State Legislative Bill Tracker for the City of Boulder

HB23-1004 Language Access In Insurance Documents 
Subject:
Sponsors: E. Velasco (D) / J. Gonzales (D)
Summary: Requires insurers that issue automobile, homeowner or renter insurance policies to make it available in the applicant's language of choice.
News:
Status: 4/11/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Principle 1, "Equity, Racial Justice and Social Resilience – Dismantle institutional and systemic racism, prioritize voices, experiences, interests, and needs of communities that have been historically excluded, and reduce the vulnerabilities of groups most susceptible to natural or human caused stressors."

HB23-1017 Electronic Sales And Use Tax Simplification System 
Subject: TAXATION
Sponsors: C. Kipp (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) / J. Bridges (D) | K. Van Winkle (R)
Summary: Modifies the electronic Sales and Use Tax Simplification System (SUTS) to streamline various administrative processes and educate retailers and local taxing jurisdictions.
News:
Status: 6/5/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "56. . . The city has an interest in legislative proposals that result from the General Assembly’s Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force . . . The city will support and help inform the development of reasonable recommendations . . .."

HB23-1057 Amenities For All Genders In Public Buildings 
Subject:
Sponsors: K. McCormick (D) | S. Vigil (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D)
Summary: Requires newly constructed or renovated public buildings to make non-gendered restrooms available.
News:
Status: 5/24/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "31. Further the rights of all people regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender variance status"

HB23-1091 Continuation Of Child Care Contribution Tax Credit 
Subject:
Sponsors: R. Pugliese (R) | C. Kipp (D) / J. Marchman | J. Rich (R)
Summary: Concerning the state income tax credit for a qualifying contribution to promote childcare in the state, and, in connection therewith, continuing the credit for three years
News:
Status: 5/23/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Statement Direction: 24.(e) Support services that are culturally competent; language accessible; and meet the needs of populations with access barriers including transportation, work and childcare schedules;

HB23-1096 Wildfire Resilient Homes 
Subject: WILDFIRE
Sponsors: M. Snyder (D)
Summary: Promotes wildfire resilient houses in areas of the state at high risk for wildfires through expansion of the wildfire mitigation resources and best practices grant program
News:
Status: 2/27/2023 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Principle #3, ". . . Provide funds and other support for city programs . . ."

"54. Support efforts that protect the Boulder community from wildfire . . . "

HB23-1099 Portable Screening Report For Residential Leases 
Subject: AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Sponsors: S. Vigil (D) | M. Weissman (D) / R. Fields (D) | T. Exum (D)
Summary: Requires a landlord and residential tenant to participate in mandatory mediation prior to commencing an eviction action if the residential tenant receives supplemental security income, federal social security disability insurance, or cash assistance through the Colorado works program
News:
Status: 5/4/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Statement Direction: 19. Create, preserve, and expand state affordable housing funding options

HB23-1101 Ozone Season Transit Grant Program Flexibility 
Subject: TRANSPORTATION/TRANSIT
Sponsors: S. Vigil (D) | J. Bacon (D) / F. Winter (D) | N. Hinrichsen (D)
Summary: Increases the flexibility of the ozone season transit grant program and opportunities for transit agencies to participate in regional transportation planning
News:
Status: 4/28/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "61. Increase transportation access for vulnerable populations, including youth, older adults, those with lower income and people with disabilities"

HB23-1115 Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control 
Subject: HOUSING
Sponsors: J. Mabrey (D) | E. Velasco (D) / R. Rodriguez (D)
Summary: Repeals the statutory provisions prohibiting local governments from enacting rent control on private residential property or a private residential housing unit
News:
Status: 4/25/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "21. Allow local governments to implement rent control measures"

HB23-1120 Eviction Protections For Residential Tenants 
Subject:
Sponsors: J. Joseph (D) | D. Ortiz (D) / R. Fields (D) | F. Winter (D)
Summary: Requires a landlord and residential tenant to participate in mandatory mediation prior to commencing an eviction action if the residential tenant receives supplemental security income, federal social security disability insurance, or cash assistance through the Colorado works program
News:
Status: 6/6/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Statement Direction: 18. Create, preserve, and expand federal affordable housing funding options

