks (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1345
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Title: |
Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/28/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to increase protections from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill enacts the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl
Chemicals Consumer Protection Act to establish a regulatory scheme that collects information from product manufacturers regarding the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS chemicals) in their products and phases out the sale or distribution of products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. Section 1 requires
manufacturers of products that are sold or distributed in the state and that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals to provide written notification (notification) to the executive director (executive director) of the Colorado department of public health and environment (department) that provides:
The trade name of the product;
A description of the purpose that PFAS chemicals serve in the product;
Contact information for the manufacturer; and
Any additional information required by the executive director.
For manufacturers that were already selling or distributing a
product containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the state before January 1, 2025, the notification must be made no later than 30 days before January 1, 2025. For manufacturers that begin to sell or distribute a product containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the state on or after January 1, 2025, the notification must be made at least 30 days after the manufacturer begins selling or distributing the product in the state.
No later than 30 days after the executive director receives a
notification, the executive director shall publish the trade name of the product and manufacturer name on the department's website. A manufacturer submitting the notification to the executive director must pay a fee established by the executive director. The fee will be credited to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances cash fund (fund).
On and after January 1, 2024, a person shall not sell or distribute
in the state any products in the following product categories if the products contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals:
Carpets or rugs;
Cookware;
Cosmetics;
Fabric treatments;
Food packaging;
Juvenile products;
Oil and gas products;
Textile furnishings; and
Upholstered furniture.
No later than January 1, 2025, the executive director will identify
by rule a list of priority products and priority product categories. No later than December 31, 2027, the executive director will promulgate rules prohibiting the sale or distribution of said priority products or priority product categories that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals and that have not been exempted by the executive director.
No later than January 1, 2028, the executive director will identify
by rule another list of priority products or priority product categories. No
later than December 31, 2030, the executive director will promulgate rules prohibiting the sale or distribution of said priority products or priority product categories that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals and that have not been exempted by the executive director.
A manufacturer or consumer that applies for an exemption for a
priority product or priority product category identified by the executive director must pay a fee established by the executive director. The fee will be credited to the fund.
Section 2 includes products that do not contain intentionally added
PFAS chemicals in the definition of environmentally preferable products for the purposes of state agency procurement.
The bill also:
Defines certain terminology (section 3);
As of January 1, 2024, repeals the exemption for gasoline distribution facilities, refineries, and chemical plants from the restriction (sales restriction) on the sale of class B firefighting foam (firefighting foam) that contains PFAS chemicals (section 4);
As of January 1, 2024, allows the executive director to grant a temporary exemption from the sales restriction for the purchase of firefighting foam that is used to extinguish class B fires at a facility that engages in the wholesale distribution of crude petroleum (section 4);
Requires a person that uses firefighting foam to prohibit a release of the firefighting foam into the environment, fully contain the firefighting foam during its use, safely store the firefighting foam, and report certain information to the water quality spills hotline within 24 hours if there is a release of the firefighting foam into the environment (section 5);
Requires a person that uses firefighting foam to report its use to the water quality spills hotline within 24 hours after the use (section 5); and
Authorizes the attorney general to enforce laws regulating firefighting foams that contain PFAS chemicals (section 6).
| House Sponsors | M. Bradfield (R) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) House: M. Bradfield (R) |
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Bill:
HB22-1348
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Title: |
Oversight Of Chemicals Used In Oil & Gas |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/12/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/28/2022 | Description |
Concerning enhanced oversight of the chemicals used in oil and gas production, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill establishes a regulatory scheme that requires disclosure of certain chemical information for products used in downhole oil and gas operations (chemical disclosure information). On or before July 31, 2023, the oil and gas conservation commission (commission) is required to utilize or develop a chemical disclosure website to collect and share certain chemical disclosure information to the public (chemical disclosure
website). On and after July 31, 2023, a manufacturer that sells or distributes a chemical product for use in underground oil and gas operations (downhole operations) in the state must disclose to the commission: • The trade name of the chemical product; • A list of the names of each chemical used in the chemical product; • The estimated amount of each chemical used in the chemical product; and • A description of the intended purpose of the chemical used in the chemical product. The manufacturer must also provide the commission with a declaration that the chemical product contains no intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. For manufacturers that were already selling or distributing a chemical product for use in downhole operations in the state before July 31, 2023, the disclosure and declaration must be made at least 30 days before July 31, 2023. For manufacturers that begin to sell or distribute a chemical product for use in downhole operations in the state on or after July 31, 2023, the disclosure and declaration must be made at least 30 days before the manufacturer begins selling or distributing the chemical product. On and after July 31, 2023, an operator of downhole operations using a chemical product must disclose to the commission: • The date of commencement of downhole operations; • The county of the well site where downhole operations are being conducted; • The numerical identifier assigned by the American Petroleum Institute to the well where downhole operations are being conducted; and • The trade names and quantities of any chemical products the operator plans to use in downhole operations. The operator must also provide the commission with a declaration that the chemical product contains no intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. For downhole operations that commenced before July 31, 2023, and that will be ongoing on July 31, 2023, the disclosure and declaration must be made at least 75 days before July 31, 2023. For downhole operations that commence on or after July 31, 2023, the disclosure and declaration must be made at least 75 days before commencement of downhole operations. The commission will use the chemical disclosure information to create a chemical disclosure list for each well site, which will include: • An alphabetical list of names of chemicals that will be used in downhole operations at the well site; and • The total estimated amount of each chemical that will be used at the well site. The commission will post each chemical disclosure list on the chemical disclosure website. The commission shall provide the chemical disclosure list to the applicable operator within 7 days after the operator's disclosures. Prior to the commencement of downhole operations, the operator is required to disclose the chemical disclosure list to communities near where downhole operations will be conducted, local public water administrators, and, if there is a high-priority habitat near where downhole operations are being conducted, the division of parks and wildlife. For downhole operations that commenced before July 31, 2023, and that will be ongoing on July 31, 2023, the disclosure of the chemical disclosure list by the operator to these entities must be made at least 60 days before July 31, 2023. For downhole operations that commence on or after July 31, 2023, the disclosure of the chemical disclosure list by the operator to these entities must be made at least 60 days before commencement of downhole operations. If a manufacturer believes that any information that will be included on a chemical disclosure list is a trade secret, the manufacturer must file a trade secret claim with the commission. If the commission determines that the information covered by the trade secret claim constitutes a trade secret, the commission shall not include the information in any applicable chemical disclosure list. On or before July 31, 2023, the commission must promulgate rules that set standards for the disclosure of the chemical disclosure information to: • An officer or employee of the United States, the state, or a local government in connection with the officer's or employee's official duties; • Contractors of the United States, the state, or a local government if the commission determines that the disclosure is necessary for performance of a contract or the protection of public health and safety; • A health-care professional in connection with an emergency or with diagnosing or treating a patient; and • In order to protect public safety, a person who is employed in public health or a scientist or researcher employed by an institution of higher education. No later than February 1, 2025, and no later than February 1 each year thereafter, the commission shall submit and present an annual report to the general assembly based on the chemical disclosure information.
| House Sponsors | M. Froelich (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: M. Froelich (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1355
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Title: |
Producer Responsibility Program For Recycling |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/26/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/31/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of the producer responsibility program for statewide recycling, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment- Public Health | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | On or before June 1, 2023, the executive director (executive
director) of the Colorado department of public health and environment (department) must designate a nonprofit organization (organization) to implement and manage a statewide program (program) that provides recycling services to covered entities in the state, which are defined as residences, businesses, schools, government buildings, and public places.
The program is funded by annual dues (producer responsibility dues) paid by producers of products that use covered materials (producers). Covered materials are defined as packaging materials and paper products that are sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the state.
The bill creates the producer responsibility program for statewide
recycling advisory board (advisory board) that consists of members who have expertise in recycling programs and are knowledgeable about recycling services in the different geographic regions of the state.
Prior to the implementation of the program, the organization must:
On or before September 1, 2023, hire an independent third party to conduct an assessment of the recycling services currently provided in the state and the recycling needs in the state that are not being met (needs assessment);
On or before April 1, 2024, report the results of the needs assessment to the advisory board and the executive director; and
On or before February 1, 2025, after soliciting input from the advisory board and other key stakeholders, submit a plan proposal for the program (plan proposal) to the advisory board and executive director.
The plan proposal will initially cover recycling services only for
residential covered entities. The plan proposal must:
Describe how the organization will meet certain convenience standards and statewide recycling, collection, and postconsumer-recycled-content rates (rates);
Establish a funding mechanism through the collection of producer responsibility dues that covers the organization's costs in implementing the program and the costs of the department in overseeing the program;
Establish an objective formula to reimburse 100% of the net recycling services costs of public and private recycling service providers (providers) performing services under the program;
Provide a list of covered materials (minimum recyclable list) that providers performing services under the program must collect to be eligible for reimbursement under the program;
Set minimum rate targets that the state will strive to meet by January 1, 2030, and January 1, 2035, and describe how the state can meet increased rates after 2035; and
Describe a process and timeline, beginning no later than 2028, to expand recycling services to applicable nonresidential covered entities.
As part of the program, the organization must:
Utilize and expand on providers' existing recycling services
to provide statewide recycling services at no charge to covered entities for all covered materials on the minimum recyclable list;
Develop and implement a statewide education and outreach program on the recycling and reuse of covered materials;
Contract with an independent third party to conduct an annual audit of the program; and
Submit an annual report to the advisory board and the executive director describing the progress of the program (annual report).
Effective July 1, 2025, a producer may not sell or distribute any
products that use covered materials in the state unless the producer is participating in the program or, after January 1, 2029, as set forth in an additional producer responsibility program that has been approved by the executive director.
The advisory board has the following duties:
Advise the organization on the needs assessment;
Review the needs assessment;
Review the plan proposal and make recommendations to the executive director regarding its approval or rejection;
Review any necessary amendments to the program, make recommendations on the amendments to the organization, and then make recommendations to the executive director regarding approval or rejection of the amendments;
Review the annual report submitted by the organization; and
Consult with the organization on the development and updating of the minimum recyclable list.
