HB12-1082 Prevailing Compensation On Public Works Projects 
Sponsors: SOPER
Summary: The bill requires a contractor awarded a contract for a public works by a state agency in excess of $100,000, and each subcontractor that works thereon, to:
* Pay workers at least the prevailing wages and fringe benefits, as established pursuant to federal law. The requirement for the payment of prevailing wages and fringe benefits must be included in a contract for a public works.
* Post the prevailing wages and fringe benefits;
* Pay workers at least once a week;
* Furnish payroll records to the director of the division of labor in the department of labor and employment (director); and
* File a written statement to the state agency certifying the amount of unpaid prevailing wages and fringe benefits. With respect to any failure to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits, the bill:
* Establishes penalties, including termination of the contract, withholding contract payments, and civil penalties;
* Establishes a private right of action;
* Requires the director to publish a list of contractors and subcontractors who willfully fail to make such payments and to debar a contractor or subcontractor for multiple violations within a 3-year period; and
* Prohibits a contractor or subcontractor from discriminating against a worker for asserting rights or for participating in an action by the director. The director is authorized to investigate whether workers on a public works are being paid prevailing wages and fringe benefits. Appropriations for these investigations shall be made from moneys in the newly created prevailing wage enforcement fund, which shall include revenue from certain penalties paid by contractors or subcontractors. The bill specifies that the prevailing wage and fringe benefits requirement will not interfere with workers' right to bargain collectively.
Status: 01/25/2012 House Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1083 Continue Environmental Agriculture Program Fees 
Sponsors: SONNENBERG / SCHWARTZ
Summary: In 2009, the general assembly increased the maximum annual fee that the water quality control agency in the division of administration of the department of public health and environment may impose upon concentrated animal feeding operations and housed commercial swine feeding operations dischargers under the "Colorado Water Quality Control Act" until July 1, 2012. The bill maintains the current fee structure until July 1, 2015, in order to continue the environmental agriculture program.
Status: 04/16/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1084 Penalty For Leaving The Scene Of Traffic Accident 
Sponsors: FIELDS / JAHN
Summary: Under current law, a driver of any vehicle directly involved in an accident resulting in injury or worse to any person is required to remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has fulfilled certain statutory requirements. The penalty for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury to any person is increased from a class 5 felony to a class 4 felony.
Status: 06/06/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1085 Hearsay Exception For Developmentally Disabled 
Sponsors: FIELDS
Summary: H.B. 12-1085 Evidence - hearsay exception for statements of persons with developmental disabilities. The act creates a statutory exception to the hearsay rule of evidence to admit an otherwise inadmissible out-of-court statement made by a person with a developmental disability in: Any criminal or delinquency proceeding in which the person is alleged to have been a victim; Instances in which the person's statement describes all or part of any of certain sexual offenses performed with, by, on, or in the presence of the person in a criminal or civil proceeding in which a person is charged with committing a sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, or sexual assault on a client by a psychotherapist; Instances in which the person's statement describes any act of child abuse in any criminal, delinquency, or civil proceeding in which a child is alleged to be a victim of child abuse or alleged to be neglected or dependent; and Instances in which the person's statement describes all or part of an offense involving homicide or a related offense or describing an act of domestic violence in any criminal, delinquency, or civil proceeding in which a child is alleged to be a victim of an offense involving homicide or a related offense or a victim of an act of domestic violence. The new hearsay exception shall apply only if: The court finds in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability; and Either (1) the statement is a nontestimonial statement or (2) the declarant testifies at the proceedings or, if the declarant is unavailable to testify, the defendant has had an opportunity to cross-examine the declarant in a previous proceeding and there is corroborative evidence of the act that is the subject of the statement. If such a statement is admitted, the court shall instruct the jury in the final written instructions that during the proceeding the jury heard evidence repeating an out-of-court statement by a person with a developmental disability, that it is for the jury to determine the weight and credit to be given the statement, and that, in making the determination, the jury shall consider the nature of the statement, the circumstances under which the statement was made, and any other relevant factor. APPROVED by Governor April 3, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause.
Status: 04/03/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1086 Rule Review Bill 
Sponsors: GARDNER B. / MORSE
Summary: Committee on Legal Services. Based on the findings and recommendations of the committee on legal services, the bill extends all state agency rules and regulations that were adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2010, and before November 1, 2011, with the exception of the rules and regulations specifically listed in the bill. Those specified rules and regulations will expire as scheduled in the "State Administrative Procedure Act" on May 15, 2012, on the grounds that the rules and regulations either conflict with statute or lack or exceed statutory authority.