HB23-1127 Customer's Right To Use Energy 
Subject:
Sponsors: T. Winter (R) / M. Baisley (R)
Summary: Prohibits a local government from limiting or prohibiting the use of natural gas or propane in residences, units, or businesses.
News:
Status: 2/9/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Oppose
Boulder's Interest: "8. Facilitate the beneficial electrification of buildings"

HB23-1134 Require Electric Options In Home Warranties 
Subject:
Sponsors: J. Joseph (D) | C. Kipp (D) / L. Cutter (D)
Summary: Requires a home warranty service contract to allow a homeowner to replace any of certain gas-fueled devices with a device that operates on electricity or to receive an amount that is equal to the retail cash value of the gas-fueled device.
News:
Status: 3/31/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Position # 8, Facilitate the beneficial electrification of buildings

HB23-1136 Prosthetic Devices For Recreational Activity 
Subject: HEALTHCARE
Sponsors: D. Ortiz (D) | A. Hartsook (R) / F. Winter (D) | L. Liston (R)
Summary: Modifies state prosthetic coverage law so health insurance plans will be required to cover a second prosthetic device intended for physical activity for children and young adults.
News:
Status: 5/25/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "48. Provide greater healthcare at a lower cost."

HB23-1137 Solar Garden Net Metering Credits Stabilization 
Subject: CLIMATE
Sponsors: M. Lukens (D) | A. Valdez (D) / C. Hansen (D) | D. Roberts (D)
Summary: Allows community solar garden subscribers to opt against a variable net-metering annual credit in favor of a reliable fixed bill credit and defines how that fixed credit is calculated.
News:
Status: 4/17/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "4. Reduce emissions from the electricity sector . . . i) Solar Gardens - Modernize the Colorado Solar Gardens (CSG) statute by incentivizing the development of smaller and more locally-based CSGs that serve individual customers and that are suitably sited to support community-based resilience goals."

HB23-1153 Pathways To Behavioral Health Care 
Subject: HOMELESSNESS/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Sponsors: R. Armagost (R) | J. Amabile (D) / B. Pelton (R) | R. Rodriguez (D)
Summary: Results in a study to determine the feasibility of creating a system to support individuals with serious mental illness through a collaboration between Colorado's behavioral health and judicial systems
News:
Status: 5/30/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "23. Fund and protect the city's ability to reduce homelessness"
"24. Increase mental/behavioral health services"

HB23-1186 Remote Participation In Residential Evictions 
Subject:
Sponsors: M. Lindsay (D) | I. Jodeh (D) / T. Exum (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D)
Summary: Provides the parties to an eviction procedure filed in county court the ability to participate remotely.
News:
Status: 6/7/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Policy Statement Direction: 18. Create, preserve, and expand federal affordable housing funding options

HB23-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal 
Subject: HOUSING
Sponsors: A. Boesenecker (D) | E. Sirota (D) / F. Winter (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D)
Summary: Creates a right of first refusal of a local government to match an acceptable offer for the sale of a residential or mixed-use multifamily property (property).
News:
Status: 6/6/2023 Governor Vetoed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "19. Create, Preserve and expand state and local government affordable housing options."

HB23-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization 
Subject: BEHAVIORAL/MENTAL HEALTH
Sponsors: E. Epps (D) | J. Willford (D) / K. Priola (R) | J. Gonzales (D)
Summary: Specifies that a city may authorize the operation of an overdose prevention center within the city's jurisdiction for the purpose of saving the lives of persons at risk of preventable overdoses.
News: Lawmakers kill bill to allow supervised drug injection sites in Colorado
Status: 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "24(c) Increase mental/behavioral health services", and "47. Address the health and safety concerns associated with alcohol and substance abuse in the greater community. "

HB23-1210 Carbon Management 
Subject: CLIMATE/GHG REDUCTIONS
Sponsors: R. Dickson (D) / C. Hansen (D) | K. Priola (R)
Summary: Ensures that carbon management projects, except for agricultural, forestry, and enhanced oil recovery projects, are eligible for money under the industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program while also requiring the state to contract with an organization for the development of a carbon management roadmap for the state.
News:
Status: 5/22/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: “2. Reduce statewide greenhouse emissions consistent with or greater than the State of Colorado’s 2019 goals”