The bill establishes an administrative penalty for the organization's
or a producer's violation of the relevant statutes and rules. The collected penalties are deposited into the recycling resources economic opportunity fund.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) J. Gonzales (D) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1361
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Title: |
Oil And Gas Reporting |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/04/2022 | Description |
Concerning measures to enhance oversight of oil and gas operations within the state.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill requires: • No later than January 1, 2023, the oil and gas conservation commission (commission) to promulgate rules to require an oil and gas operator to conduct meter certification and calibration on an annual basis and submit an annual report to the commission that describes the results of that meter
certification and calibration; • No later than February 1, 2025, the state auditor to select a random sample of operators (random sample) and provide the list of operators in the random sample to the commission, the executive director of the department of revenue (executive director), and the division of administration in the department of public health and environment (division); • No later than April 15, 2025, the commission, executive director, and division to submit certain reporting information for the operators in the random sample for calendar year 2023 and other information to the state auditor; • No later than May 1, 2025, the state auditor to commence conducting or cause to be conducted a performance audit based on the information submitted by the commission, the executive director, and the division; and • No later than March 1, 2026, the state auditor to prepare a report and recommendations based on the performance audit, which the state auditor will present to the legislative audit committee. The bill also establishes a maximum penalty of $1,000 per day per violation for oil and gas operators in relation to violations related to the filing of air pollution emission notices with the division.
| House Sponsors | A. Boesenecker (D) | Senate Sponsors | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: A. Boesenecker (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1362
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Title: |
Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/13/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/07/2022 | Description | Concerning the reduction of building greenhouse gas emissions, and, in connection therewith, requiring the director of the Colorado energy office and the executive director of the department of local affairs to appoint an energy code board that develops two model codes, requiring local governments and certain state agencies to adopt and enforce codes that are consistent with the model codes developed by the energy code board, creating the building electrification for public buildings grant program, creating the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program, and establishing the clean air building investments fund. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy- Local Government- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the Colorado energy office (office) to identify for
adoption 3 sets of model code language:
Model electric and solar ready code language;
Model low energy and carbon code language; and
Model green code language.
On or before January 1, 2025, municipalities, counties, the office
of the state architect, the division of housing, and the division of fire prevention and control shall adopt and enforce an energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy performance than the 2021 international energy conservation code and the model electric and solar ready code language identified for adoption by the office.
On or before January 1, 2030, municipalities, counties, the office
of the state architect, the division of housing, and the division of fire prevention and control shall adopt and enforce an energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy and carbon emissions performance than the model low energy and carbon code language identified for adoption by the office.
In the event of a conflict between the 2021 international energy
conservation code, the 2024 international energy conservation code, or any of these 3 sets of model code language and either the Colorado plumbing code or the national electric code, the Colorado plumbing code or the national electric code prevails.
The bill creates 2 primary grant programs:
The building electrification for public buildings grant program to provide grants to local governments, school districts, state agencies, and special districts for the installation of high-efficiency electric heating equipment; and
The high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program to provide grants to local governments, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and housing developers for the installation of high-efficiency electric heating equipment in multiple structures within a neighborhood.
The bill establishes the clean air building investments fund, a continuously appropriated cash fund, to fund the creation, implementation, and administration of both of these grant programs.
The bill also requires the following transfers from the general
fund:
$3 million to the energy fund created for the Colorado energy office to issue grants and provide training related to the 2021 international energy conservation code, electric and solar ready codes, and low energy and carbon codes;
$10 million to the clean air building investments fund for the creation, implementation, and administration of the building electrification for public buildings grant program; and
$12 million to the clean air building investments fund for the creation, implementation, and administration of the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program.
| House Sponsors | A. Valdez (D) T. Bernett (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) C. Hansen (D) House: A. Valdez (D) T. Bernett (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1376
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Title: |
Supportive Learning Environments For K-12 Students |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/04/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/14/2022 | Description | Concerning supportive learning environments for K-12 students, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Children & Domestic Matters- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the department of education (department) to
compile data and create reports based on information received from school districts and charter schools (schools) related to chronic absenteeism rates, the number of in-school and out-of-school suspensions, the number of expulsions, the number of students handcuffed or restrained, the number of referrals to law enforcement, and the number of
school-related arrests. The department shall annually update and post such data and reports on its website.
The department shall create easily accessible and user-friendly
school district profiles relating to school climate, including school climate surveys.
Restrictions concerning the use of restraints on students are
increased, including providing, creating, and implementing training for school staff and school security staff on the use of restraints and adding restrictions to the use of restraints on students.
The department is required to develop a policy for hiring, training,
and evaluating school resource officers.
For the state fiscal year 2022-23, the bill requires an additional
appropriation of $2 million to the department to continue the expelled and at-risk student services program for the purpose of providing services and supports to develop effective attendance and discipline systems, to address educational inequities and disproportionate discipline practices, and to offer staff training and technical assistance to ensure the culturally responsive implementation of services and supports.
| House Sponsors | L. Herod (D) M. Young (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) House: L. Herod (D) M. Young (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1377
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Title: |
Grant Program Providing Responses To Homelessness |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of the connecting Coloradans experiencing homelessness with services, recovery care, and housing supports grant program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Human Services | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the connecting Coloradans experiencing
homelessness with services, treatment, and housing supports grant program (grant program), administered by the division of housing (division) in the department of local affairs (department).
The grant program provides grants to local governments and
nonprofit organizations to enable those entities to make investments and improvements in their communities or regions of the state to address and respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
The bill requires the division to develop policies, procedures, and
guidelines governing the administration of the grant program. The bill specifies how grant funding is to be awarded and the eligible uses of grant money awarded under the grant program. The bill specifies requirements for grant recipients.
The bill creates the connecting Coloradans experiencing
homelessness with services, treatment, and housing supports fund (fund) in the department. The bill specifies requirements pertaining to the administration of the fund. The bill requires a transfer of $105 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the fund to administer the grant program.
The bill sets forth specified reporting requirements pertaining to
the grant program.
The bill requires the department, in conjunction with the
department of health care policy and financing, to report to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, and to its committee of reference during its State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearing, any results, recommendations, and federal implications concerning any supportive housing pilot program currently being administered by the department in conjunction with the department of health care policy and financing.
The bill requires the division to report on the activities of the grant
program as part of the regular annual public report prepared by the division on affordable and emergency housing spending.
| House Sponsors | S. Woodrow (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) C. Kolker (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) C. Kolker (D) House: S. Woodrow (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1378
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Title: |
Denver-metro Regional Navigation Campus Grant |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campus grant to address homelessness, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill directs the division of housing in the department of local
affairs (division) to award a grant to a local government in the Denver metropolitan area or a community partner in conjunction with a local government in order to build or acquire, and then facilitate, a regional navigation campus to respond to and prevent homelessness.
The bill requires the division, in collaboration with the department
of human services and the behavioral health administration in the department of human services, to establish the application requirements, review applications, select a grant recipient, and ensure the grant is only awarded after a fair and rigorous open competition among eligible applicants.
The bill creates the regional navigation campus cash fund and
requires the state treasurer to transfer $50 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the regional navigation campus cash fund on July 1, 2022.
| House Sponsors | I. Jodeh (D) | Senate Sponsors | C. Hansen (D) J. Coleman (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: C. Hansen (D) J. Coleman (D) House: I. Jodeh (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1381
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Title: |
Colorado Energy Office Geothermal Energy Grant Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a geothermal energy grant program to facilitate the development of geothermal energy resources. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Business & Economic Development- Energy- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the geothermal energy grant program (grant
program) in the Colorado energy office (office) within the office of the governor. The grant program offers 3 types of grants:
The single-structure geothermal grant, which is awarded to applicants that are constructing new buildings and that are
installing a geothermal system as the primary heating system for the building;
The community district heating grant, which is awarded to support ground-source, water-source, or multisource thermal systems that serve more than one building; and
The geothermal electricity generation grant, which is awarded to support the development of geothermal electricity generation and hydrogen generation produced from geothermal energy.
The bill sets qualifications, limits, and standards for awarding the grants.
A grantee is prohibited from using the money for any purpose not
specified in statute or in the grant application. Using the grant money for another purpose subjects the grantee to a civil action seeking repayment.
The bill creates the geothermal energy grant fund (fund).The grant
money in the fund is allocated in the following percentages:
Up to 40% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants for cost-matching public-private partnerships to support the development of geothermal electricity generation and resource development, which may include hydrogen generation produced from geothermal energy;
Up to 60% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants for constructing new buildings and remodeling existing buildings using geothermal heating, and one-fourth of the money must be awarded to eligible entities from or projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and
Up to 25% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants to support the development of district heating systems in new construction or to retrofit existing buildings.
The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to implement
the grant program. The state treasurer will transfer $20 million from the general fund to the fund.
The office administers the grant program and, in doing so, must
develop and apply criteria for evaluating and awarding grant applications that:
Prioritize projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and
Maximize the number of additional projects that would otherwise not occur without grant money.
