| 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: |