HB23-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm 
Subject: GUN VIOLENCE
Sponsors: M. Froelich (D) | J. Amabile (D) / T. Sullivan (D) | C. Hansen (D)
Summary: Establishes a waiting period prior to the delivery of a purchased firearm
News:
Status: 4/28/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "49. Prevent Gun Violence"

HB23-1230 Prohibit Assault Weapons In Colorado 
Subject: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Sponsors: E. Epps (D) / R. Fields (D)
Summary: Prohibits a person from manufacturing, importing, purchasing, selling, offering to sell, or transferring ownership of an "assault weapon," as defined.
News:
Status: 4/19/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "49. Prevent Gun Violence . . . Ban assault weapons"

HB23-1233 Electric Vehicle Charging And Parking Requirements 
Subject: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Sponsors: T. Mauro (D) | A. Valdez (D) / K. Priola (R) | F. Winter (D)
Summary: Facilitates electric vehicle charging at multifamily buildings, forbids private or local government prohibitions on EV charging and parking, requires local governments to count certain spaces served by an EV charging station for minimum parking requirements, and exempts EV chargers from business personal property tax.
News:
Status: 5/23/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "11. Encourage Widespread Adoption of Electric and Efficient Motorized Vehicles . . ."

HB23-1272 Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization 
Subject: DECARBONIZATION
Sponsors: M. Weissman (D) | J. Joseph (D) / S. Fenberg (D) | L. Cutter (D)
Summary: Provides income state tax credits for various purpose that advance decarbonization including EVs, e-bikes and sales and use tax exemption for heat pumps, and partially offsets the cost by decreasing the oil and gas industry’s property tax credit
News:
Status: 5/11/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Amend to address financial reimbursement concerns of small retailers who need to provide E-Bike rebates up front.

HB23-1273 Creation Of Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program 
Subject:
Sponsors: M. Snyder (D) | J. Joseph (D) / D. Roberts (D)
Summary: Creates the wildfire resilient homes grant program for the purpose of allowing homeowners to apply to receive a grant for retrofitting or improving a house or other structure with strategies and technologies for structure hardening in order to make the house or structure more resilient to the risk of wildfire.
News: Grant program to fund wildfire-resilient homes passes Colorado legislature
Status: 5/12/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Principle: Support for City Programs

Position #54 "Support efforts that protect the Boulder community from wildfire and promote ecological and grassland health."

SB23-005 Forestry And Wildfire Mitigation Workforce 
Subject: RESILIENCE, FORESTRY & WILDFIRE MITIGATION
Sponsors: S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | L. Cutter (D) / M. Lynch (R) | M. Snyder (D)
Summary: Provides the means for building an equity-centered workforce to conduct wildfire mitigation
News:
Status: 5/12/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "54. Support efforts that protect the Boulder community from wildfire and promote ecological forest and grassland health . . . c) Development of, and support for, an equity-centered workforce program aimed at addressing wildland and wildland-interface fire mitigation."

SB23-150 Require Labeling Disposable Wipes 
Subject: WATER QUALITY
Sponsors: D. Roberts (D) | P. Will (R) / M. Froelich (D) | L. Frizell (R)
Summary: Requires manufacturers, retailers and suppliers to label packages of premoistened, nonwoven disposable wipes with the phrase "Do Not Flush."
News:
Status: 4/11/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "#69 Promote the . . . preservation of water quality in a manner that is not unduly burdensome on the operation of the municipal water system.

SB23-166 Establishment Of A Wildfire Resiliency Code Board 
Subject: WILDFIRE & RESILIENCE
Sponsors: L. Cutter (D) | T. Exum (D) / M. Froelich (D) | E. Velasco (D)
Summary: Establishes a wildfire resiliency code board which would promulgate rules concerning the adoption and administration of codes and standards for the hardening of structures and parcels in the wildland-urban interface in Colorado and requires a governing body with jurisdiction in an area within the wildland-urban interface (as defined) to adopt and enforce a code that meets or exceeds the minimum standards of the codes adopted by the board.
News:
Status: 5/12/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: “53. Support efforts that protect the Boulder community from wildfire and promote ecological forest and grassland health.”