Each grantee must submit an annual report to the office for 2 years
following receipt of a grant award. By February 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the office must submit a report to the transportation and energy committee of the senate and the energy and environment committee of the house of representatives. The report must include:
The grant expenditures;
The percentage of each type of grant awarded;
The total amount of matching funds that grantees provided to receive a grant;
The percentage of grants awarded to and for projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and
To the extent available, the effects of the grants on gas use, electricity use, emissions, and energy costs.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) B. Titone (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: H. McKean (R) B. Titone (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1391
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Title: |
Modifications To Severance Tax |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/19/2022 | Description |
Concerning the state severance tax on oil and gas, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Revenue & Budget | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Joint Budget Committee. The bill changes the calculation of the ad valorem credit allowed against the state severance tax on oil and gas. In tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2024, the credit for ad valorem taxes is calculated on a per-well basis for wells that are not exempt from taxation by applying the prior year's mill levy to the current year's gross income multiplied by an assessment rate of 87.5%, and taking 87.5% of that amount for the credit. This calculation is simplified to multiplying 76.56% of the gross income of the well by the mill levy fixed
in the prior calendar year. A working group consisting of the director of the office of state planning and budgeting and the executive directors of the departments of revenue, natural resources, education, and local affairs, or their designees, is required to develop an implementation plan for making additional changes to the state severance tax on oil and gas. The implementation plan must make recommendations concerning the steps necessary to change the legal incidence of tax from interest owners to operators while maintaining revenue neutrality, require electronic filing of returns for severance taxes, and require additional electronic data collection to the tax.
| House Sponsors | J. McCluskie (D) | Senate Sponsors | C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: C. Hansen (D) House: J. McCluskie (D) |
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Bill:
HB22-1394
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Title: |
Fund Just Transition Community And Worker Supports |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/20/2022 | Description |
Concerning funding for just transition programs to assist communities with economic transitions, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy- Labor & Employment- State Government- State Revenue & Budget | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill transfers $15 million from the general fund, with $5 million allocated to the just transition cash fund and $10 million allocated to the coal transition workforce assistance program account, and directs the department of labor and employment, through the just transition office, to expend the money for specified coal community and worker supports.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Business, Labor and Technology | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House:
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Bill:
HB22-1413
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Title: |
Remote Testimony Before Legislative Committees |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/29/2022 | Description |
Concerning authority for the executive committee of the legislative council to allow remote testimony before legislative committees, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
Under current law, the legislative council committee of the general assembly is permitted to establish policies allowing legislative committees to take remote testimony from one or more centralized remote sites around the state. The bill would allow the executive committee of the legislative council to establish policies allowing legislative
committees to take testimony from government officials and employees and the public.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) | Senate Sponsors | S. Fenberg (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | Appropriations | Status | Governor Signed (06/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Fenberg (D) House: H. McKean (R) |
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Bill:
SB22-003
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Title: |
Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning permitting community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to certain students. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under existing law, community colleges may offer a bachelor of
science degree in nursing as a completion degree to students who have or are pursuing an associate degree in nursing. The bill permits community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a certificate in nursing.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | J. Buckner (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (04/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Buckner (D) House:
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Bill:
SB22-004
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Title: |
Evidence-based Training In Science Of Reading |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to support evidence-based literacy instruction for students in early grades, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | By the beginning of the 2023-24 school year and continuing
thereafter, the bill requires each school district, board of cooperative services, and charter school (local education provider) to ensure that the principal in a school that serves kindergarten or any of grades one through 3 and each school district administrator with responsibility that pertains to programs in kindergarten or any of grades one through 3 to
successfully complete evidence-based training in the science of reading. The local education provider may request a one-year extension from the state board of education to ensure that the teachers, principals, and administrators whom it employs meet the training requirements. Each local education provider must submit to the department of education (department) evidence that it is in compliance with the principal and administrator training requirements to receive per-pupil intervention money in a budget year.
The bill requires the board of trustees for each public library to
adopt a policy by January 1, 2023, to support parents and children in improving literacy through the science of reading. The policy must include a requirement that:
Each librarian successfully complete evidence-based training in the science of reading;
The director of the board of trustees maintain an accurate list on the library website of the librarians who successfully complete the training; and
The director of the board of trustees identify materials and activities for parents and children to improve literacy and ensure that the materials and activities are available in the public library and are updated monthly.
Upon request of a local education provider or the board of trustees
of a public library, the department shall provide training in the science of reading to principals and administrators of the local education provider and librarians of the public library for free.
The bill directs the state librarian to work with public libraries
throughout the state to facilitate access to evidence-based training in the science of reading for librarians and assist in identifying materials and activities for parents and children to improve literacy.
| House Sponsors | J. McCluskie (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Bridges (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Bridges (D) House: J. McCluskie (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-007
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Title: |
Increase Wildfire Risk Mitigation Outreach Efforts |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/12/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning outreach to the public relating to wildfire risk mitigation practices, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The bill requires the
Colorado state forest service (forest service) to convene a working group (working group) that includes the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety (DFPC) and the United States forest service (USFS), and that may include other local, state, or federal partners and entities engaged in wildfire risk mitigation in the wildland-urban
interface (WUI).
The working group shall consider how best to conduct enhanced
wildfire awareness month outreach campaigns in 2023 and 2024, as well as other outreach efforts that inform and motivate residents in the WUI to engage in more wildfire risk mitigation. The working group's considerations also include how best to distribute educational resources and information and which methods of outreach are most effective in reaching the targeted audience.
After considering feedback from the working group, and subject
to available appropriations, the forest service shall implement an enhanced wildfire awareness month outreach campaign in conjunction with the DFPC and the USFS in 2023 and 2024, as well as other outreach efforts in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years.
In implementing an enhanced wildfire awareness month outreach
campaign and other outreach efforts, the forest service may, subject to available appropriations:
Develop or contract for the development or placement of marketing and educational materials, including videos, direct mail, social media, print media, television and radio spots, and billboards;
Conduct or contract for educational events targeted to residents in the WUI;
Retain consultants, as necessary, to implement all or part of an outreach campaign, as well as other outreach efforts;
Make enhancements to the forest service's web-based clearinghouse for technical assistance and funding resources and coordinate with working group partners and other entities to provide links to web-based educational resources and information; and
Secure necessary staff to implement the outreach efforts.
The bill requires the state forester to report to the wildfire matters
review committee during the 2023 and 2024 legislative interims concerning the outreach efforts implemented pursuant to the bill, including the amount and use of money appropriated for outreach efforts and the impact of those efforts in increasing awareness of wildfire risk mitigation in the WUI.
| House Sponsors | M. Snyder (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: M. Snyder (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-008
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Title: |
Higher Education Support For Foster Youth |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/22/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning postsecondary education support for certain students who have been in out-of-home placement, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Children & Domestic Matters- Higher Education | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee. The bill
requires all public higher education institutions (institutions) in Colorado to waive undergraduate tuition and fees for Colorado resident students who have been in foster care or, following an adjudication as neglected or dependent, in noncertified kinship care in Colorado at any time on or after reaching the age of 13 (qualifying students). The institutions are
required to designate an employee to serve as a liaison to qualifying or prospective qualifying students.
Under existing law, school districts and the state charter school
institute must designate an employee to act as the child welfare education liaison. The bill requires child welfare education liaisons to provide students in out-of-home placement with information and assistance regarding the tuition waiver for qualifying students.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) B. McLachlan (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) R. Zenzinger (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) R. Zenzinger (D) House: H. McKean (R) B. McLachlan (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-019
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Title: |
Access To Suppressed Court Eviction Records |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/07/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning access to automatically suppressed court records of eviction proceedings. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Courts & Judicial | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under existing law, a court record in an eviction proceeding is
automatically suppressed and only available to judges; court staff; a party to the case and, if represented, the party's attorneys; authorized judicial department staff; and a person with a valid court order authorizing access to the court record. The bill permits an attorney, with permission of a party included in a suppressed court record, to access the record for the
purpose of providing legal advice to, or evaluating whether to enter an appearance on behalf of, the party included in the record.
| House Sponsors | S. Woodrow (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Judiciary | Status | Governor Signed (03/15/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: S. Woodrow (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-029
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Title: |
Investment Water Speculation |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/13/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2022 | Description | Concerning water speculation in the state. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Water | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Water Resources Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill
prohibits a purchaser of agricultural water rights that are represented by shares in a mutual ditch company from engaging in investment water speculation. Investment water speculation is the purchase of agricultural water rights that are represented by shares in a mutual ditch company in the state with the intent, at the time of purchase, to profit from an increase in the water's value in a subsequent transaction or by receiving payment from another person for nonuse of all or a portion of the water subject to
the water right.
On or after January 1, 2023, the state engineer or the state
engineer's designee (state engineer) may investigate complaints of investment water speculation. If a purchaser holds, or by virtue of a proposed sale or transfer, will hold at least a minimum percent of the shares in a mutual ditch company, about which minimum percent the mutual ditch company must determine and notify the state engineer on or before December 31, 2022, there is a rebuttable presumption that the purchaser is engaged in investment water speculation. The state engineer may fine a purchaser up to $10,000 for a violation and require, for a period of up to 2 years after a fine has been imposed, that any sale or transfer of shares in a mutual ditch company to the purchaser be subject to approval by the state engineer.
If the state engineer believes that a complaint is frivolous or was
filed for the purpose of harassing a seller or purchaser, the state engineer may refer the matter to the attorney general's office for the attorney general or the attorney general's designee (attorney general) to investigate and, if the attorney general determines that enforcement is warranted, bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction alleging the complaint is frivolous or was filed for the purpose of harassment. If the attorney general prevails in the civil action, the court may fine a complainant up to $1,000, prohibit the complainant from filing any complaints alleging investment water speculation for up to one year, and grant attorney fees and court costs. Section 3 authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action against a complainant if the state engineer refers the matter to the attorney general.
Section 2 requires the board of directors of a mutual ditch
company to determine the minimum percent of agricultural water rights held by all of the shareholders in the mutual ditch company that a purchaser holds or, by virtue of the sale or transfer of shares in the mutual ditch company, will hold that creates a rebuttable presumption that the purchaser is engaging in investment water speculation.
| House Sponsors | K. McCormick (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Status | Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Lay Over Amended (04/21/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: K. McCormick (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-039
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Title: |
Funding For Educational Opportunities |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/16/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/14/2022 | Description | Concerning funding for educational opportunities, and, in connection therewith, creating a scholarship program for students to pursue educational opportunities. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Strongly Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $723 million from
the general fund to the state education fund for the 2022-23 budget year.
The bill repeals the budget stabilization factor starting in the
2023-24 budget year, and for each budget year thereafter.
The bill creates the Hope Scholarship Program (program) in the
department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to meet the educational needs of every eligible student by assisting with certain education expenses. The bill requires:
The department to contract with an entity that will administer the program (administering entity);
The department to transfer to the administering entity an amount equal to 125% of the prior budget year's average state share of per pupil revenues for an eligible student who receives a scholarship;
The department to prorate the amount transferred to the administering entity based on the amount of time remaining in the budget year, and deduct the amount transferred from the amount that the department distributes to the eligible student's school district of residence for the budget year in which an account is created, subject to limitations;
The parent of an eligible student to apply to the administering entity for a scholarship;
A parent of an eligible student to only spend scholarship money on defined eligible expenses; and
The administering entity to oversee the program and perform an audit to ensure scholarship money is spent on defined eligible expenses.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | P. Lundeen (R) B. Kirkmeyer (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/24/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: P. Lundeen (R) B. Kirkmeyer (R) House:
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Bill:
SB22-051
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Title: |
Policies To Reduce Emissions From Built Environment |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/18/2022 | Description | Concerning policies to reduce emissions from the built environment. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill specifies that air-source and ground-source heat pump
systems are household furnishings exempt from the levy and collection of property tax. The bill exempts air-source and ground-source heat pump systems from the definition of fixtures for property tax purposes.
Beginning July 1, 2024, the bill exempts from state sales and use
tax all sales, storage, and use of eligible decarbonizing building materials.
Eligible decarbonizing building materials are defined as building materials that have a maximum acceptable global warming potential as determined by the office of the state architect.
In addition, beginning January 1, 2023, the bill exempts from state
sales and use tax all sales, storage, and use of air-source and ground-source heat pump systems that are used in commercial or residential buildings.
The bill specifies that a statutory town, city, or county may exempt
the same items only by express inclusion of the exemption in its initial sales tax ordinance or resolution or by amendment thereto.
| House Sponsors | E. Sirota (D) | Senate Sponsors | C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: C. Hansen (D) House: E. Sirota (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-063
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Title: |
Property Ownership Fairness Act |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/15/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the "property ownership fairness act". | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Local Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Amend | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill enacts the Property Ownership Fairness Act (act). The
bill entitles a property owner to seek just compensation from a governmental entity that enacts a land use law reducing the right of a property owner to use, divide, sell, or possess their property and reducing the fair market value of the property. The bill sets forth the procedure by which a property owner can demand just compensation and sets forth exceptions where a property owner is not entitled to seek just compensation for a land use law. Additionally, the bill prohibits a
governmental entity from enacting a land use law that caps residential building permits issued in a single or multi-year period with the intent of limiting growth or development.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | L. Liston (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/01/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: L. Liston (R) House:
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Bill:
SB22-072
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Title: |
Grants To Incentivize Home Use For Renters |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a grant program to make grant awards to home owners who make residential space in their homes available for individuals seeking housing on a long-term rental basis. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential
space available to renters grant program (grant program) as a 3-year pilot program in the division of housing (division) within the department of
local affairs (DOLA). The grant program is established to provide state assistance in the form of a one-time grant award of $500 to eligible recipients who make residential space available within their homes for the use of individuals seeking long-term rental housing. The grant program must operate for 3 consecutive state fiscal years, commencing with the 2023-24 state fiscal year through the 2025-26 state fiscal year.
The division administers the grant program. The division is
required to create a process by which grant awards are made.
In order to be eligible to receive a grant award under the bill, an
individual must:
Be the owner of record of residential real property that the individual occupies as the individual's primary residence (owner-occupier);
Be at least 55 years of age as of the date of an application submitted by the individual for a grant award;
Make residential space available within the owner-occupier's home for use by an individual seeking housing on a rental basis for a period of not less than 180 consecutive days.
The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential
space available to renters grant program fund (fund) in the state treasury. The fund funds grant awards under the grant program and the administrative costs of the division in administering the grant program.
The division is required to publish on an annual basis a report
summarizing the use of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies minimum contents of the report, and the report must be posted on DOLA's and the division's websites. The division is also required to prepare educational materials concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its page on DOLA's website.
Each county treasurer is required to include general information
about the grant program in the notice the assessor sends concerning the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors. The division is required to provide information to the county treasurers about the grant program for inclusion in the notice.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | P. Lundeen (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely (03/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: P. Lundeen (R) House:
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Bill:
SB22-073
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Title: |
Alternative Energy Sources |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/31/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2022 | Description | Concerning alternative energy sources, and, in connection therewith, requiring a feasibility study for the use of small modular nuclear reactors as a source of carbon-free energy and for recycled energy, specifying the maximum nameplate capacity of a generation unit for pumped hydroelectricity. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the director of the office of economic
development (office) or the director's designee to conduct or cause to be conducted a study (feasibility study) regarding the feasibility of using small modular nuclear reactors as a carbon-free energy source for the state and includes specific items that must be included in the feasibility study.
By July 1, 2024, the director of the office is required to provide a
written report to the committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over energy matters regarding the findings and conclusions from the feasibility study. The bill appropriates $500,000 from the general fund to the office for the 2022-23 fiscal year to be used for the purposes of the feasibility study.
In addition, current law defines recycled energy as energy
produced by a generation unit with a nameplate capacity of not more than 15 megawatts. For pumped hydroelectricity generation only, the bill specifies that the energy be produced by a generation unit with a nameplate capacity of not more than 400 megawatts.
| House Sponsors | H. McKean (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/17/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: H. McKean (R) |
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Bill:
SB22-082
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Title: |
Geographical Area Hazardous Air Pollution Rule |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/31/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning addressing the geographical areas with the greatest concentration of air pollutants that affect human health. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the division of administration in the department
of public health and environment to analyze data published by the United States environmental protection agency. The purpose of this analysis is to identify geographical areas in which hazardous air pollutants have the greatest negative effects on human health and then to propose a rule to the
air quality control commission to address these areas. The commission will consider the rule at a hearing.
The division will also create and publish a map showing areas
where hazardous air pollutants have the greatest potential for causing chronic human health effects.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely (02/16/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House:
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Bill:
SB22-084
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Title: |
529 Plan Education Loan Payment Eligible Distribution |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/26/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning the inclusion of a qualified education loan payment as an eligible distribution from a 529 plan for purposes of the state income tax deduction for contributions to 529 plans. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)- Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under federal law, money deposited in a qualified tuition program
under section 529 of the internal revenue code (529 plan) grows tax deferred and is withdrawn tax free when used for eligible expenses. In
addition to the federal tax benefit, the state provides an incentive for the deposit of money into a 529 plan by offering a state income tax deduction for contributions to a plan.
In 2019, the federal government included paying principal or
interest on any qualified education loan, up to a $10,000 lifetime limit per plan beneficiary or sibling of a plan beneficiary, as an eligible expense.
Current law requires the state income tax deduction to be
recaptured from the taxpayer if a distribution is not used for listed purposes. The bill specifies that using a 529 plan for paying principal or interest on any qualified education loan, not to exceed $10,000, is also an eligible distribution for purposes of the state income tax deduction for contributions to such 529 plans.
| House Sponsors | M. Bradfield (R) | Senate Sponsors | R. Gardner (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Gardner (R) House: M. Bradfield (R) |
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Bill:
SB22-086
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Title: |
Homestead Exemption And Consumer Debt Protection |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/24/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning assets exempted from seizure in certain proceedings, and, in connection therewith, expanding the amount and application of the homestead exemption to include personal property that is actually used as a residence, increasing the scope and amount of assets that may be exempted, adding certain new exemptions, recreating and increasing an exemption for money in depository accounts, and removing a requirement that a person must deposit and not commingle funds in order to render child support payments or unemployment benefits exempt from levy to pay a debt. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Courts & Judicial | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill makes legislative findings and declarations. Colorado's statutory homestead exemption exempts a portion of a
homestead from seizure to satisfy a debt, contract, or civil obligation. Section 2 increases the amount of the homestead exemption:
From $75,000 to $300,000 if the homestead is occupied as a home by an owner of the home or an owner's family; and
From $105,000 to $400,000 if the homestead is occupied as a home by an owner who is elderly or disabled, an owner's spouse who is elderly or disabled, or an owner's dependent who is elderly or disabled.
Section 3 expands the meaning of homestead to expressly
include a dwelling, and section 4 defines a dwelling as conventional housing and personal property that is actually used as a residence, including any vehicle, trailer, vessel, camper coach, mounted equipment, railway car, shipping or cargo container, or shed.
Section 5 increases the maximum amounts of existing exemptions
from levy and sale under a writ of attachment or execution for certain types of property and creates new exemptions for:
Firearms and hunting and fishing equipment;
Economic impact payments;
Health savings accounts; and
Money placed into a life expectancy set-aside account or similar reserve fund, escrow, or impound account, which money is derived from reverse mortgage proceeds that are designated for specific uses.
Section 5 also recreates and increases an exemption for money in
depository accounts.
Sections 5, 6, and 7 remove a requirement that a person must
deposit child support payments in an account designated for the child and, with regard to child support payments and unemployment benefits, not commingle funds in order to claim an exemption for child support payments or an exemption for unemployment benefits.
| House Sponsors | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Judiciary | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (04/07/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) J. Gonzales (D) House: S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-087
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Title: |
Healthy Meals For All Public School Students |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/17/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning providing healthy meals to public school students. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the healthy school meals for all program (program)
in the department of education (department) to reimburse school food authorities for free meals provided to students who are not eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal school meals programs. The program begins operating in the 2023-24 budget year, subject to the state being selected to participate in the federal demonstration project to use
medicaid eligibility to identify students who are eligible for the federal school meals programs (demonstration project).
A school food authority that chooses to participate in the program
(participating school food authority) must:
Provide free meals to all students enrolled in the public schools that the participating school food authority serves;
Provide to the department annual notice of participation; and
Maximize the amount of federal reimbursement by participating in the federal community eligibility provision to identify students who are eligible for the federal school meals programs.
The amount of reimbursement distributed pursuant to the program
is equal to the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by the total number of meals served, minus any other federal or state reimbursement the school food authority receives for providing meals.
The bill requires the department to:
Participate in the federal community eligibility provision for the state as a whole, if that option is available; and
Apply to participate in the demonstration project.
Under the bill, a participating school food authority that creates a
parent and student committee to advise on food purchasing (advisory committee) is eligible to receive a local food purchasing grant (grant) to purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products for school meals. Each eligible participating school food authority must comply with reporting requirements. The bill establishes the amount of the grants, limits on how the grant money may be spent, and the required membership of the advisory committee. The department must annually review a sample of the invoices for purchases made using grant money to ensure compliance with purchasing requirements.
Under the bill, a participating school food authority may receive
an additional amount to increase the wages for individuals employed to prepare and serve food.
The bill creates the local school food purchasing technical
assistance and education grant program (grant program), under which a statewide nonprofit organization distributes grants to promote the purchase of Colorado grown, raised, or processed products by participating school food authorities and to assist participating school food authorities in preparing meals using basic ingredients rather than processed products. The nonprofit organization must report annually to the department concerning implementation of the grant program.
The department must submit to committees of the general
assembly a biennial report concerning implementation of the program. The department must contract with an independent auditor to conduct a biennial financial and performance audit of the program. The report and
the audit must include implementation of the program, implementation of the local food purchasing grants, use of the additional amount for increasing wages, and implementation of the grant program.
The bill directs the general assembly to appropriate annually, by
line item in the annual appropriation bill, the amount necessary to implement the program, including a specified amount for the grant program.
| House Sponsors | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (05/10/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) House: D. Michaelson Jenet (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-088
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Title: |
Tuition Assistance For Building Trade Certificates |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/17/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/20/2022 | Description | Concerning tuition assistance for students enrolled in building trade programs. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Higher Education | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Under current law, there is a tuition assistance program (program)
for students enrolled in career and technical education certificate programs at certain state institutions. The commission on higher education establishes policies and procedures for the program. The bill requires the policies and procedures to give some preference to students enrolled in building and construction trade certificate programs. The bill
also requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $650,000 for the program.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | L. Liston (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/16/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: L. Liston (R) House:
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Bill:
SB22-098
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Title: |
Program Allowing Redispensing Of Unused Drugs |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/13/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/01/2022 | Description | Concerning a task force to examine the creation of a program allowing for the use of donated unused drugs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Professions & Occupations- Public Health | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the Colorado drug reuse opportunity program
(program). The program allows members of the public, health-care providers, pharmacies, health-care facilities, drug manufacturers, and other entities to donate prescription drugs, excluding controlled substances, and over-the-counter medicine (drugs) to be distributed or redispensed to Colorado residents with a prescription for such a drug or
symptoms treatable with such a drug (eligible patients). Donated drugs are free to eligible patients, although there may be a fee for processing and redispensing the drugs.
The bill establishes requirements for:
Donating unused drugs, receiving and accepting drug donations, and redispensing and administering unused drugs to eligible patients;
Storing, repackaging, and labeling donated drugs;
Disposing of donated drugs that cannot be redispensed; and
Record keeping relating to the donation, receipt, and reuse of the donated drugs.
In redispensing the donated drugs, to the extent possible, the
program gives priority to eligible patients who are not covered by health insurance or who lack adequate health insurance coverage or whose income falls below a certain income level.
The state board of pharmacy shall promulgate rules, including
rules for donating and receiving drugs, labeling and repackaging drugs, and redispensing or administering drugs by persons authorized to dispense or administer drugs.
With certain exceptions, the bill provides immunity from civil or
criminal liability or professional discipline for a manufacturer, donor, or receiver of drugs for activities directly attributable to donating, receiving, redispensing, or administering a drug under the program.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | R. Rodriguez (D) | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Rodriguez (D) House:
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Bill:
SB22-127
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Title: |
Special Education Funding |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/05/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/08/2022 | Description | Concerning funding for special education services, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance. Current law
requires the department of education to distribute to each administrative unit $1,250 for each child with a disability who receives special education services from the administrative unit. The bill increases the amount to $1,750 and requires the amount to increase by the rate of inflation each budget year beginning with the 2024-25 budget year.
The bill increases the required annual appropriation by an
additional $40 million to fund children who have one or more disabilities
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
and receive special education services from an administrative unit and requires the amount to increase by the rate of inflation each budget year beginning with the 2024-25 budget year.
The bill requires the special education fiscal advisory committee
to submit a report to the education committees of the general assembly on or before January 1, 2023. The report must include the following information:
An analysis of funding for special education services in other states compared to the funding model used in Colorado, with a focus on the proportionate share between federal, state, and local funding and how other states fund different categories of disabilities to target the needs of children with disabilities;
An analysis of the actual costs to provide special education services to children with disabilities in Colorado;
An analysis of the effectiveness of the current model for funding special education services, including whether the current funding model adequately supports special education services;
An examination of the high-cost special education trust fund (fund) that includes how the fund is operated, who receives funding from the fund, and how the fund impacts those who receive funds;
An analysis of the current disability categories for children with disabilities and whether the disability categories are sufficient for meeting the needs of children with disabilities; and
Recommended changes, if any, to the special education services funding model.
| House Sponsors | J. McCluskie (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | Education | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) B. Kirkmeyer (R) House: J. McCluskie (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-129
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Title: |
Process For Proposed Air Quality Rules |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/01/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/09/2022 | Description | Concerning the procedures for proposals filed in anticipation of an air quality control commission rule-making hearing. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Energy- Natural Resources & Environment- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the air quality control commission (commission)
to include in a notice of proposed rule-making a description of the classes of persons, including businesses, that will be affected by the proposed rule.
A person who proposes a rule differing from the rule proposed by
the commission or a revision of limited applicability shall file the proposal by a deadline determined by the commission by rule, and must include a description of the classes of persons, including businesses, that will be affected by the proposal.
If the proposal is an alternative proposal, as defined by the
commission by rule, the person must include with the proposal an initial economic impact analysis of the proposed rule.
The commission shall designate a hearing officer to consider
proposals filed with the commission. Not later than 10 business days after the proposal is filed with the commission, the hearing officer shall determine if the proposal is an alternative proposal, warranting consideration by the commission. The hearing officer shall provide notice of its determination to persons that have filed written requests with the commission to receive notice.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/22/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
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Bill:
SB22-131
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Title: |
Protect Health Of Pollinators And People |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/06/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/10/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to improve pollinator habitats for the protection of the environment. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Agriculture- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill implements a number of measures to protect pollinators
and people throughout the state. Section 1 of the bill makes legislative findings.
Section 2 restricts the use of pesticides on the grounds of a school,
preschool program, child care center, or children's resident camp and requires that notification be sent when a pesticide is used at such a
location. The executive director of the department of public health and environment may adopt rules to implement section 2.
Section 3 requires the executive director of the department of
natural resources or the executive director's designee (DNR executive director) to conduct a study on how to address pollinator decline and increase pollinator health in the state. In conducting the study, the DNR executive director shall consult with other state agencies and with scientists with expertise in pollinator health, ecological processes, biodiversity, native plants, and ecological land management. The DNR executive director shall submit a report of the study to the general assembly and the governor on or before January 1, 2024.
Section 4 creates a pilot grant program in the department of
agriculture to provide financial grants to agricultural producers to test the use of noncoated seed-applied systemic insecticide on their crops.
Sections 5 and 6 require the commissioner of agriculture to adopt
rules designating as restricted-use certain pesticides that contain an active ingredient belonging to the neonicotinoid class of insecticides or the sulfoxomine class of insecticides, but allowing the use of such pesticides in pet care, personal care, wood preservatives, and indoor pest-control products and products used on golf courses. The commissioner's rules will not affect the use of the restricted-use pesticides for agricultural purposes.
Sections 7 through 10 authorize local governments to regulate
pesticide use and remove certain preemptions regarding local government regulation of pesticide use.
| House Sponsors | M. Froelich (D) C. Kipp (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Status | Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely (03/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: M. Froelich (D) C. Kipp (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-133
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Title: |
Provide Security For Certain Elected Officials |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/17/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/14/2022 | Description | Concerning the provision of security by the Colorado state patrol for certain elected officials, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - - State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Current law requires the Colorado state patrol to provide
protection for members of the general assembly when they are present in the state capitol buildings group and to respond to complaints relating to criminal activity or security threats against a member of the general assembly. Current law also authorizes the Colorado state patrol to provide additional protection and security services to a member of the general
assembly in certain circumstances as requested by legislative leadership. After considering several factors, the Colorado state patrol determines whether the protection and security services are needed.
The bill requires the executive committee of the legislative council
(executive committee) to establish a process that allows a member of the general assembly to appeal to the executive committee if the member requests protection and security services from the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado state patrol determines that the services are not needed. The bill requires the executive committee to review the reasons for the request for protection and security services and the reasons for the Colorado state patrol's determination that the services are not needed.
If the executive committee determines that the protection and
security services requested by the member of the general assembly are needed, the executive committee is required to coordinate with the Colorado state patrol to provide the protection and security services requested by the member of the general assembly. The executive committee is required to reimburse the Colorado state patrol for any costs incurred by the Colorado state patrol in providing protection and security services to a member of the general assembly when the Colorado state patrol or the executive committee determines that the protection and security services are needed. The executive committee is required to authorize the reimbursement from the legislative department cash fund.
In addition, the bill specifies that the Colorado state patrol is
required to provide the same protection and security services to the secretary of state, attorney general, and state treasurer (statewide constitutional officers) when they are present in the state capitol buildings group as it provides to members of the general assembly and that statewide constitutional officers may also request that the Colorado state patrol provide additional protection and security services to a statewide constitutional officer upon request of the officer.
The bill establishes an appeal process for statewide constitutional
officers that is similar to the process for members of the general assembly; except that the bill requires the executive director of the department of public safety (director) to establish a process that allows a statewide constitutional officer to appeal to the director. If the director determines that the protection and security services requested by the statewide constitutional officer are needed, the director is required to coordinate with the Colorado state patrol to provide the services and the Colorado state patrol bears the cost of providing the services.
If the director determines that the protection and security services
requested by a statewide constitutional officer are not needed but the statewide constitutional officer requests that the Colorado state patrol still provide the services, the statewide constitutional officer is required to reimburse the Colorado state patrol for the cost of providing the protection and security services.
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| House Sponsors | S. Woodrow (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/08/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) F. Winter (D) House: S. Woodrow (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-138
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Title: |
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Colorado |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/09/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/16/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill requires each insurance company issued a
certificate of authority to transact insurance business to prepare and file an annual report with the insurance commissioner providing a climate-risk assessment for the insurance company's investment portfolio from the previous 12 months. The commissioner of insurance is required to post the reports on the division of insurance's website. Section 1
defines climate-risk assessment as a determination of the economic and business risks that climate change poses to an investment.
Section 2 requires the board of trustees of the public employees'
retirement association (PERA board) to prepare a similar annual report and post it on the PERA board's website.
Section 3 updates the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
reduction goals to add a 40% reduction goal for 2028 compared to 2005 GHG pollution levels and a 75% reduction goal for 2040 compared to 2005 GHG pollution levels.
Section 4 defines a small off-road engine as a gasoline-powered
engine of 50 horsepower or less used to fuel small off-road equipment like lawn mowers and leaf blowers. Section 4 phases out the use of small off-road engines by prohibiting their sale in nonattainment areas of the state on or after January 1, 2030, and by providing financial incentives to promote the replacement of small off-road engines with electric-powered, small off-road equipment before 2030.
Section 11 establishes a state income tax credit in an amount equal
to 30% of the purchase price for new, electric-powered, small off-road equipment for purchases made in income tax years 2023 through 2029.
Section 6 gives the oil and gas conservation commission authority
over class VI injection wells used for sequestration of GHG, including through the issuance and enforcement of permits.
Section 7 requires the commissioner of agriculture or the
commissioner's designee, in consultation with the Colorado energy office and the air quality control commission, to conduct a study examining carbon reduction and sequestration opportunities in the agricultural sector in the state, including the potential development of certified carbon offset programs or credit instruments. On or before December 15, 2022, the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee is required to submit a report summarizing the study, including any legislative recommendations, to the general assembly.
In support of the use of agrivoltaics, which is the colocation of
solar energy generation facilities on a parcel of land with agricultural activities, section 8 authorizes the Colorado agriculture value-added development board (board) to provide financing, including grants or loans, for agricultural research on the use of agrivoltaics. For a research project for which the board awards money to study the use of agrivoltaics, sections 5 and 8 require the director of the division of parks and wildlife to consult on the research project regarding the wildlife impacts of agrivoltaic use.
Section 9 authorizes the board to seek, accept, and expend gifts,
grants, and donations, including donations of in-kind resources such as solar panels, for use in agricultural research projects. Section 9 also updates the statutory definition of agrivoltaics to list additional agricultural activities on the parcel of land on which solar panel
generation facilities may be colocated, including animal husbandry, cover cropping for soil health, and carbon sequestration.
Section 10 amends the statutory definition of solar energy
facility used in determining the valuation of public utilities for property tax purposes to include agrivoltaics.
| House Sponsors | A. Valdez (D) K. McCormick (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (05/09/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) C. Hansen (D) House: A. Valdez (D) K. McCormick (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-146
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Title: |
Middle Income Access Program Expansion |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/07/2022 | Description | Concerning the expansion of the Colorado housing and finance authority's middle income access program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill transfers $25 million to the department of local affairs
(DOLA) for expansion of the middle income access program created and administered by the Colorado housing and finance authority (CHFA). The bill requires the division of housing within DOLA to contract with CHFA for administration of the money transferred.
| House Sponsors | M. Catlin (R) M. Snyder (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Governor Signed (05/16/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) House: M. Catlin (R) M. Snyder (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-152
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Title: |
Residence Of Voter Whose Home Is Destroyed |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/08/2022 | Description | Concerning authorization for a person whose residence is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable to continue to use the address of the residence as the person's residence for purposes of voting if the person intends to return to the residence once it is replaced or becomes habitable. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill allows a person whose residence has been destroyed or
rendered uninhabitable by a natural disaster or by other means to maintain residency for purposes of voting at the address of the destroyed residence if the person intends to return to the residence once it is replaced or becomes habitable. In such a case, the person's residence given for motor vehicle registration and for state income tax purposes is not required to be the same as the person's residence for voting purposes.
| House Sponsors | T. Bernett (D) | Senate Sponsors | S. Fenberg (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (04/13/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Fenberg (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: T. Bernett (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-153
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Title: |
Internal Election Security Measures |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/25/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/11/2022 | Description | Concerning increasing internal election security measures, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill increases election security measures for the secretary of
state's office, election officials, candidates for elected office, and voters.
Current law authorizes the attorney general and the secretary of
state (secretary) to enforce the provisions of the election code by injunctive action brought in the district court for the judicial district in which any violation occurs. Section 4 of the bill requires the district court and the supreme court, if applicable, to expedite scheduling and the issuance of any orders in connection with an enforcement action so a final
ruling is made within specified periods.
Section 5 authorizes a coordinated election official or the
secretary's office to file a petition in district court alleging that a person charged with a duty under the election code has committed or is about to commit a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act.
Current law specifies that certain employees in the clerk and
recorder's office are required to complete a certification program for election officials provided by the secretary (certification program). Section 6 includes a designated election official for a county, a coordinated election official for a county, and employees in the election division of the department of state (department), at the discretion of the secretary, as people required to complete the certification program. Section 6 also specifies new requirements for the length of time that an employee, designated election official, or coordinated election official has to complete the certification program.
The curriculum for the certification program is required to include
specified courses. Section 7 requires that courses in voter registration and list maintenance, accessibility, coordinated elections, mail ballot and in-person voting processes, voting systems testing, risk-limiting audits, canvass, and election security be included in the certification program curriculum.
Section 8 specifies the circumstances under which a person is
ineligible to serve as a designated election official for a county or a coordinated election official. Section 8 also specifies that, while serving as a designated election official or a coordinated election official, a person is prohibited from knowingly or recklessly making, publishing, broadcasting, or circulating any false statement for the purposes of promoting misinformation or disinformation related to the administration of elections.
Certain elected officials or candidates for elective office are
currently prohibited from preparing, maintaining, or repairing any voting equipment or device that is to be used in an election. Section 9 modifies the prohibition to apply to any contact with the voting equipment or device, rather than just physical contact. Section 9 also prohibits any elected official or candidate for elective office in a political subdivision with a population of 100,000 or more from having access to or being present in a room with voting equipment or devices without being accompanied by one or more persons with authorized access.
The governing body of any political subdivision is currently
authorized to adopt an electronic or electromechanical voting system. Section 10 requires that for elections conducted under the Uniform Election Code of 1992, the governing body of any political subdivision is required to adopt an electronic or electromechanical voting system to be used for tabulating votes at all elections held by the political subdivision. This requirement does not apply to counties with fewer than
1,000 active electors at the date of the last general election.
Section 11 prohibits a county from creating, permitting any person
to create, or disclosing to any person an image of the hard drive of any voting system component without the express written permission of the department.
By a specified date, section 12 requires a designated election
official to keep all components of a voting system in a location where entry is controlled by use of a key card access system and that is under video security surveillance recording. The designated election official is required to ensure that records in connection with access to the location of the voting system and video recordings of the location are created and maintained for specified periods. Section 3 defines terms in connection with these requirements.
Section 12 also directs the general assembly to make an
appropriation from the general fund to the department of state for the 2022-23 state fiscal year to be used to administer a grant program to provide assistance to counties in complying with the security requirements of the bill.
Section 13 states that if a majority of a canvass board in a county
is unable to or does not certify the abstract of votes for any reason by the applicable deadline, the secretary is required to review the noncertified abstract of votes and other evidence provided by the canvass board. If, after review, the secretary determines that the noncertified abstract of votes is sufficiently explicit in showing how many votes were cast for each candidate, ballot question, or ballot issue, the secretary is required to certify the results for the county and proceed to certifying state results.
Current law requires a person to comply with certain rules of the
secretary when carrying out the duties of the secretary. Section 14 specifies that a person is also required to comply with other policies of the secretary, including the acceptable use policy for the statewide voter registration system, when carrying out such duties. Section 14 also specifies that any person who willfully interferes with a person in notifying or obstructs a person from notifying the department of a potential violation or retaliates against a person for providing such notice is subject to current penalties for election offenses.
Current law prohibits a person from tampering with electronic
voting equipment with the intent to change the tabulation of votes in an election. In addition, section 15 prohibits a person from accessing electronic voting equipment or an election-night reporting system without authorization and specifies that a person who accesses such equipment or system is guilty of a class 5 felony. Section 15 also specifies that an authorized person who knowingly publishes or causes to be published passwords or other confidential information relating to a voting system will immediately have their authorized access revoked and is guilty of a class 5 felony.
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| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) S. Fenberg (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) S. Fenberg (D) House:
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Bill:
SB22-159
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Title: |
Revolving Loan Fund Invest Affordable Housing |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/27/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/17/2022 | Description | Concerning the creation of a revolving loan fund within the division of housing in the department of local affairs to make investments in transformational affordable housing, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the transformational affordable housing revolving
loan fund program (loan program) in the division of housing (division) in the department of local affairs (department) as a revolving loan program
in accordance with the requirements of the bill and the policies established by the division. The loan program provides flexible, low-interest, and below-market rate loan funding to assist eligible recipients in completing the eligible loan projects identified in the bill.
The division may administer the loan program or, if it determines
that it would be more efficient and effective to contract out full or partial administration of the program, the division may enter into a contract with a third-party entity to administer the loan program.
The division is required to establish and publicize policies for the
loan program. The bill specifies factors the division is encouraged to consider in evaluating loan applications.
The transformational affordable housing revolving loan fund
(fund) is created in the state treasury and the bill specifies requirements pertaining to the administration of the fund.
The bill requires a transfer of a specified sum of money to the
fund.
The division is required to report on the activities of the loan
program as part of the regular annual public report prepared by the division on affordable housing spending undertaken by the state.
| House Sponsors | D. Ortiz (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) J. Bridges (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) J. Bridges (D) House: D. Ortiz (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-160
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Title: |
Loan Program Resident-owned Communities |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/07/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/17/2022 | Description | Concerning programs to preserve mobile home communities, and, in connection therewith, establishing a revolving loan and grant program to assist mobile home owners seeking to purchase their communities, and making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill establishes a revolving loan and grant program to provide
assistance and financing to mobile home owners seeking to organize and purchase their mobile home parks. The division of housing (division) in
the department of local affairs (department) is required to contract with at least 2, and not more than 3, loan program administrators, unless the division determines that there is only one qualified applicant during an open and competitive selection process, in which case the division may contract with a single administrator.
The administrators are required to use money provided by the loan
program to make loans to mobile home owners seeking to purchase their mobile home parks. The division is required to establish a grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that provide technical and other assistance to eligible home owners seeking to organize to purchase their mobile home parks. The division is also required to establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible home owners to support programs to ensure the long term affordability of a resident-owned park, including by stabilizing lot rents and limiting rent increases.
| House Sponsors | A. Boesenecker (D) M. Lindsay (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Gonzales (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) | House Committee | Transportation and Local Government | Senate Committee | Local Government | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Gonzales (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) House: A. Boesenecker (D) M. Lindsay (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-180
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Title: |
Programs To Reduce Ozone Through Increased Transit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/02/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/25/2022 | Description | Concerning programs to reduce ground level ozone through increased use of transit. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Transportation & Motor Vehicles | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the ozone season transit grant program (program)
in the Colorado energy office (office). The program provides grants to the regional transportation district (RTD) and transit associations in order to provide free transit services for at least 30 days during ozone season. A transit association receiving a grant may use the money to make grants to eligible transit agencies. The eligible transit agencies may use the money
to provide at least 30 days of new or expanded free transit services during ozone season. The RTD may use grant money to cover up to 80% of the costs of providing free transit for at least 30 days on all services offered by the RTD during ozone season. Eligible transit agencies and the RTD can use the money to cover lost fare box revenues and to pay for other expenses necessary to implement the program, including expenses associated with an increase in ridership as a result of the program. The RTD and a transportation association receiving a grant are required to report to the office on the services offered and estimates of the change in ridership as a result of the program.
The office is required to establish policies governing the program
and to report to the house and senate transportation committees by December 31 of each year of the program. The program is repealed, effective July 1, 2024.
The transit and rail division (division) in the department of
transportation is required to create a 3-year pilot project to extend state-run transit services throughout the state with the goals of reducing ground level ozone, increasing ridership, and reducing vehicle miles traveled in the state. The division is required to report to the transportation legislation review committee on the pilot project. The pilot project is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
| House Sponsors | J. Bacon (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) House: J. Bacon (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-182
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Title: |
Economic Mobility Program |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/28/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to address economic mobility for Coloradans, and, in connection therewith, creating the economic mobility program within the department of public health and environment and authorizing the department of higher education to contract for the use of an online platform to assist students with accessing public benefits and making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the economic mobility program within the
department of public health and environment and creates the economic mobility program fund, requiring a $4 million transfer to the fund from
the economic recovery and relief cash fund.
| House Sponsors | M. Young (D) L. Daugherty (D) M. Lindsay (D) | Senate Sponsors | C. Hansen (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: C. Hansen (D) House: M. Young (D) L. Daugherty (D) M. Lindsay (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-193
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Title: |
Air Quality Improvement Investments |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/05/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 03/30/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to improve air quality in the state, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant
program. Section 1 of the bill creates the industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program (clean air grant program) through which the Colorado energy office (office) awards grant money to private entities, local governments, and public-private partnerships for voluntary projects to reduce air pollutants from industrial and manufacturing
operations.
Voluntary projects eligible for grant money include:
Energy efficiency projects;
Renewable energy projects;
Beneficial electrification projects;
Transportation electrification projects;
Projects producing or utilizing clean hydrogen;
Projects involving carbon capture at industrial facilities;
Methane capture projects;
Projects producing or utilizing sustainable aviation fuel; and
Industrial process changes that reduce emissions.
Starting in 2025, the office is required to report annually on the
progress of the clean air grant program, submit the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters, and post the reports on the office's website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $25 million
from the general fund to the industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the office for its administration of the clean air grant program.
The clean air grant program is repealed on September 1, 2029. Community access to electric bicycles. Section 2 creates the
community access to electric bicycles grant program (electric bicycles grant program) through which the office awards grant money to local governments and nonprofit organizations that administer or plan to administer a bike share program or an ownership program for the provision of electric bicycles in a community. Section 2 also creates the community access to electric bicycles rebate program (rebate program) through which the office provides individuals in low- and moderate-income households, or bicycle shops that sell electric bicycles to program participants at discounted prices, rebates for purchases of electric bicycles used for commuting purposes.
Starting in 2025, the office is required to report annually on the
progress of the electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program, submit copies of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation matters, and post the report on the office's website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $12 million
from the general fund to the community access to electric bicycles cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the office for its administration of the electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program.
The electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program are
repealed on September 1, 2028.
Diesel truck emissions reduction grant program. Section 3
creates the diesel truck emissions reduction grant program (diesel trucks grant program) through which the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment (department) awards grant money to certain private and public entities for decommissioning diesel trucks and replacing the trucks with newer model trucks. The division is required to determine eligibility for the grant money and the eligible fuel types for qualifying as a replacement vehicle under the diesel trucks grant program.
Starting in 2023, the department is required to report annually on
the progress of the diesel trucks grant program and submit a copy of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $15 million
from the general fund to the diesel truck emissions reduction grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for use by the division for its administration of the diesel trucks grant program.
The diesel trucks grant program is repealed on July 1, 2032. Electrifying school buses grant program. Section 3 also creates
the electrifying school buses grant program (school buses grant program) through which the department, with technical assistance from the office, awards grant money to school districts and charter schools to help finance the purchase and maintenance of electric-powered school buses, the conversion of fossil-fuel-powered school buses to electric-powered school buses, charging infrastructure, and upgrades for electric charging infrastructure and the retirement of fossil-fuel-powered school buses.
Starting in 2025, and every odd-numbered year thereafter, the
department is required to report on the progress of the school buses grant program, submit copies of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education and transportation matters, and post copies of the report on its website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $65 million
from the general fund to the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for its administration of the school buses grant program.
The school buses grant program is repealed on September 1, 2034. Section 4 updates the definition of federal act regarding the
reference to the federal Clean Air Act. Section 4 also updates the
definition of issue with respect to an order, permit, determination, or notice issued by the division, to remove certified mail and add electronic mail as options to issue such order, permit, determination, or notice.
Section 5 clarifies that the statutory fee caps for fees collected by
the air quality enterprise apply only to the annual stationary source emission fees. The statutory fee caps are $1 million for state fiscal year 2021-22, $3 million for state fiscal year 2022-23, $4 million for state fiscal year 2023-24, and $5 million on and after July 1, 2024.
Section 6 removes the requirement that the division make the
forms on which a person provides details necessary for filing an air pollution emission notice available at all of the air pollution control authority offices.
Section 7 extends the time within which the commission must
grant or deny a request for a hearing from within 15 days after the request was made to within 30 days after the request was made.
Existing law authorizes the commission to submit any additions or
changes to the state implementation plan (SIP) to the administrator of the federal environmental protection agency (administrator) for conditional or temporary approval pending legislative council review of the additions or changes. Section 8 authorizes the commission to submit the changes or additions to the administrator as a provisional submission, pending possible introduction and enactment of a bill to modify or delete all or a portion of the commission's additions or changes to the SIP.
Section 9 makes a conforming amendment. Section 10 appropriates the money transferred from the general
fund to the cash funds created in sections 1, 2, and 3 to the office, the division, and the department for their administration of the programs described in sections 1, 2, and 3. Additionally, section 10 appropriates from the general fund:
$750,000 to the department of personnel for the costs of issuing free annual eco passes to state employees; and
$7,000,000 to the department of public health and environment to finance the aerial surveying of pollutants.
| House Sponsors | M. Froelich (D) A. Valdez (D) | Senate Sponsors | S. Fenberg (D) J. Gonzales (D) | House Committee | Energy and Environment | Senate Committee | Transportation and Energy | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Fenberg (D) J. Gonzales (D) House: M. Froelich (D) A. Valdez (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-198
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Title: |
Orphaned Oil And Gas Wells Enterprise |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/18/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/07/2022 | Description | Concerning measures to address orphaned wells in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise
(enterprise) in the department of natural resources for the purpose of:
Plugging, reclaiming, and remediating orphaned wells located in the state for which no owner or operator can be found or for which the owner or operator is unwilling or
unable to pay the costs of plugging and abandoning the well;
Ensuring that the costs associated with the plugging, reclaiming, and remediating of orphaned wells are borne by operators in the form of mitigation fees;
Determining the amounts of mitigation fees; and
Imposing and collecting mitigation fees.
On or before August 1, 2022; on or before April 30, 2023; and on
or before April 30 each year thereafter, each operator shall pay a mitigation fee to the enterprise for each well that has been spud but is not yet plugged and abandoned, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission), in the following amounts:
For operators with production that is equal to or less than a threshold to be determined by rules of the commission, $125 for each well; or
For operators with production that exceeds a threshold to be determined by rules of the commission, $225 for each well.
Money collected as mitigation fees is credited to the orphaned
wells mitigation enterprise cash fund (fund), which is created in the bill.
The bill also creates the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise board
(enterprise board) and requires the enterprise board to administer the enterprise and, at least annually, to:
Consider whether the mitigation fee amounts should be increased or reduced, based on current circumstances and reasonably anticipated future expenditures from the fund;
If the enterprise board determines that an increase or reduction of the mitigation fee amounts is warranted, adjust the mitigation fee amounts; and
Advise the commission of the outcome of the enterprise board's deliberations.
The commission may promulgate rules as necessary to implement
the enterprise.
| House Sponsors | M. Weissman (D) | Senate Sponsors | S. Fenberg (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (06/02/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: S. Fenberg (D) House: M. Weissman (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-199
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Title: |
Native Pollinating Insects Protection Study |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/08/2022 | Description | Concerning a study regarding the protection of native pollinating insects in the state, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill requires the executive director of the department of
natural resources or the executive director's designee (executive director) to conduct a study as soon as practicable regarding the challenges associated with native pollinating insect decline, their associated ecosystems, and their health and resilience in the state. Based on the results of the study, the executive director is required to make
recommendations:
For the protection of native pollinating insects;
On best practices for state agencies in implementing policies and practices regarding native pollinating insects; and
On how to develop education and outreach programming.
On or before January 1, 2024, the executive director shall submit
to the general assembly and the governor a report summarizing the study and the executive director's recommendations based on the study.
| House Sponsors | M. Froelich (D) C. Kipp (D) | Senate Sponsors | K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (05/27/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Priola (D) S. Jaquez Lewis (D) House: M. Froelich (D) C. Kipp (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-211
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Title: |
Repurpose The Ridge View Campus |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/03/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/18/2022 | Description | Concerning the repurposing of the Ridge View campus into a supportive residential community for people experiencing homelessness, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Human Services- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | In 2001, the state began operating an academic model juvenile
facility on the parcel of real property formerly known as the Lowry bombing range and currently referred to as the Ridge View campus. The juvenile facility, known as the Ridge View Youth Services Center, operated for 20 years at the Ridge View campus until the state closed the
facility in 2021. The bill requires that the Ridge View campus be repurposed and converted into the Ridge View Supportive Residential Community to provide transitional housing, a continuum of behavioral health service treatment, medical care, vocational training, and skill development for its residents and the general public.
The department of human services (department) is required to
transfer ownership of all or part of the Ridge View campus to the department of personnel for use by the division of housing (division) for the purposes of repurposing the Ridge View campus. The division, in collaboration with the behavioral health administration and the department of human services, is required to develop a feasible master plan for the redevelopment and operations of the Ridge View campus and is required to enter into one or more contracts with private contractors to establish the Ridge View Supportive Residential Community at the Ridge View campus.
The Ridge View Supportive Residential Community is required to
provide the following services and programs:
A transitional housing program for individual adults with case management, care coordination, and vocational and housing placement assistance;
A continuum of behavioral health services and treatment, informed by American Society of Addiction Medicine standards, available to people coming from the transitional housing program and to the general public; and
A federally qualified health clinic at which people have access to medical treatments that help facilitate recovery, including medical and dental care and a continuum of behavioral health services. The health clinic and all behavioral health services and treatment are required to be accessible to people receiving other treatment at the Ridge View Supportive Residential Community, people residing in the transitional housing, and the general public.
The bill specifies eligibility criteria for the programs and services
that will be offered at the Ridge View Supportive Residential Community and specifies how individuals may be referred to the community.
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the bill requires the general
assembly to appropriate money from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the division for the repurposing of the Ridge View campus and authorizes the division to use up to 10% of the amount appropriated for its administrative costs in connection with the repurposing of the Ridge View campus. The bill requires the division to comply with specified reporting requirements.
| House Sponsors | A. Valdez (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) House: A. Valdez (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-213
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Title: |
Child Care Support Programs |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/27/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/19/2022 | Description | Concerning continuing support for necessary child care programs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Children & Domestic Matters- Human Services | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill appropriates:
$50 million from federal funds from child care development funds for the purposes of implementing the child care sustainability grant program;
$19 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to emerging and expanding the child care grant
program;
$10 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to implement the employer-based child care facility grant program;
$15 million from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to implement the early child care and education recruitment and retention grant and scholarship program. Of the $15 million, $2 million must be dedicated for home visiting workforce, early childhood mental health consultants, and early intervention providers, with $1.4 million of the $2 million dedicated for non-educator workforce scholarships and loan forgiveness, and $600,000 for developing consistent workforce pathways; and
One million dollars to create and implement family-strengthening grant programs from the economic recovery and relief cash fund.
The bill creates the family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) support
programs, which include an advisory group and a training program. The family, friend, and neighbor advisory group is created to advise the department on the needs of FFN providers and to make recommendations on changes to regulations, policies, funding, and procedures that would benefit the FFN community. The family, friend, and neighbor training program is created to allow community-based organizations and nonprofit organizations that have expertise working with FFN providers to provide them with information, training, and technical assistance to support best practices.
Subject to available appropriations, the department of early
childhood shall make existing state programs available to the FFN community, including, but not limited to, home visitation, early intervention, early childhood mental health, workforce recruitment and retention, and family resource center services.
The bill appropriates $4.5 million from the economic recovery and
relief cash fund to implement the FFN support programs.
| House Sponsors | A. Valdez (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | House Committee | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | Senate Committee | Health and Human Services | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) House: A. Valdez (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-222
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Title: |
Amount Of Tax Owed Table For Initiatives |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/25/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/21/2022 | Description |
Concerning a requirement that the ballot title and fiscal summary for any ballot initiative that increases or decreases state income tax rates include a table showing the average tax change for tax filers in different income categories.
| History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Elections & Redistricting | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary |
The bill is a referred measure that will, if approved by the voters of the state at the 2022 general election, require:
• The director of research of the legislative council of the general assembly to include a table in the fiscal summary for any initiated measure that would either increase or decrease the individual income tax rate. The table must have 4 columns as follows: • A column identifying 8 income categories; • A column identifying the current average income tax owed by taxpayers in each income category; • A column identifying the average income tax owed by taxpayers in each income category if the initiated measure were to pass; and • A column identifying the difference between the average income tax owed by taxpayers in each income category if the initiated measure were to pass and if the initiated measure were not to pass. • The ballot title for a measure that either increases or decreases the individual income tax rate to include the table created by the director of research of the legislative council of the general assembly for the measure's fiscal summary.
| House Sponsors | C. Kennedy (D) M. Weissman (D) | Senate Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (05/25/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: D. Moreno (D) House: C. Kennedy (D) M. Weissman (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-232
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Title: |
Creation Of Colorado Workforce Housing Trust Authority |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/10/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/26/2022 | Description | Concerning the provision of workforce housing through the creation of the middle-income housing authority, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Oppose | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates the Colorado workforce housing trust authority
(authority) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, owning, operating, and financing affordable rental housing projects for middle-income workforce housing. The authority is governed by a board of directors composed of appointees by the governor with the consent of
the senate. The bill specifies requirements governing the appointment of board members and other administrative details. The board must solicit project proposals by October 1, 2022. Rental units in affordable rental housing projects must provide middle-income workforce housing with stable rents.
The authority is a public entity and is a special purpose
authority for the purpose of TABOR.
The authority is authorized to exercise the powers necessary to
acquire, construct, rehabilitate, own, operate, and finance affordable rental housing projects, including but not limited to:
The power to issue bonds payable solely from revenues from affordable rental housing projects and with no recourse to the state;
The power to enter into public-private partnerships and to contract with experienced real estate professionals to develop and operate affordable rental housing projects;
The power to employ its own personnel or contract with public or private entities, or both, for services necessary or convenient to the conduct of all of the authority's activities;
To provide assistance to tenants in its rental housing to enable a transition to home ownership; and
To establish one or more controlled entities to carry out its activities.
| House Sponsors | L. Herod (D) T. Bernett (D) | Senate Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) J. Bridges (D) | House Committee | Appropriations | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: D. Moreno (D) J. Bridges (D) House: L. Herod (D) T. Bernett (D) |
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Bill:
SB22-233
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Title: |
TABOR Refund Mechanism For FY 2021-22 Only |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/04/2022) | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 04/27/2022 | Description | Concerning an additional mechanism to refund excess state revenues for state fiscal year 2021-22 only that provides a refund in an identical amount to each qualified resident individual, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Revenue & Budget | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Support | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | If the state exceeds its constitutional spending limit, then it is
required by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) to refund the excess state revenues (TABOR refunds). There are currently 3 TABOR refund
mechanisms: Reimbursement to counties for the senior homestead exemption, a temporary income tax rate reduction, and a sales tax refund.
The bill establishes a temporary fourth TABOR refund mechanism
for excess state revenues from all sources for state fiscal year 2021-22. Under this mechanism, if the amount of excess state revenues exceeds the projected total amount of TABOR refunds issued as reimbursement to counties for the senior homestead exemption and, if applicable, through the temporary income tax rate reduction, then on or before September 30, 2022, the state treasurer is required to issue refund checks to every qualified individual in an identical amount. The amount of the refund is $400 for every qualified individual who files a single income tax return or who receives a property tax, rent, or heat credit rebate and $800 for each pair of qualified individuals who file a joint income tax return or who receive a property tax, rent, or heat credit rebate; except that the executive director of the department of revenue has the authority to adjust these amounts to avoid refunding more excess state revenues than are required to be refunded based on the amount or anticipated amount of excess state revenues set forth in the state controller's certification of state revenues.
Qualified individual is defined for purposes of the bill as a
natural person who is a Colorado resident for the entire 2021income tax year and files a state income tax return for the 2021 income tax year or receives a property tax, rent, or heat credit rebate.
| House Sponsors | L. Daugherty (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Rodriguez (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | Finance | Status | Governor Signed (05/23/2022) | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Rodriguez (D) N. Hinrichsen (D) House: L. Daugherty (D) |
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