Status: 05/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1087 On-line Animal Abusers Registry 
Sponsors: LABUDA
Summary: The bill creates within the department of public safety (department) the on-line animal abusers registry (registry), which shall make available to the general public on an internet web site the identities of persons who have been convicted of cruelty to animals, cruelty to a service animal, aggravated cruelty to animals, or animal fighting (an animal abuse crime). A person 18 years of age or older who is convicted of, or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, an animal abuse crime shall submit to the registry electronically or in person within 5 business days following his or her conviction: (a) His or her name; (b) Any aliases he or she is known to have; (c) His or her residential address; and (d) A photograph of his or her head and shoulders from the front. Upon receipt of the information, using procedures established by rules promulgated by the executive director of the department (executive director) or his or her designee, the administrator of the registry (administrator) shall immediately confirm that the information describes a person who has been convicted of an animal abuse crime. Upon acquiring such confirmation, the administrator shall add the person, including all of the information submitted by the person, to the registry and include the person in the registry for a period of 5 years. If a person who is registered as a convicted animal abuser in the registry changes his or her residential address, he or she shall notify the registry of the change within 3 business days. The executive director or his or her designee shall promulgate rules to implement the registry, including but not limited to rules for the confirmation of registrants' personal information. The executive director, or his or her designee, shall contract with a nonprofit agency for the creation and maintenance of the registry. The terms of the contract shall ensure that the nonprofit agency bears the entire cost of the creation and maintenance of the registry. If the executive director or his or her designee is unable to identify a nonprofit agency with which to contract for the creation and maintenance of the registry, the requirements described in the bill shall not apply to any person.
Status: 01/30/2012 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1088 Deadly Force Against Intruder At Place Of Business 
Sponsors: HOLBERT / GRANTHAM
Summary: The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of businesses.
Status: 03/05/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1089 Specific Wording Of Statewide Ballot Title 
Sponsors: COURT / STEADMAN
Summary: H.B. 12-1089 Initiative - referred measure - ballot title language - responses. For a statewide ballot title for an initiated or referred measure, section 2 of the act requires a proposition to be described in a ballot title as a "change to the Colorado Revised Statutes" and an amendment to be described as an "amendment to the Colorado constitution". Section 3 of the act expands the "yes" and "no" responses to a ballot title that are currently used on the ballot to "YES/FOR" and "NO/AGAINST". APPROVED by Governor March 24, 2012 PORTIONS EFFECTIVE March 24, 2012 PORTIONS EFFECTIVE January 1, 2013
Status: 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1090 No School Pupil Enrollment Counts On Holidays 
Sponsors: PACE
Summary: H.B. 12-1090 Pupil enrollment count day - defined - exceptions. For the purpose of determining the pupil enrollment count of each public school of the state, the act defines "pupil enrollment count day" as October 1 of each year, with the following exceptions: In any year in which October 1 is a Saturday, a Sunday, or any other day on which school is not in session, the pupil enrollment count day is the Monday following that Saturday, Sunday, or other day; and In any year in which a day of a major religious holiday occurs upon October 1 or upon the Monday directly following October 1 if October 1 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which school is not in session, the pupil enrollment count day is the first school day immediately following the conclusion of the holiday. The act replaces existing statutory references to "October 1" with "pupil enrollment count day" as needed. APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2012 EFFECTIVE March 22, 2012
Status: 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1091 Reduce Student Assessments To Federal Requirements 
Sponsors: SOLANO / BACON
Summary: The bill removes the provisions of the Colorado student assessment program that require the department of education (department) to administer statewide assessments in certain subject matters to students in certain grades. Statewide assessments administered by the department shall not exceed federal requirements for the administration of assessments of students. The bill states that for the 2012-13 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, the general assembly intends to appropriate to the department, for the purposes of the Colorado preschool program, the general fund savings realized in implementing the provisions of the bill.
Status: 02/29/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1092 Concealed Handgun Carry Without Permit 
Sponsors: PRIOLA / BROPHY
Summary: The bill creates exceptions to the offenses of carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon on school, college, or university grounds if the person is at least twenty-one years of age and may legally possess a handgun under the laws of Colorado and of the United States. A person who carries a concealed handgun under the exception has the same carrying rights and is subject to the same limitations as apply to a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed handgun, including but not limited to the existing limitations concerning the carrying of a concealed handgun on the real property, or in any improvements erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school.
Status: 05/07/2012 House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1093 Replace Defective Home Appliances 
Sponsors: SOPER
Summary: This bill adds provisions to the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" to require as part of a homeowner's insurance subrogation action to recover damages to a dwelling unit caused by a defective appliance that was purchased new and used for less than 5 years and where damages sought exceed $5,000, that the final judgement in the case, if the insurer prevails, or the final settlement of the case, include provision for replacement of the defective appliance, unless the insured homeowner in writing waives total replacement of the defective appliance.
Status: 01/26/2012 House Committee on Economic and Business Development Postpone Indefinitely
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HB12-1094 Parking In Front Of Fire Hydrant Penalty 
Sponsors: KERR A.
Summary: The bill increases the fine for parking in front of a fire hydrant in an unincorporated area of a county to a range of $150 to $200.
Status: 04/06/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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HB12-1095 Verification Of Electronic Court Documents 
Sponsors: WALLER
Summary: H.B. 12-1095 Court procedure - electronic warrants. The act conforms statutory language related to electronic warrants to the language in court rules. APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause
Status: 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed
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