SB23-168 Gun Violence Victims' Access To Judicial System 
Subject: GUN VIOLENCE
Sponsors: S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | C. Kolker (D) / J. Mabrey (D) | J. Parenti (D)
Summary: Removes specific protections that insulate gun sellers and manufacturers from civil lawsuits in Colorado.
News:
Status: 4/28/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "49. Prevent Gun Violence"

SB23-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms 
Subject: GUN VIOLENCE
Sponsors: K. Mullica (D) | J. Danielson (D) / M. Duran (D) | E. Hamrick (D)
Summary: Increases the legal age to purchase, possess, sell, or transfer a firearm
News:
Status: 4/28/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest:

SB23-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions 
Subject: GUN VIOLENCE
Sponsors: T. Sullivan (D) | S. Fenberg (D) / J. Bacon (D) | M. Weissman (D)
Summary: Expands who can use the state's red flag law
News:
Status: 4/28/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "49. Prevent Gun Violence"

SB23-188 Protections For Accessing Reproductive Health Care 
Subject: HUMAN SERVICES/HUMAN RIGHTS
Sponsors: J. Gonzales (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / M. Froelich (D) | B. Titone (D)
Summary: Would extend legal protections to Colorado providers and their patients who come to Colorado seeking abortion care or gender-affirming treatment, and also prevent Colorado from recognizing investigations or lawsuits by other states or insurance providers.
News:
Status: 4/21/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: #25. Protect reproductive freedoms including the right to access abortion."

SB23-192 Sunset Pesticide Applicators' Act 
Subject: PESTICIDES
Sponsors: K. Priola (R) | D. Roberts (D) / C. Kipp (D) | B. McLachlan
Summary: Sunset Pesticide Applicators Act Sunset Revision
News:
Status: 6/5/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Amend
Boulder's Interest: "53. Restore local government authority to regulate certain pesticide uses . . ."

SB23-200 Automated Vehicle Identification Systems 
Subject: PHOTO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
Sponsors: F. Winter (D) / M. Froelich (D) | L. Herod (D)
Summary: Expands municipal authority to operate photo radar cameras to enforce traffic safety
News:
Status: 6/5/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: "66(a) a) Expand municipal authority to operate . . . photo radar cameras to enforce traffic safety and oppose any new limitations "

SB23-201 Mineral Resources Property Owners' Rights 
Subject:
Sponsors: S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / A. Boesenecker (D) | M. Weissman (D)
Summary: Prohibits the COGCC from entering a forced pooling order that includes an unleased, nonconsenting mineral owner that is a local government or a school district, including a charter school or an institute charter school.
News:
Status: 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: #13(f) Local Consent – Require consent from governmental bodies before an operator may local oil and gas facilities on government property, such as open space lands.

SB23-213 Land Use 
Subject: HOUSING AND LAND USE
Sponsors: D. Moreno / I. Jodeh (D) | S. Woodrow (D)
Summary: Establishes a state and local government framework for assessing statewide housing needs and creates model codes and minimum standards for the regulation of higher density housing options, transit-oriented areas, key corridors, manufactured housing, and other housing strategies.
News: Ban on local housing growth caps passes Colorado legislature
Major land-use bill from Colorado governor, Democrats is gutted to remove all upzoning requirements
Status: 5/6/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest:

SB23-253 Standards For Products Represented As Compostable 
Subject: ZERO WASTE
Sponsors: L. Cutter (D) / M. Froelich (D) | K. McCormick (D)
Summary: Creates standards for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised as being compostable.
News:
Status: 5/17/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: Position 12. "Advance Circular materials economy by promoting waste reduction and diversion efforts."

SB23-291 Utility Regulation 
Subject:
Sponsors: S. Fenberg (D) | L. Cutter (D) / C. deGruy Kennedy (D) | M. Martinez (D)
Summary: Implements policies in response to findings of General Assembly’s “Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates,” such as limits utility’s cost-recovery (executive and board compensation), caps costs utilities can charge to customers who are electrifying, limits investment in new gas infrastructure, and seeks to stabilize customer cost for natural gas.
News: Colorado Lawmakers Propose Aligning Utilities Costs With Customers
Status: 5/11/2023 Governor Signed
Position: Support
Boulder's Interest: